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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



TOPS Total = $291,240,917TOPS 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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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

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**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.



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

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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%

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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

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86.8% 89.0%

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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



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.

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School

TOPS

Recipients

#

BOR Reported

Enrollment:

Louisiana

Undergraduates

Percentage

of Students

on TOPS

L.S.U. at Alexandria 559 1,556 32.97%

L.S.U. and A&M College 14,177 18,972 75.92%

L.S.U. at Eunice 514 1,348 31.45%

L.S.U. in Shreveport 595 1,493 46.75%

L.S.U. Health Sciences Center - NO 284 807 33.46%

L.S.U. Health Sciences Center - Shrv 19 25 76.00%

LSU SYSTEM TOTAL 16,148 24,201 67.46%

Southern University and A&M College 651 3,913 17.58%

Southern University in New Orleans 25 1,293 2.09%

Southern University in Shreveport 27 1,479 2.91%

SU SYSTEM TOTAL 703 6,685 11.34%

Grambling State University 152 2,317 5.52%

Louisiana Tech University 4,250 6,483 61.19%

McNeese State University 2,206 4,499 52.90%

Nicholls State University 2,219 4,320 51.44%

Northwestern State University 2,191 5,147 40.51%

Southeastern Louisiana University 4,279 8,435 50.50%

University of Louisiana at Lafayette 7,032 11,873 57.19%

University of Louisiana at Monroe 2,705 4,902 54.20%

University of New Orleans 1,588 4,019 41.83%

UL SYSTEM TOTAL 26,622 51,995 50.33%

Baton Rouge CC 452 4,124 13.09%

Bossier Parish CC 450 3,419 15.09%

Central Louisiana TCC 60 921 7.82%

Delgado CC 419 5,219 10.33%

L. E. Fletcher TCC 183 1,044 25.10%

Louisiana Delta CC 153 1,670 11.62%

Northshore TCC 111 1,218 9.85%

Northwest Louisiana TC 60 842 9.62%

Elaine P. Nunez CC 61 792 10.35%

River Parishes CC 174 811 22.32%

South Central Louisiana TC 118 682 19.06%

South Louisiana CC 308 3,291 12.15%

Sowela Technical CC 411 1,821 23.23%

LCTCS SYSTEM TOTAL 2,960 25,854 13.69%

STATEWIDE PUBLIC HIED TOTAL 46,433 108,735 43.04%

Source: TOPS Payment Data 4/4/17 & BOR SPXLS216 Enrollment file

BOR Does not collect Data from Private Schools (LAICU & Proprietary)

TOPS RECIPIENTS - FALL 2016

School

TOPS

Recipients

#

TOPS

Dollars

Awarded

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 TOTAL 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 TOTAL 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 TOTAL 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 TOTAL 3,309 $5,909,087

PRIVATE SCHOOLS TOTAL 3,257 $12,591,066

PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS TOTAL 314 $442,513

GRAND TOTAL 51,672 $200,362,525

TOPS STATISTICS AY 2016-17



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Percentage Change from 1998-99 to 2016-17Students: 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 Expenditures1. The increase in tuition prices in the State’s public institutions of higher education2. The increase in the number of students accepting the award3. Movement of students between award levels and institutions



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



TOPS: Semester to Semester Comparison

Spring includes both Spring Semester and Spring Quarter

OPT – OUT for AY 2016-1746 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 System 16,335 16,160 -1.07%

