The grant is lost for the entire family for the penalty period. The University of Texas at Austin launched UTDirect, an interactive Web site providing easy access to services and business processes in fall 2000. Instead of standing in long lines or jumping from Web site to Web site to get things done, UTDirect lets students register for classes, pay tuition and fees, get advising and request degree audits. UTDirect also lets users create and customize their UTDirect home page. Features include personalizing notifications, navigational bars and bookmarks of important sites.
Students can reach their sites from anywhere, at any time.
Nearly 70 new services for faculty and staff members will be added by January 2001. UTDirect is part of the e-University initiative to transform key academic, outreach and business processes with Internet technologies. Texas local governments, school districts that are members of the Texas Association of School Boards, nonprofits and other political subdivisions of the state of Texas can join the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative, an administrative agency administered by the Texas Association of School Boards. The cooperative provides a list of products and services that have been submitted for competitive bid and awarded in accordance with state statute. All items have been competitively bid in advance, so members don't have to gather bids on the items themselves.