I figured it out. I removed the binding in the text fields
and assigned the values with <cfsavecontent>
Here is the code:
<cfsavecontent variable="populatefields">
this["data_" + #i#].visible=false; this["data_" +
#i#].enabled=false;this["gridpanel_" + #i#].height=0;
this["forInput_" + #i#].text='';
this["offer_nbr_" + #i#].text = (this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem!=undefined)?this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem.offer_nbr:'';
this["lbcc_subject_" + #i#].text = (this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem!=undefined)?this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem.subject:'';
this["lbcc_catalog_nbr_" + #i#].text = (this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem!=undefined)?this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem.CATALOG_NBR:'';
this["peoplesoft_courseID_" + #i#].text = (this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem!=undefined)?this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem.peoplesoft_courseID:'';
this["lbcc_course_name_" + #i#].text = (this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem!=undefined)?this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem.course_descr:'';
this["lbcc_units_" + #i#].text = (this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem!=undefined)?this["data_" +
#i#].selectedItem.units:'';
</cfsavecontent>
<cfformgroup type="vdividedbox" visible="yes"
enabled="yes">
<cfformgroup type="horizontal" visible="yes"
enabled="yes">
<cfinput type="hidden" name="offer_nbr_#i#" width="120"
value="#qinternalequivalentret.offer_nbr#">
<cfinput type="text" name="lbcc_subject_#i#"
message="Please enter the LBCC subject." width="120"
label="Subject" required="yes" readonly="true"
value="#qinternalequivalentret.lbcc_subject#" ><cfinput
type="text" name="lbcc_catalog_nbr_#i#" width="120" label="Catalog
Number" required="yes"
value="#qinternalequivalentret.lbcc_catalog_nbr#" readonly="true"
message="Please enter the catalog number" ><cfinput
type="text" name="peoplesoft_courseID_#i#" message="Please enter a
Course ID" width="200" label="Course ID number (e.g. 000115)"
required="yes" readonly="true"
value="#qinternalequivalentret.peoplesoft_courseID#">
</cfformgroup>
</cfformgroup>
<cfformgroup type="vdividedbox"id="gridpanel_#i#"
visible="no" enabled="no" height="0">
<cfformgroup type="horizontal" visible="yes"
enabled="yes">
<cfgrid name= "data_#i#" height="200" width="800"
onChange="#populatefields#" rowheaders="false">
<cfgridcolumn name="effective_date" header="Course
effective date">
<cfgridcolumn name="equivalency_status" header="Course
Status" width="70">
<cfgridcolumn name="peoplesoft_courseID" header="Course
ID" width="65">
<cfgridcolumn name="subject" header="Subject"
width="60">
<cfgridcolumn name="CATALOG_NBR" header="Catalog Number"
width="80">
<cfgridcolumn name="offer_nbr" header="Offer Nbr"
width="60">
<cfgridcolumn name="units" header="Units" width="50">
<cfgridcolumn name="course_descr" header="Description"
width="150">
</cfgrid>
</cfformgroup>
</cfformgroup>
<cfformgroup type="vdividedbox" visible="yes"
enabled="yes">
<cfformgroup type="horizontal" visible="yes"
enabled="yes">
<cfinput type="text" name="lbcc_course_name_#i#"
value="#qinternalequivalentret.lbcc_course_name#" message="Please
enter the Long Beach City College course name." width="300"
label="Long Beach City College Course Name (e.g. Macro-Economics)"
required="yes" readonly="true">
<cfinput type="text" name="lbcc_units_#i#"
value="#qinternalequivalentret.lbcc_units#" maxlength="3"
message="Please enter a Long Beach City College course unit value."
width="30" label="Long Beach City College Course Unit value"
validate="float" required="yes" readonly="true">
</cfformgroup>
</cfformgroup>
</cfformgroup>