FA Legislation
CA Assembly Bill allows qualified students, including undocumented individuals, to pay in-state tuition rates at California public colleges and universities
What is AB540?
The unsubsidized yearly limit for an Independent, Sophomore standing student.
What is $6,000?
FAFSA is an acronym that stands for
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) was replaced by this
What is Student Aid Index (SAI)?
What are the types of degrees students can earn at Mesa College?
Certificate, Associates, and Bachelors
AB-789 went into effect during the 2024-25 academic year and is related to this Financial Aid eligibility criteria
What is Satisfactory Academic Progress?
The interest rate for the Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loan in 2025-26.
What is 6.39%?
This is the earliest students can complete the FAFSA every year
What is October 1
Students may now qualify for Pell Grant in these 3 ways...
What is Maximum Pell Grant, Minimum Pell Grant, and Calculated Pell Grant?
Most Mesa College students transfer to this institution?
What is SDSU?
What is the One Big Beautiful Bill?
The PLUS loan yearly limit per student, which goes into effect in 2026-27
What is $20,000?
The number of colleges/universities a student can list on the form
What is 20?
Anyone required to provide information, consent, and a signature on the FAFSA is considered a....
What is a Contributor?
Of the 3 credit colleges in SDCCD, this was the first.
What is City College?
The FUTURE Act and the and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 together make up this piece of Financial Aid legislation...
What is FAFSA Simplification?
Aside from accepting their offered loan, first-time borrowers must complete these two requirements
What is the entrance counseling requirement and the Master Promissory Note?
Designation prior to a Dependency Petition or Homeless Youth Determination being approved
What is Provisional Independent Student?
Failure to provide consent to access this information on the FAFSA makes students ineligible for financial aid.
What is Federal Tax Information (FTI)?
Mesa College was founded this year
What is 1964?
SDCCD is required to wait 30 days to disburse DL funds for 1st time loan borrowers because of...
What is our Cohort Default Rates?
Name 3 of the qualifying events that qualify as a change in financial status due to a special circumstance
Loss of a job, serious illness, disability, significant medical expenses, Separation or Divorce, Death in the Family
This requirement for male applicants was removed as part of FAFSA Simplification
What is Selective Service?
Name 2 of the 3 Bachelors Degrees now offered at SDCCD
What is Health Information Management, Cybersecurity, and Public Safety Management