The program covers tuition and fees for new graduates seeking a certificate or associate degree at a college in the Alamo Colleges District.
San Antonio College is one of the five Alamo Colleges campuses offering free tuition to new Bexar County high school graduates as part of the Alamo Promise program.All Bexar County high school graduates are now eligible to attend one of the Alamo Colleges District’s five campuses tuition-free this fall after an expansion of the Alamo Promise program to charter schools, private schools and home schools.
The program has expanded each year after starting with just 25 high schools. Nearly 3,000 students participated in the fall of 2020, with a dip during COVID to around 2,547 and 3,948 during the third year of the program. Alamo Promise will only cover courses that are part of a student’s Course Program of Study , which is a federal requirement stating that only courses that count toward a degree or certificate can be considered when calculating student’s federal financial aid eligibility. Due to this requirement, if a student takes courses that are not on their official degree plan, it could result in receiving less federal financial aid and having to pay for courses out-of-pocket.
“And we see that reinforced by the lagging college-going rates that are still present in the county,” she said.
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