Teaching Credential
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: $5,350
CSUF FAFSA Application Deadline (2009/2010): must be received
in our office no later than May 14, 2010
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 in your initial credential program. The Pell Grant will be paid only for credential courses. Prerequisites, waiver courses and second credential do not qualify for payment of Pell Grant.
Maximum award amount: Maximum Loan Repayment is $11,000 for 4 years of service
FAFSA Application Deadline (2009/2010): No deadline, recommend
2009-10 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 18, 2009. CSAC APLE deadline is June
30, 2009. (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: $3,354 for fees; $1677 access (formerly
subsistence)
FAFSA Application Deadline (2009/2010): Must be received
in our office no later than May 14, 2010
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 $4,000
FAFSA Application Deadline (2009/2010): March 2, 2009
Purpose: The Federal Perkins Loan provides long-term,
low-interest loans to students with exceptional need.
Required Forms/Deadlines: Pre-loan online 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 $7,000
For information on qualification requirements click
here.
FAFSA Application Deadline (2009/2010): May 14, 2010
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 while the student is enrolled in 6
or more units.
Maximum award amount: $4,500
FAFSA Application Deadline (2009/2010): March 2, 2009
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, interests 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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