LOSFA’s Vision is to be Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) A program of The Board of Regents Sujuan W. Boutté, Ed.D. Executive Director Presented to Board of Regents Board Development August 24, 2016 Sujuan W. Boutté, Ed.D. Executive Director Presented to TOPS Legislative Taskforce October 10, 2017
TOPS by the Numbers Sujuan W. Boutt, Ed.D. Executive Director - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
TOPS by the Numbers Sujuan W. Boutt, Ed.D. Executive Director - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) A program of The Board of Regents TOPS by the Numbers Sujuan W. Boutt, Ed.D. Executive Director Presented to Board of Regents Sujuan W. Boutt, Ed.D. Board Development Executive
LOSFA’s Vision is to be Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) A program of The Board of Regents
TOPS Total = $291,240,917 TOPS State General Fund = $233,342,683
1.0% of Total State Budget ($28,288,122,290) 2.7% of Total State General Fund ($8,718,790,619)
TOPS as a Portion of the Total Budget
11.0% of Total HIED Budget ($2,637,673,091) 23.3% of Total HIED State General Fund ($1,001,891,583)
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3 FY 2017-18 Appropriation
*2.7% of State General Fund Goes to TOPS
*$233,342,683
Data as of 7-20-17 Dollars Percentage Total State General Fund $8,718,790,619 TOPS State General Fund $233,342,683 2.7%
TOPS Projections Stable
ACT 18 (2016): Decoupled TOPS & Tuition
$200.1 M $291.2 M $292.8 M $294.3 M $296.8 M $299.3M $0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 *2016-17 Actual 2017-18 Projected 2018-19 Projected 2019-20 Projected 2020-21 Projected 2021-22 Projected
Millions
TOPS Awards Projections – Relatively Level
**0.6% **0.5% **0.9% **0.8% **Minimal growth in TOPS projected due to increased projection of student count. Based on January 2017 Projection data. * TOPS not fully funded.
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TOPS Means of Financing (1998-99 Thru 2007-08)
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1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 Tobacco Fund $0 $0 $222,786 $1,779,677 $13,684,158 $11,897,686 $14,149,050 $15,136,282 $17,146,878 $17,321,428 State General Fund $54,033,633 $67,441,804 $90,023,395 $102,252,983 $90,977,503 $98,616,191 $102,923,523 $101,800,980 $103,509,716 $99,337,026 $0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 $120 $140
Millions
100% 99.8% 98.3% 86.9% 89.2% 87.9% 87.1% 85.8% 85.2% 14.8% 14.2% 12.9% 12.1% 10.8% 13.1% 1.7% 0.2% 100%LOSFA’s Vision is to be Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) A program of The Board of Regents
TOPS Means of Financing (2008-09 Thru 2017-18)
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2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 *2016-2017 2017-2018 Overcollection Fund $3,259,588 $0 $0 $72,227,775 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Tobacco Fund $22,308,991 $17,341,282 $16,038,929 $82,147,225 $70,052,970 $138,123,08 $85,041,360 $62,398,192 $52,473,463 $57,898,234 State General Fund $97,423,893 $113,652,80 $130,284,99 $11,609,625 $121,258,99 $84,670,090 $167,667,56 $193,041,76 $147,718,98 $233,342,68
$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350
Millions
79.2% 18.1% 86.8% 89.0% 7.0% 63.4% 38.0% 43.5% 13.2% 11.0% 49.5% 36.6% 62.0% 33.7% 66.3% 24.4% 75.6% 26.2% 73.8% 19.9% 80.1% 2.7%GRAD ACT INCREASES - FIRST YEAR
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Number of Awards* Number of Honors Awards* Number of Performance Awards* Cost of Awards (including Stipends) Cost of Stipends Percentage of Budget utilized by Stipends 1998-99
23,562 1,826 5,143