Southern System 760 714 -6.05%

University of Louisiana System 26,207 26,622 1.58%

LCTC System 3,554 2,977 -16.24%

Private Schools 3,285 3,174 -3.38%

Proprietary Schools 323 247 -23.53%

Total (570) 50,464 49,894 -1.13%

Dollars

System $ $ % Chg

LSU System $58,317,547 $56,044,167 -3.90%

Southern System $1,854,379 $1,635,578 -11.80%

University of Louisiana System $69,524,165 $66,780,444 -3.95%

LCTC System $5,581,717 $4,350,947 -22.05%

Private Schools $8,992,530 $8,827,697 -1.83%

Proprietary Schools $187,740 $183,037 -2.51%

Total $144,458,078 $137,821,870 -4.59%

Fall 2015 Fall 2016

Fall 2015 Fall 2016

Students

System # # % Chg

LSU System 15,250 14,877 -2.45%

Southern System 656 611 -6.86%

University of Louisiana System 23,985 24,224 1.00%

LCTC System 2,981 2,228 -25.26%

Private Schools 3,051 2,994 -1.87%

Proprietary Schools 273 139 -49.08%

Total (1,123) 46,196 45,073 -2.43%

Dollars

System $ $ % Chg

LSU System $42,234,381 $23,148,497 -45.19%

Southern System $1,260,485 $633,721 -49.72%

University of Louisiana System $49,707,323 $27,289,317 -45.10%

LCTC System $3,641,397 $1,460,069 -59.90%

Private Schools $6,534,354 $3,720,009 -43.07%

Proprietary Schools $124,263 $45,088 -63.72%

Total $103,502,203 $56,296,701 -45.61%

Spring 2015 Spring 2016

Spring 2015 Spring 2016

Data as of 6-30-17 10

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 0 - - 501 1,239,101 1.07% 0.89%

LSU - Baton Rouge 5,087 18,914,539 3,384 13,255,122 4,578 18,866,477 0 - 9,300 13,049 51,045,438 27.91% 36.58%

LSU - Eunice 295 382,990 131 200,019 24 40,885 49 66,411 300 499 690,605 1.07% 0.49%

LSU - Shreveport 292 784,353 164 470,312 86 265,408 0 - - 542 1,520,073 1.16% 1.09%

LSUMC - New Orleans 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

LSUMC - Shreveport 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

LSU System 5,997 20,850,573 3,811 14,266,313 4,734 19,302,320 49 66,411 9,600 14,591 54,495,217 31.21% 39.05%

Southern - Baton Rouge 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Southern - New Orleans 21 44,480 1 2,318 1 2,318 0 - - 23 49,116 0.05% 0.04%

Southern - Shreveport 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Southern System 21 44,480 1 2,318 1 2,318 0 - - 23 49,116 0.05% 0.04%

Grambling 115 295,535 23 62,907 3 8,910 0 - - 141 367,352 0.30% 0.26%

Louisiana Tech 1,586 2,909,303 1,301 2,543,160 1,412 2,966,330 0 - 600 4,299 8,419,393 9.19% 6.03%

McNeese 1,122 2,881,307 689 1,909,403 385 1,144,495 1 2,574 - 2,197 5,937,779 4.70% 4.25%

Nicholls 1,265 3,101,243 604 1,593,172 354 1,009,767 6 14,767 300 2,229 5,719,249 4.77% 4.10%

Northwestern 1,255 3,236,895 672 1,867,660 374 1,117,530 10 11,900 300 2,311 6,234,285 4.94% 4.47%

Southeastern 2,481 6,971,868 1,241 3,737,655 515 1,652,600 46 54,740 4,800 4,283 12,421,663 9.16% 8.90%

University of Louisiana - Lafayette 3,377 9,096,568 1,949 5,632,301 1,456 4,494,451 0 - 3,600 6,782 19,226,920 14.50% 13.78%

University of Louisiana - Monroe 1,233 3,574,606 878 2,726,693 565 1,874,831 0 - - 2,676 8,176,130 5.72% 5.86%

University of New Orleans 963 2,915,987 358 1,159,178 250 859,146 0 - 1,500 1,571 4,935,811 3.36% 3.54%

University of Louisiana System 13,397 34,983,312 7,715 21,232,129 5,314 15,128,060 63 83,981 11,100 26,489 71,438,582 56.65% 51.19%

Baton Rouge CC 251 386,017 54 93,924 11 20,395 73 112,642 - 389 612,978 0.83% 0.44%

Bossier Parish CC 181 288,499 72 125,982 8 16,057 145 233,025 300 406 663,863 0.87% 0.48%

