California Promise Grant

Waive tuition and fees for the entire school year

✓ How it works

 

California community college students, who are residents of California, can apply for a California Promise Grant, also known as a California Community Colleges Board of Governors Fee Waiver (BOGFW). This grant waives tuition and fees for qualified students for the entire school year. Students may receive a waiver for any number of units, with no minimum. A student can qualify if he/she has financial need, receives Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (AFDC/TANF), Supplemental Security Income/SSP, General Assistance, or meets other special criteria

 

► Two ways to apply

1.) Go online and fill out a FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid. A student needs to complete this application in order to receive federal and state cash grants. It also includes the application for a Board of Governors Fee Waiver. If a student qualifies for any amount of a cash grant from FAFSA, he or she will automatically qualify for a BOG Fee Waiver.

2.) Download a California Promise Grant or Board of Governors Fee Waiver (BOGFW) application from your community college website. Complete it. Then turn it in with the required supporting documents to the community college financial aid office.

California Dream Act Fee Waivers

Qualified undocumented students may receive fee waivers by completing a Special California Promise or Board of Governors Fee Waiver Application for AB 540 Students under the California Dream Act. This form can be obtained from the website of your community college. It can also be downloaded from here or here.

Fee waivers must be renewed during each spring semester for the financial aid year that begins with the following summer semester.  Be sure that a fee waiver is in place before the student registers for classes. Otherwise, the studnet may need to pay full tuition in order to keep the classes for which they have registered.

Requirements:

✓ Sustain a +2.0 GPA for two consecutive primary semesters (i.e. Fall/Spring)
✓Complete more than 50% of your coursework in two consecutive primary semesters
✓Any combination of 1 or 2 above. 

Information about eligibility and the appeals process can be found on your college web site or at ICanAffordCollege.

Information on how to regain eligibility and the appeals process can be found on your college web site or at icanaffordcollege.com.