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Family receives low-income public
assistance or lives in federally subsidized
public housing.
Enrolled in a federally funded program for
the economically disadvantaged (e.g., Free
or reduced-price lunch program, GEAR UP,
or Upward Bound)
Resides in a foster home, is a ward of the
state, or is homeless
Eligibility audits: To monitor compliance, ACT
may request written evidence of student
eligibility in order to monitor school/agency
compliance. Non-eligible students may be
billed and/or non-compliant schools/agencies
Advising Eligible Students
As you identify eligible students and assist
them with using the ACT Fee Waiver,
encourage them to do the following:
Register early: This allows for maximum
prep time. Once registration is complete,
your student will have time to benefit from
the features in The Official ACT® Self-Paced
Course, Powered by Kaplan® which
includes live, online instruction from expert
instructors and more than 20 hours of on-
demand video.
Follow through and test: A fee waiver is an
investment from ACT intended to
financially assist a student who wishes to
test. Emphasize to students who register
with a fee waiver the importance of taking
the test. When students use a fee waiver to
register but do not test, they miss a
valuable opportunity, and the action may
limit access to testing for other eligible
students.
students denied admission, please advise
fee waiver students who do not test to
reschedule for a later ACT test date.
•Avoid wasting fee waivers: Discourage
students from using multiple fee waivers
simply to register; they do not receive the
full benefits of their fee waivers unless they
actually test.
o While not recommended, students who
choose not to reschedule can register
for another test date with another fee
waiver code.
deferral: A student can use the Request for
Waiver or Deferral of College Admission
Application Fee form unlimited times when
applying to schools. Have students send
the completed form along with their
college application(s). Note: Colleges and
universities may consider the request but
are not obligated to waive or defer their
admission fees for any particular applicants.
Ordering and Distributing
Fee Waivers
ACT Fee Waivers are available to high schools,
active Upward Bound projects, and qualifying
not-for-profit assistance organizations.
Officials who identify eligible students may
contact ACT to proactively order fee waivers.
To order or reorder fee waivers, please visit:
http://www.act.org/the-
act/supportmaterials.
Fee waiver forms are normally delivered
within ten working days of receiving the
order and are emailed to the account on
record.
Please monitor your fee waiver quantities.
Reorder only if needed prior to the
registration period for each test date.
If you have questions about placing an order,
please contact ACT Customer Support
at 319.337.1320.