$54,033,633 $3,220,400 6.0% 1999-00 29,194 3,132 5,885 $67,441,804 $4,611,332 6.8% 2000-01 35,755 4,432 6,801 $90,246,181 $4,611,332 5.1% 2001-02 40,894 5,459 7,168 $104,032,660 $6,986,099 6.7% 2002-03 40,154 5,550 6,947 $104,661,661 $7,024,227 6.7% 2003-04 41,066 5,665 7,535 $110,513,877 $7,357,159 6.7% 2004-05 42,475 5,935 8,037 $117,072,573 $7,766,092 6.6% 2005-06 42,537 6,048 8,304 $116,937,262 $7,752,851 6.6% 2006-07 43,634 6,208 8,697 $120,656,596 $8,168,835 6.8% 2007-08 42,141 6,207 7,864 $116,658,454 $7,889,295 6.8% 2008-09 42,220 7,052 9,292 $122,992,472 $9,031,641 7.3% 2009-10 43,070 7,619 9,768 $130,994,933 $9,702,693 7.4% 2010-11 43,784 8,182 10,280 $146,323,924 $10,312,019 7.0% 2011-12 44,859 8,783 10,934 $165,984,625 $11,029,453 6.6% 2012-13 46,371 9,083 11,437 $191,311,961 $11,436,862 6.0% 2013-14 48,044 9,676 11,952 $222,793,171 $12,097,792 5.4% 2014-15 49,649 10,238 12,345 $252,711,594 $12,685,168 5.0% 2015-16 51,635 10,762 13,014 $255,455,090 $11,936,709 4.7% 2016-17 50,865 11,363 13,067 $200,333,416 $9,332,840 4.7% GRAND TOTAL 801,909 133,220 174,470 $2,691,155,887 $162,952,799 6.1% * This is a duplicated count of awards.
Data as of 8-29-17
LOSFA’s Vision is to be Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) A program of The Board of Regents
TOPS Statistics: AY 2016-17
Data as of 9-22-17
Duplicated count: Students are counted once at each institution, but can attend multiple institutions within a year.7
School TOPS Recipients # BOR Reported Enrollment: Louisiana Undergraduates Percentage- f Students
- n TOPS
- L. E. Fletcher TCC
TOPS RECIPIENTS - FALL 2016
School TOPS Recipients # TOPS Dollars A warded L.S.U. at Alexandria
601$1,807,169 L.S.U. and A&M College
14,447$73,031,588 L.S.U. at Eunice
551$931,456 L.S.U. in Shreveport
625$2,169,099 L.S.U. Health Sciences Center - NO
364$1,196,110 L.S.U. Health Sciences Center - Shrv
24$104,391 LSU SYSTEM TOTA L
16,612$79,239,813 Southern University and A&M College
689$2,152,691 Southern University in New Orleans
28$75,278 Southern University in Shreveport
35$46,674 SU SYSTEM TOTA L
752$2,274,643 Grambling State University
157$530,028 Louisiana Tech University
4,336$16,471,673 McNeese State University
2,289$7,736,215 Nicholls State University
2,307$7,488,752 Northwestern State University
2,248$7,801,621 Southeastern Louisiana University
4,430$16,360,415 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
7,201$26,105,181 University of Louisiana at Monroe
2,781$10,918,392 University of New Orleans
1,679$6,493,126 UL SYSTEM TOTA L
27,428$99,905,403 Baton Rouge CC 524 $883,560 Bossier Parish CC 499 $922,139 Central Louisiana TCC 64 $119,946 Delgado CC 471 $824,809
- L. E. Fletcher TCC
201 $382,750 Louisiana Delta CC 167 $301,709 Northshore TCC 132 $238,042 Northwest Louisiana TC 72 $97,279 Elaine P. Nunez CC 76 $132,750 River Parishes CC 189 $362,187 South Central Louisiana TC 129 $168,909 South Louisiana CC 339 $630,910 Sowela Technical CC 446 $844,097 LCTCS SYSTEM TOTA L 3,309 $5,909,087 PRIVA TE SCHOOLS TOTA L 3,257 $12,591,066 PROPRIETA RY SCHOOLS TOTA L 314 $442,513 GRA ND TOTA L 51,672 $200,362,525
TOPS STATISTICS AY 2016-17
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Percentage Change from 1998-99 to 2016-17 Students: 115.6% Dollars: 270.4% Tuition: 292.2% Percentage Change During Grad Act (2010-11 thru 2016-17) Students: 16.0% Dollars: 36.8% Tuition: 88.0%
GRAD ACT INCREASES - FIRST YEAR
Reasons for Growth in TOPS Expenditures
1. The increase in tuition prices in the State’s public institutions of higher education 2. The increase in the number of students accepting the award 3. Movement of students between award levels and institutions
LOSFA’s Vision is to be Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) A program of The Board of Regents
Effect of Removing “More or Less” Language from Appropriation
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July
- Set TOPS
Annual Award Amounts based upon Appropriation
- Semester =
2 payments
- Quarter/
Term = 3 payments
August
- Fall semester/
quarter begins
September
- 14th Class Day
(9th Class Day for quarter schools) – Institutions start billing for TOPS
October
- Fall TOPS Billing
deadline
- Identify fall
expenditures
- Identify
Remaining Funding Available
- Determine If
Sufficient Funds Remain for Winter/ Spring
- Supplemental
Appropriation? OR
- Implement Pro-
Rata for Winter/ Spring?
