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Students whose families make less than $100,000 annually will get free tuition and waived fees at any of the academic universities in the University of Texas System, the board of regents announced Wednesday.

The initiative is an expansion of the Promise Plus Program, a needs-based financial aid program approved by the board in 2022. The UT System expects that more than 7 million Texas families will meet the income requirements for the new program, officials said.

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Gaeilge said:

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If it's coming from their endowment, I don't care. As long as it's not our money.

They can **** over all the other idiots that decide to go to tu with parents making over $100k.

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Gaeilge said:

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If it's coming from their endowment, I don't care. As long as it's not our money.

They can **** over all the other idiots that decide to go to tu with parents making over $100k.

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Tom Fox said:

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Because money is fungible. Just another entitlement.

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Backyard Gator said:

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Check out Aggie Assurance sometime

A&M started this in 2008 for families with income under $60k

tex got all excited about their program in 2022, A&M poked fun at them, said "What took you so long? We've been doing this for over a decade."

The funding for these grants/scholarships comes from A&M's portion of the AUP distribution each year, so the distribution of the earnings off the PUF

If your family makes between $60k-$130k, you're eligible for Aggie Assurance

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Gaeilge said:

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If it's coming from their endowment, I don't care. As long as it's not our money.

They can **** over all the other idiots that decide to go to tu with parents making over $100k.

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BMX Bandit said:

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Independent Student
An independent student is one of the following:
at least 24 years old,
married,
a graduate or professional student,
a veteran,
a member of the armed forces,
an orphan, a ward of the court,
or someone with legal dependents other than a spouse,
an emancipated minor
or someone who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

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Bird Poo said:

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Backyard Gator said:

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Check out Aggie Assurance sometime

A&M started this in 2008 for families with income under $60k

tex got all excited about their program in 2022, A&M poked fun at them, said "What took you so long? We've been doing this for over a decade."

The funding for these grants/scholarships comes from A&M's portion of the AUP distribution each year, so the distribution of the earnings off the PUF

If your family makes between $60k-$130k, you're eligible for Aggie Assurance

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Serious question:

My son is going his own route to get into A&M. He took 2 gap years so I no longer claim him on my taxes and don't help him until he asks, which is very rare. He's now enrolled at Blinn and doing very well academically.

Would a 21 year old qualify for this if they are accepted to A&M and completely independent?

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BusterAg said:

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I own a small business. It would be pretty easy to make sure that my business made less than $100,000 for four years.

But, then I would have had to send my daughters to tu, and they might have asked me to walk them down the aisle to marry their wives. No thanks.

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Backyard Gator said:

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Check out Aggie Assurance sometime

A&M started this in 2008 for families with income under $60k

tex got all excited about their program in 2022, A&M poked fun at them, said "What took you so long? We've been doing this for over a decade."

The funding for these grants/scholarships comes from A&M's portion of the AUP distribution each year, so the distribution of the earnings off the PUF

If your family makes between $60k-$130k, you're eligible for Aggie Assurance

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one safe place said:

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BusterAg said:

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I own a small business. It would be pretty easy to make sure that my business made less than $100,000 for four years.

But, then I would have had to send my daughters to tu, and they might have asked me to walk them down the aisle to marry their wives. No thanks.

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Yep. I wonder if the $100,000 is truly per family, regardless of it being a married couple or half that for a single parent? Otherwise, a couple with two kids making above the $100,000 amount could get a friendly divorce, each have custody of one child and each take advantage of the deal.

Owned my own small businesses and made sure I structured things to take advantage of the nonsense during covid, to get back some of what they had previously taken from me.

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one safe place said:

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BusterAg said:

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I own a small business. It would be pretty easy to make sure that my business made less than $100,000 for four years.

But, then I would have had to send my daughters to tu, and they might have asked me to walk them down the aisle to marry their wives. No thanks.

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Yep. I wonder if the $100,000 is truly per family, regardless of it being a married couple or half that for a single parent? Otherwise, a couple with two kids making above the $100,000 amount could get a friendly divorce, each have custody of one child and each take advantage of the deal.

Owned my own small businesses and made sure I structured things to take advantage of the nonsense during covid, to get back some of what they had previously taken from me.

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