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Welcome to the Financial Aid web page for Teacher Education students. Our mission is serving students and our goal is providing you with the services and funds you need to achieve your educational goals. Click on the links below for information on various state and federal aid programs available to teacher credential students.

Federal Pell Grant

Maximum award amount: $4,731

CSUF FAFSA Application Deadline (2008/2009): must be received in our office no later than May 15, 2009

Purpose: To encourage students to become teachers by increasing grant eligibility to help reduce loan debt.

Required Forms: FAFSA

Additional Comments : In order to receive Federal Pell Grant as a teaching credential candidate, you must be enrolled in at least six units of courses leading towards your initial teaching credential. The Pell Grant will be disbursed after the office of financial aid verifies that you are enrolled in the appropriate number and types of units.* This verification (or validation) will occur after census date, which is normally the fourth week of school. Once eligibility is confirmed, the Pell Grant will be released for payment.

To determine if the courses you are enrolled in qualify you for Pell Grant payment please contact our office after enrollment.

Prerequisites and waiver courses are not considered to be part of the credential program and do not qualify for payment of Pell Grant.

 

* Additional Comments : In order to receive Federal Pell Grant as a teaching credential candidate, you must be enrolled in at least six units. The Pell Grant will be paid only for credential courses (i.e., those courses designated as EDEL, EDSC, SCED, ENED, ARTE, FLED442, FLED449E, FLED449I, FLED449S,MUSE, MAED, THED, SPED, KNES442, KNES449E, KNES491 and KNES449S, HESC356/357). Prerequisites and waiver courses are not considered to be part of the credential program and do not qualify for payment of Pell Grant.

APLE (Assumption Program of Loans for Education)

Maximum award amount: Maximum Loan Repayment is $11,000 for 4 years of service

FAFSA Application Deadline (2008/2009): No deadline, recommend 2008-09 FAFSA is received by Office of Financial Aid for required loan information.

Purpose: To encourage students to become teachers and to serve in critical teacher shortage areas, the APLE program assumes a portion of the student's educational loan debt for each year of teaching in the designated subject or low income area.

Required Forms/Deadlines: Submit APLE application to Office of Financial Aid by June 16, 2008. CSAC APLE deadline is June 30, 2008. (For more details obtain APLE pamphlet from the Office of Financial Aid.)

Additional Comments: To receive the full benefits of the APLE program, participants must have four consecutive school years of eligible teaching service at a California public school. For detailed information on how to search for a list of low-income schools, Click Here.

 

Cal Grant A & B

Maximum award amount: $2,772 for fees; $1551 access (formerly subsistence)

FAFSA Application Deadline (2008/2009): Must be received in our office no later than May 15, 2009

Purpose: To help offset the cost of registration fees for students enrolled in a teacher credential program. Cal Grant B will assist in paying fees and offers a stipend to offset other school-related expenses.

Required Forms/Deadlines: Must complete G-44 form, "Request for Cal Grant Teaching Credential Program Benefits".

Additional Comments: Student must be a Cal Grant A or B recipient as an undergraduate student to be eligible for one additional year of Cal Grant to pursue their teacher credential certificate.

 

Federal Perkins Loan

Maximum CSUF award amount: For credential candidates $2,400

FAFSA Application Deadline (2008/2009): March 2, 2008

Purpose: The Federal Perkins Loan provides long-term, low-interest loans to students with exceptional need.

Required Forms/Deadlines: Pre-loan interview, Borrower Information, and Borrower Fact Sheet

Additional Comments: The federal government pays the interest on Perkins Loan while the student is in school and enrolled in a minimum of six units. Student begins paying the loan nine months after graduating or dropping below 6 units.

 

Federal Family Educational Loan Program (FFELP)

Maximum annual award amount: Subsidized up to $5,500; Unsubsidized up to $5,000

*As of July 1, 2007, certain Teacher Credential students may qualify for an additional $2000, for a total unsubsidized maximum of $7000 annually.

For information on qualification requirements click here.

FAFSA Application Deadline (2008/2009): May 15, 2009

Purpose: The FFELP provides subsidized and unsubsidized long-term, variable interest loans based upon the student's eligibility data derived from the FAFSA.

Required Forms/Deadlines: Pre-loan seminar, CSUF Stafford Loan Request Form Master Promissory Note, and Pre-loan exit seminar

Additional Comments: The federal government pays the interest on subsidized Stafford loans while the student is in school and enrolled in a minimum of six units. The student is responsible to pay the interest on unsubsidized loans, although payment can be deferred or capitalized, while the student is enrolled in 6 or more units.

 

Federal Work-Study

Maximum award amount: $4,500

FAFSA Application Deadline (2008/2009): March 2, 2008

Purpose: To help students defray the cost of educational expenses

Required Forms/Deadlines: Federal Work-Study employment authorization

Additional Comments: Allows the student to find employment to match the student's skills, interest and/or academic background. Students will be encouraged to participate in the America Reads and Counts Program to become a reading or math tutor.

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