January
- Request
Seed Advance for Tobacco funds; pay Spring bills in full/pro- rata when received
- Spring
semester begins
February
- 14th Class Day
(9th Class Day for quarter schools) – Institutions start billing for TOPS
- Pay Spring
bills
- Full/Pro-rata
payment, if Seed Advance Received
- Partial
payment, if Seed Advance not Received
March
- Spring quarter
begins (9th Class Day- begin billing for TOPS)
- Spring TOPS
Billing deadline
April
- Evaluate TOPS
expenditures
- Evaluate
Remaining Funding
- Determine if
Funds available for Summer
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TOPS: Semester to Semester Comparison
Spring includes both Spring Semester and Spring Quarter
OPT – OUT for AY 2016-17
46 Students chose to Opt-Out for Fall Semester 2016 99 Students chose to Opt-Out for Spring Semester 2017 20 Students chose to Opt-Out for Spring Quarter 2017 Students
System # #% Chg
LSU System16,335 16,160
- 1.07%
760 714
- 6.05%
26,207 26,622 1.58%
LCTC System3,554 2,977
- 16.24%
3,285 3,174
- 3.38%
323 247
- 23.53%
50,464 49,894
- 1.13%
Dollars
System $ $% Chg
LSU System$58,317,547 $56,044,167
- 3.90%
$1,854,379 $1,635,578
- 11.80%
$69,524,165 $66,780,444
- 3.95%
$5,581,717 $4,350,947
- 22.05%
$8,992,530 $8,827,697
- 1.83%
$187,740 $183,037
- 2.51%
$144,458,078 $137,821,870
- 4.59%
Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Students
System # #% Chg
LSU System15,250 14,877
- 2.45%
656 611
- 6.86%
23,985 24,224 1.00%
LCTC System2,981 2,228
- 25.26%
3,051 2,994
- 1.87%
273 139
- 49.08%
46,196 45,073
- 2.43%
Dollars
System $ $% Chg
LSU System$42,234,381 $23,148,497
- 45.19%
$1,260,485 $633,721
- 49.72%
$49,707,323 $27,289,317
- 45.10%
$3,641,397 $1,460,069
- 59.90%
$6,534,354 $3,720,009
- 43.07%
$124,263 $45,088
- 63.72%
$103,502,203 $56,296,701
- 45.61%
Spring 2015 Spring 2016 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
Data as of 6-30-17
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Only 46 students Opted out but Fall enrollment for TOPS Recipients was down statewide by 570 Students Only 119 students Opted out but Spring enrollment for TOPS Recipients was down statewide by 1,123 Students
Fall 2017 TOPS Data will be available after October 13, 2017
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National Guard School # $ # $ # $ # $ $ # $ # $ LSU - Alexandria 323 768,691 132 340,860 46 129,550- 501
- 9,300
- 542
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 23
- 0.00%
- 23
- 141
- 600
- 2,197
- 3,600
- 2,676
- 1,500
- 389
- 30
- 49
- 399
- 59
- 144
- 55
- 117
- 57
- 97
- 3
- 5
- 16
- 27
- 8
- 10
- 88
- 151
- 7
- 10
- 8
- 14
- 61
- 0.00%
- 334
TOPS Payment Summary by Award Level for Academic Year 2017-18 10/6/2017
Opportunity Performance Honors Tech Total TOPS Paid % by School12
National Guard School # $ # $ # $ # $ $ # $ # $ Centenary 69 197,271 53 162,127 97 315,923- 219
- 152
- 0.00%
- 352
- 703
- 16
- Univ. of Holy Cross
- 144
- 243
- 0.00%
- St. Joseph Seminary
- 26
- 679
- 708
- 3,242
- 24
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 0.00%
- 1
- 0.00%
- 2
- 3
- 0.00%
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 1
- 0.00%
TOPS Payment Summary by Award Level for Academic Year 2017-18 10/6/2017
Opportunity Performance Honors Tech Total TOPS Paid % by School13
National Guard School # $ # $ # $ # $ $ # $ # $ ITI Technical College 4 3,173 1 927 1 1,060 8 6,347- 14
