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Student Services

BOG Fee Waiver C: California Community Colleges
• Be a California resident. • CCPG/BOG Fee Waiver (CA residents)
• Apply with the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal • Full-Time Students Success Grant (FTSSG) for Cal
Student Aid) online at www.fafsa.gov. Grant B recipients
• Demonstrate minimum need threshold of • Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS)
$1,104.00 based upon FAFSA data. • Foster Youth Success Initiative (FYSI)
• The “minimum need” threshold will be established • CARE (Cooperative Agency Resources for Education
annually by the California Community College • CalWORKS
Chancellor’s Office. The minimum need threshold
shall be in effect starting in Fall and ending in Scholarships
Summer for each academic year. • Private foundations and non-profit organizations
• Institutional (colleges/universities)
CCCApply online BOG Fee Waiver application is available
for BOG Fee Waiver A & B! Refer to www.solano.edu, Eligibility for financial aid is based on financial need and
click “Financial Aid” for the paper application or for the on several other factors. To be eligible to receive Federal
CCCApply online BOG fee waiver application. Title IV financial aid assistance, students must:

AB-540 Students • Demonstrate financial need (except for certain loans).
The California Dream Act of 2011 (AB130/131) allows • Have a high school diploma or a General Education
eligible undocumented and documented students to Development (GED) certificate, meet other standards
apply for and receive institutional scholarships and state your state establishes that the Department approves;
administered financial aid (AB-130) and community college complete a high school education in a home school
fee waivers (AB 131), effective January 2013. Apply with setting that is treated as such under state law; or
the CA Dream Application at https://dream.csac.ca.gov/ have completed 6 semester units in a post-secondary
degree or certificate program prior to July 1, 2012.
Financial Aid assistance is available through the federal • Be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen.
and state government, as well as scholarships offered • Have a valid Social Security Number or Alien
by the institution, private, and non-profit foundations. Registration Number (ARN).
Financial aid may help to offset the cost of higher • Register with the Selective Service (males age
education such as tuition, fees, books, sup-plies, housing, • 18-25). Students may use the online FAFSA at www.
transportation and personal expenses. Be aware that fafsa.gov to register, or may register at www.sss.gov,
financial aid does not fully support a student with all or call 1-847-688-6888.
expenses. Financial Aid is one of many tools to help • Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
students achieve their educational and career goals. Here is • Not be in default on a federal student loan and do
a listing of financial aid programs available through Solano not owe money on a federal student grant.
Community College:
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for Federal
Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs— Financial Aid (e.g., Pell Grant, Federal Direct Loan)
School Code 001292 and Cal Grant

Grants (free money for college) Federal and State financial aid regulations require Solano
• Pell Grant Community College (SCC) to establish, publish, and apply
• Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) qualitative, quantitative and incremental standards by
which SCC can determine whether a student requesting
Work-Study (cash earned while you learn) Loans and/or receiving financial aid is maintaining Satisfactory
(borrowing requires repayment) Academic Progress (SAP) in his/her course of study.
• Direct Loan Program Financial Aid requires a declared major and enrollment in a
Subsidized Title IV eligible program (16 or more units in length).
Unsubsidized
Solano Community College Financial Aid Office evaluates
California State Aid all three of the following standards at the end of each 16-
• Cal Grant B, C, Transfer week term, to determine a student’s eligibility for Financial
• Chafee Grant for Foster Youth Aid. At the end of each term, the student’s academic record
will be reviewed against the following standards:

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