Let’s get started! Complete the California Dream Act application at Financial Aid https://dream.csac.ca.gov/. This link will allow you Upcoming Events to complete a new application and make now available for corrections to an existing application. AB540 students Pasadena City College school code = 001261 Financial Aid workshops are available to help you complete the application. Note: If you are considered a dependent student on the Dream Act application, you should have Please contact the Financial Aid Office your parents’ financial information ready. for dates and times AB540 students Phone: (626) 5857401 AB 540, passed in 2001, allows students who Email:
[email protected] meet all the following criteria to pay the same tuition and fees as resident students at California public colleges and universities. Starting on January 1, 2013, the California Dream Act extends Cal Grant A & B Entitlements awards, Cal Grant C awards, institutional grants, and community college fee waivers to students who meet these same criteria. To receive Dream Act aid, AB 540, and AB 131, you must: • Have attended a California high school for a minimum of three years. • Graduate from a California high school, pass the California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) or get a General Equivalency Diploma (GED, also called the General Make your college Educational Development test) or other California DREAM Act stateauthorized high school equivalency dreams come true! The California Dream Act of 2011 is the result of exam such as HiSET or TASC. two bills, Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) and • Enroll at a California Community College.