Central Louisiana TCC 17 26,754 2 3,414 0 - 30 47,079 - 49 77,247 0.10% 0.06%

Delgado CC 216 333,871 50 85,536 7 13,380 126 201,955 - 399 634,742 0.85% 0.45%

L E Fletcher CC 73 116,775 12 21,485 0 - 59 94,817 - 144 233,077 0.31% 0.17%

Louisiana Delta CC 49 78,746 13 23,292 0 - 55 88,389 - 117 190,427 0.25% 0.14%

Northshore Tech CC 32 51,426 8 13,923 0 - 57 89,594 - 97 154,943 0.21% 0.11%

Northwest Louisiana TC

Mansfield Campus 2 1,387 0 - 0 - 3 3,121 - 5 4,508 0.01% 0.00%

Minden Campus 10 9,710 1 1,240 0 - 16 16,473 - 27 27,423 0.06% 0.02%

Shreveport-Bossier Campus 2 2,081 0 - 0 - 8 8,063 - 10 10,144 0.02% 0.01%

Nunez CC 51 81,961 9 16,264 3 6,021 25 40,177 - 88 144,423 0.19% 0.10%

River Parishes CC 87 138,342 22 38,148 5 10,035 37 59,462 - 151 245,987 0.32% 0.18%

South Central TC

Lafourche Campus 3 3,121 0 - 0 - 7 7,283 - 10 10,404 0.02% 0.01%

Young Memorial Campus 5 5,202 1 1,240 0 - 8 8,149 - 14 14,591 0.03% 0.01%

Reserve Campus 21 21,848 6 7,442 1 1,440 33 34,333 - 61 65,063 0.13% 0.05%

South La. C C 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Sowella Tech CC 124 195,393 28 49,728 5 10,035 177 282,710 - 334 537,866 0.71% 0.39%

LCTC System 1,124 1,741,133 278 481,618 40 77,363 859 1,327,272 300 2,301 3,627,686 4.92% 2.60%

TOPS Payment Summary by Award Level for Academic Year 2017-18

10/6/2017

Opportunity Performance Honors Tech Total TOPS Paid % by School

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National Guard

School # $ # $ # $ # $ $ # $ # $

Centenary 69 197,271 53 162,127 97 315,923 0 - - 219 675,321 0.47% 0.48%

Dillard 109 311,631 33 100,947 10 32,590 0 - - 152 445,168 0.33% 0.32%

Gallaudet 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Louisiana College 182 520,338 101 308,959 69 224,471 0 - - 352 1,053,768 0.75% 0.76%

Loyola 279 795,358 187 562,490 237 765,904 0 - - 703 2,123,752 1.50% 1.52%

NO Bapt. Seminary 9 25,731 3 9,177 4 13,036 0 - - 16 47,944 0.03% 0.03%

Univ. of Holy Cross 94 268,746 42 128,478 8 26,072 0 - - 144 423,296 0.31% 0.30%

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady 148 424,127 72 220,248 23 74,557 0 - - 243 718,932 0.52% 0.52%

Rochester Institute 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

St. Joseph Seminary 6 17,154 8 24,472 12 39,108 0 - - 26 80,734 0.06% 0.06%

Tulane 91 256,386 31 94,144 557 1,798,853 0 - - 679 2,149,383 1.45% 1.54%

Xavier 295 843,405 236 721,724 177 576,443 0 - - 708 2,141,572 1.51% 1.53%

Private Schools 1,282 3,660,147 766 2,332,766 1,194 3,866,957 0 - - 3,242 9,859,870 6.93% 7.06%

Academy of Interactive Entertainment 7 5,553 7 6,353 1 1,060 9 7,140 - 24 20,106 0.05% 0.01%

Allura Acad. of Beauty - Ruston 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Aveda Institute - Baton Rouge 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Aveda Institute - Covington 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Aveda Institute - Hammond 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Aveda Institute - Lafayette 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 793 - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Aveda Institute - New Orleans 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Ayers Career College 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Blue Cliff College - Lafayette 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Blue Cliff College - Metairie 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Blue Cliff College - Alexandria 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Blue Cliff College - Houma 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Blue Cliff College - Shreveport 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Camelot College 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Cameron College 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Career Tech College - Shreveport 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Career Technical - Monroe 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Celebrity Stylist Beauty School 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Cloyd's Beauty #1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Cloyd's Beauty #3 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Compass Career College 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 2,380 - 3 2,380 0.01% 0.00%

Cosmetology Training Center 2 1,587 1 927 0 - 2 1,587 - 5 4,101 0.01% 0.00%

Crescent City Career Institute 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Delta College Arts & Tech 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Delta College Arts & Tech Lafayette 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Delta College Inc. Covington 1 793 0 - 0 - 2 1,587 - 3 2,380 0.01% 0.00%

