Authority of the Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board

Authority of the Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board. The Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board is granted authority by the State of Mississippi for administration of various state student financial assistance programs. Authority is granted by the legal statutes authorizing such programs as follows: Program Name Authorizing Code Section Undergraduate Grant and Scholarship Programs (Parts 610-619) Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant (MTAG) Miss. Code Ann.§ 37-106-29 Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant (MESG) Miss. Code Ann.§ 37-106-31 Higher Education Legislative Plan for Needy Students (HELP) Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-75 Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Scholarship Program (LAW) Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-39 Southwest Asia Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Scholarship Program (POW) – Inactive/Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-41 Nissan Scholarship (NISS) Miss. Code Ann.§ 37-106-11 Graduate Grant and Scholarship Programs (Parts 620-629) Mississippi Public Management Graduate Intern Program (PMGT) – Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-43 Undergraduate Forgivable Loan Programs (Parts 630-649) Undergraduate and Graduate Forgivable Loan Programs (Parts 650-659) Health Care Professions Forgivable Loan (HCP) – Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-67 Family Protection Specialist Social Worker Forgivable Loan (SWOR) – Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-69 Graduate Forgivable Loan Programs (Parts 660-679) Counselor and School Administrator Forgivable Loan (CSA) – Inactive Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-47 Graduate Teacher Forgivable Loan (GTS) – Inactive Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-47 Southern Region Education Board Doctoral Scholars Forgivable Loan (SDSP) – Inactive Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-47 Critical Needs Dyslexia Therapy Teacher Forgivable Loan (CNDT) Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-71 State Dental Education Forgivable Loan (DENT) – Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-63 State Medical Education Forgivable Loan (MED) – Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-61 Southern Regional Education Board Regional Contract Forgivable Loan (SREB) Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-47 Graduate and Professional Degree Forgivable Loan (STSC) – Unfunded Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-65 Veterinary Medicine Minority Forgivable Loan (VMMP) – Inactive Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-47 Speech-Language Pathologists Forgivable Loan (SLPL) Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-73 Loan Repayment and Other Programs (Parts 680-689) Winter-Reed Teacher Loan Repayment Program (WRTR) Miss. Code Ann. § 37-106-36 Skilled Nursing Home and Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program (NULR) Regular Session 2023, SB