Student Services Building Remodel Student Services are temporarily located in alternate locations.
Student Services Building Remodel Student Services are temporarily located in alternate locations.
Did you graduate in 2022, but were not awarded a Cal Grant? Complete a 2023-2024 Dream Act Application and check with your high school to verify your GPA was submitted. Both should be submitted by March 2nd to be considered for your high school entitlement Cal Grant.
Complete a 2023 – 2024 Dream Act Application for a California College Promise Grant and for Cal Grant competitive awards. This website contains additional information.
Until the passage of the Dream Act, undocumented students were not eligible for federal, state or university funded financial aid. Under this new law, undocumented students who qualify under AB 540 criteria may now be eligible for certain types of financial aid. The California Dream Act Application is used to determine a student's eligibility for need-based financial aid. For detailed information on the California Dream Act, please visit csac.ca.gov/dream_act.asp.
The Dream Act is really two laws that were passed in 2011 and allow AB 540 students to apply for and receive several types of financial aid, including:
Check with your college financial aid, scholarship, EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs offices to see what is available.
The Dream Center Office is designed to provide information and academic counseling to new and continuing undocumented students at Fresno City College. Counselors and staff assigned to the Dream Center will assist students in overcoming challenges of access and completion of vocational or transfer-level goals in higher education. The majority of the students served in this office will be identified as Dreamers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or seeking AB 540 status.
The passage of AB 130 and 131 laws allows students who meet AB540 criteria to apply for and receive state funded grants and/or scholarships to public colleges and universities. Specific requirements must be met by students in order to be eligible for the California College Promise Grant, Cal Grants and other grant programs.
Assembly Bill 540 is a California law that allows qualified students to pay in-state tuition at the state's institutions of higher education. AB 540 does not grant state or federal financial eligibility, and only provides an exemption to the requirements to pay non-resident tuition. To qualify as an AB 540 student, undocumented students must meet the following:
Please contact our Admissions Office to determine if you are AB 540 eligible.