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Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund (formerly the Texas Tomorrow Fund)

How can I activate my Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund account at Texas A&M University?
Email, Fax, mail, or bring Student Business Services a copy of the Texas Guaranteed Tuition fund Identification card. If the card is not available, provide a letter from the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan that includes your account number and type of plan that was purchased. (Ex: Program Enrollment Participation and Payment Schedule.) Submit prior to first class day. Student plan information is normally processed to student accounts within two business days.

Email to: sbs@tamu.edu

Fax to: 979-845-9406

Mail to: TAMU Student Business Services
PO Box 30015
College Station, TX 77842-3015

Bring to: GSC, Suite 2801, Hours: 8-5 M-F except scheduled holidays

How will the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan pay my student bill?
Payments will be estimated for student-activated accounts prior to the first day of class and at the beginning of each Fall and Spring session. Adjustments may be made according to student benefits available, after the 20th class day, when the state sends funding.

What if I want to use the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan for summer sessions?
Student must contact SBS prior to noon on the late after date before summer school starts. Call 979-845-8127 or email sbs@tamu.edu. Students that fail to notify SBS in time, of their intent to use TGTP for summer sessions, will have to request benefits directly from TGTP.

How do I use my Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan for study abroad?
Students participating on a Texas A&M faculty-led or reciprocal exchange program may request to use their plan by contacting Student Business Services at sbs@tamu.edu.

For students studying abroad independently through a U.S. university or Texas A&M-affiliated foreign university/program provider, the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan can be applied toward the program costs. Students enrolling directly at a non-affiliated foreign university or program provider are not eligible. Because this tuition fund can only be paid directly to Texas universities and colleges, you should not pay the program provider directly aside from the initial application fee/deposit upon applying. Independent study abroad students must first complete the Independent Study for Credit form indicating that they wish to use their Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan. Once you have completed the Independent Study for Credit form and turned it into the Texas A&M Study Abroad Programs Office, you will be contacted with further instructions to provide an invoice from your independent study abroad program provider detailing the amount owed for the program. Texas A&M will then bill you directly from your TAMU student account the amount owed for this program. This will allow for your Texas Guaranteed Tuition plan monies to apply to your Texas A&M account, and you will be responsible for paying any difference owed once these monies are applied.

What does the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan pay for?
The Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund will pay for the number of tuition hours that have been purchased under the students plan. Students will be responsible for paying additional tuition hours to the university not covered by their plan. Mandatory fees that all students are required to pay for enrollment are covered for a limited amount of semesters (please contact the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund additional information). The Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund does not cover laboratory fees, course specific fees, room, board, books, aggie bucks, sport passes, enhancements fees, field trip fees, study abroad trip fees, options, etc.

Can I use the hour benefits from my Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan without having to use by fee term benefit?
Texas A&M University will bill the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan for ALL benefits available. It is the students’ responsibility to notify Student Business Services when hours and fee terms are running out of their plan. Failure to notify Student Business Services may result in an unexpected balance due to the student account. This is also referred to as charge back due to an insufficient TGTP benefit(s).

How do I contact the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan to verify my hours (benefits) or get more information about my plan?
The Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan Office can be contacted through the State Comptroller's office at 1-800-531-5441.

This information is also available on the back of the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan ID card.

What happens if I do not use all of my Texas Guaranteed Tuition plan hours (benefits)? Can I use them for graduate school? Could I get a refund, etc?
Students may use their plan toward graduate school at TAMU. The plan will pay the undergraduate state average for the type of plan purchased. Students will be responsible for amounts billed over the state average. Contact the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan for more information on unused plan hours and benefits.

How will the new flat rate affect my Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan?
The Texas Guaranteed Tuition plan will continue to cover tuition and fee charges according to the student plan and benefits available. The University will continue to estimate those payments according to the hours the student is registered for.

How is the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund (formerly the Texas Tomorrow Fund) recorded on my 1098T?
IMPORTANT NOTE: The 78th Legislature (Regular Session) in House Bill 2425 amended the Texas Education Code, Section 54.624, which governs a prepaid tuition contract for a beneficiary who is enrolled at a Texas public senior college or university.

Under the amended Section 54.624, when the beneficiary of a senior college plan prepaid tuition contract enrolls in a public senior college or university, the university shall accept as payment in full the beneficiary's tuition and required fees the lesser of:(1) the amount of tuition and required fees charged by the institution, or (2) an amount paid by the Board under the contract equal to the weighted average amount of tuition and required fees of all public senior colleges and universities for that semester or other academic period as determined by the Board.

For the academic year 2007-2008, the weighted average amount of tuition and required fees of all public senior colleges and universities is $204.03 per semester credit hour.

The university has set up a waiver to offset tuition and required fee costs that are billed in excess of the state weighted average amount. Amounts waived are reported in box 4 of the IRS Form 1098-T.

Please see Texas Guaranteed Tuition Fund (formerly the Texas Tomorrow Fund) for more information.