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 12
- 3
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 1
- 0.00%
- 1
- 6
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 0.00%
- 1
- 1
- 0.00%
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- 111
- 3,242
- 111
TOPS Payment Summary by Award Level for Academic Year 2017-18 10/6/2017
Opportunity Performance Honors Tech Total TOPS Paid % by School Total TOPS Paid Note: The student #s on the "Total" lines were derived from the payments that were made on behalf of students at the institutions. Students are counted once at each institution, but they can attend multiple institutions within a year.Perception: Most TOPS students lose their award during the first year of college. Truth: The number of students losing their TOPS Award during the first year of college has decreased
from 41% in the 2004-2005 academic year to 16.2% in the 2016-2017 academic year.
Perception: TOPS awards do not benefjt minorities. Truth:
The number of minorities receiving TOPS has significantly increased over time.
Perception: TOPS covers all costs of attending college. Truth: ACT 18 of the 2016 Louisiana Legislature decoupled TOPS from tuition and set the “fully funded”
amount going forward as the amount of tuition charged by the institution for the 2016-17 Academic Year. Students still have to pay all other costs of attendance (COA).
Perception: TOPS awards are disproportionately awarded to wealthy students. Truth: Overall from 2002-03 through 2015-16, TOPS OPH recipients were relatively equally spread across
income ranges. The recent trend of more higher income students accepting TOPS awards indicates the goal of providing incentives for LA graduates to pursue postsecondary education in this state is working.
Updated 10-5-2017Perception: TOPS consumes a large percentage of the State Budget. Truth: For FY 2017-18 TOPS is equal to 1.0% of the total State Budget. For FY2017-18 TOPS is equal to
2.7% of the total State General Fund in the State Budget.
Perception: TOPS expenditures are growing at an astronomical rate. Truth: The projected increase in TOPS from 2017-18 to 2018-19 is $1,544,711 or 0.6%. Minimal growth is
projected for TOPS due to increased projection of student count.
Perception: Only LSU students benefjt from TOPS. Truth: Every public higher education institution in the state has TOPS students, and the University of
Louisiana system has the most TOPS students.
Perception: TOPS students are just mediocre/average students. Truth: 2015-16 High School Graduates who became TOPS OPH recipients had an average ACT of 24
(Statewide average =19.5) and an average HS GPA of 3.38 on the TOPS Core Curriculum. The TOPS Core Curriculum is a rigorous set of requirements: 4 units of English, Math, Science, and Social Studies, 2 units of Foreign Language and 1 unit of Fine Arts. TOPS encourages students to pursue AP, IB , and Dual Enrollment courses by grading these courses using a 5 point scale.
Perception: Needy students don’t get TOPS Truth: Of the 24,526 TOPS eligible students from HS Grad Year 2015-16, 11,359 or 46.3% were Pell eligible.
Of the 24,830 GO Grant recipients for Academic Year 2016-17, 6,280 or 25.3% were also TOPS recipients.
Data as of 8-29-17 $233,342,683 $8,718,790,619 $291,240,917 $28,228,122,290