PURPOSE
To provide each Kalamazoo Public Schools graduate with the opportunity to attend post –secondary education with up to a 100% tuition scholarship.

ELIGIBILITY
1. All students who graduate from Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS), are residing in the district, and have been KPS students four years or more. (Enrollment and residency must be continuous.)
2. Admitted to and enrolled at any public State of Michigan university or community college.
a. Make regular progress toward a degree or certification.
b. Must maintain a 2.0 grade point average at the post-secondary institution.
c. Complete a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.
d. If the GPA drops below 2.0, a student may be reinstated if he/she is able to bring their GPA back to at least a 2.0.

EXTENT OF BENEFITS
The tuition benefit will be graduated on the basis of length of attendance in the Kalamazoo Public School system.

Length of Attendance.......Benefit
K-12.....................................100%
1-12.......................................95%
2-12.......................................95%
3-12.......................................95%
4-12.......................................90%
5-12 ......................................85%
6-12.......................................80%
7-12.......................................75%
8-12.......................................70%
9-12.......................................65%
10-12.......................................0%
11-12.......................................0%
12.............................................0%

TERMS OF SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship program provides up to four (4) years of tuition and mandatory fees for post-secondary education (per the scale above). The students must be a full-time student, taking 12 credit hours per semester minimum. Individual summer school classes will be covered as long as the class applies toward the degree or certification program in which the student is enrolled and is taken at their designated school of choice. A special permission form must be completed AND approved in order to take summer classes at other than the school of choice.

Mandatory fees are defined using the same definition as the Michigan Educational Trust and are determined by each educational institution.

The post-secondary education must be completed within 10 years of the date of high school graduation. Exceptions to this requirement are granted for military service.

Four years shall be defined as the receipt of a bachelors degree or 130 credit hours towards a degree, whichever occurs first. This education must be pursued per the requirements listed above.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
Scholarship recipients must submit:
• A Kalamazoo Promise application form.
• A Kalamazoo Promise scholarship acceptance form.
• A transcript from the previous semester indicating as a minimum: classes taken, grades and credit hours for those classes and cumulative GPA. (Provisions may be made to have this submitted by the post-secondary institution.)
• All changes to contact information as they occur. This includes home and school addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
• A Kalamazoo Promise scholarship transfer form if changing school of choice.
• A Kalamazoo Promise summer school exception form in order to take summer classes at other than the school of choice.

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
All funds will be paid directly to the educational institution. Funds will be paid a maximum of three times per year. Payments will be paid after the drop/add period of the fall, winter and summer/spring semester as defined by each educational institution, generally at the same time that Michigan Educational Trust Funds are billed.
Any refunds due to the scholarship will be paid directly to the Kalamazoo Promise.

EXCEPTIONS
No exceptions to the above requirements will be allowed unless approved by the Kalamazoo Promise Board, its Appeals Committee or their designee.
Appeals are initiated by contacting the Kalamazoo Promise Executive Administrator.


ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS
Any public State of Michigan university or community college is eligible for use the Kalamazoo Promise.

UNIVERSITIES:
Central Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Ferris State University / Kendall School of Art & Design
Grand Valley State University
Lake Superior State University
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Northern Michigan University
Oakland University
Saginaw Valley State University
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Dearborn
University of Michigan Flint
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University

COMMUNITY COLLEGES:
Alpena Community College
Bay de Noc Community College
Delta College
Glen Oaks Community College
Gogebic Community College
Grand Rapids Community College
Great Lakes Maritime Academy
Henry Ford Community College
Jackson Community College
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kellogg Community College
Kirtland Community College
Lake Michigan College
Lansing Community College
Macomb Community College
Mid Michigan Community College
Monroe County Community College
Montcalm Community College
Mott Community College
Muskegon Community College
North Central Michigan College
Northwestern Michigan College
Oakland Community College
Schoolcraft College
Southwestern Michigan College
St. Clair County Community College
Washtenaw Community College
Wayne County Community College
West Shore Community College



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