Delta Sch of Bus & Tech 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Demmon School of Beauty 1 793 0 - 0 - 1 793 - 2 1,586 0.00% 0.00%

Denham Springs Beauty College 2 1,587 0 - 0 - 4 3,173 - 6 4,760 0.01% 0.00%

Digital Media Institute at Intertech 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Eastern Col Health Voc N.O. 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Eastern Col Health Voc S'pt 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Fortis College Baton Rouge 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Guy's Academy - Hair, Skin 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Herzing University 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%


10/6/2017


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National Guard

School # $ # $ # $ # $ $ # $ # $

ITI Technical College 4 3,173 1 927 1 1,060 8 6,347 - 14 11,507 0.03% 0.01%

John Jay Kenner Academy 1 793 1 927 0 - 1 793 - 3 2,513 0.01% 0.00%

Louisiana Academy of Beauty 2 1,587 1 927 0 - 4 3,173 - 7 5,687 0.01% 0.00%

LA Culinary Institution 2 1,587 3 2,780 2 2,120 5 3,967 - 12 10,454 0.03% 0.01%

Medical Training College 3 2,380 0 - 0 - 0 - - 3 2,380 0.01% 0.00%

Mid City College 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Moore Career College 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Omega Inst of Cosmetology 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Pat Goins Benton Rd. Beauty Sch. (Monroe) 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Pineville Beauty School 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Remington College - Baton Rouge 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Remington College - Lafayette 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Remington College - Shreveport 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Stage One - The Hair School 1 793 0 - 1 1,060 4 3,173 - 6 5,026 0.01% 0.00%

Unitech Trng. Acad. - Alexandria 2 1,587 0 - 0 - 4 3,173 - 6 4,760 0.01% 0.00%

Unitech Trng. Acad. - Houma 1 793 0 - 0 - 3 2,380 - 4 3,173 0.01% 0.00%

Unitech Trng. Acad. - Lafayette 1 793 0 - 0 - 0 - - 1 793 0.00% 0.00%

Unitech Trng. Acad. - Lake Charles 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 1,587 - 2 1,587 0.00% 0.00%

Unitech Trng Acad - Metairie 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Unitech Trng. Acad. - W. Monroe 0 - 1 927 0 - 0 - - 1 927 0.00% 0.00%

Vanguard Coll Cosm - BR 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Vanguard Coll Cosm - Metairie 0 - 1 927 0 - 1 793 - 2 1,720 0.00% 0.00%

Vanguard Coll Cosm - Slidell 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Virginia College 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - 0.00% 0.00%

Proprietary Schools 36 28,557 16 14,695 5 5,300 54 42,839 - 111 91,391 0.24% 0.07%

Total 21,857 61,308,202 12,587 38,329,839 11,288 38,382,318 1,025 1,520,503 21,000 46,757 139,561,862 100.00% 100.01%

Average Award Amount $2,806 $3,045 $3,400 $1,483 $2,985

Expenditures by Opportunity Performance Honors Tech National Guard

School Type: # $ # $ # $ # $ $ # % $ %

Public Schools (less LCTCS) 19,415 55,878,365 11,527 35,500,760 10,049 34,432,698 112 150,392 20,700 41,103 87.91% 125,982,915 90.27%

Community Colleges & LTCs 1,124 1,741,133 278 481,618 40 77,363 859 1,327,272 300 2,301 4.92% 3,627,686 2.60%

Private Schools 1,282 3,660,147 766 2,332,766 1,194 3,866,957 - - - 3,242 6.93% 9,859,870 7.06%

Proprietary Schools 36 28,557 16 14,695 5 5,300 54 42,839 - 111 0.24% 91,391 0.07%

Total 21,857 61,308,202 12,587 38,329,839 11,288 38,382,318 1,025 1,520,503 21,000 46,757 100.00% 139,561,862 100.00%

Actual number of TOPS students paid (less TOPS Tech Early Start) 46,751

Actual number of TOPS students paid (with TOPS Tech Early Start) 47,195


10/6/2017


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 decreasedfrom 41% in the 2004-2005 academic year to 16.2% in the 2016-2017 academic year.

Perception: TOPS awards do not benefit 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 acrossincome 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 10-5-2017

Perception: 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 to2.7% 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 benefit from TOPS.

Truth: Every public higher education institution in the state has TOPS students, and the University ofLouisiana 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

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