Good morning, colleagues:

This month, The College Board and ACT announced great news for college-bound low-income students, including students experiencing homelessness.

College Board Updates: Starting when SAT registration for the 2018-2019 school year opens in April, students who take the SAT or the SAT Subject Tests with a fee waiver will be able to send their official score reports to as many institutions as they want—for free (currently, students eligible for an SAT Fee Waiver can send up to four score reports for free, in addition to the four free score sends they receive with registration—for eight total). This applies to all income-eligible students who take the SAT, whether they take it during a weekend national administration or through a School Day administration. The College Board also will continue its longstanding partnership with higher education to provide college application fee waivers so that the entire application process will be free for low-income students.

Visit https://www.collegeboard.org/membership/all-access/admissions/college-board-announces-unlimited-sat-score-sends-low-income for more information.

ACT Updates: Starting in September 2018, students from low-income families who take the ACT with fee waivers will be allowed to send ACT score reports for free to colleges and/or scholarship agencies at any time during their college search process. Currently, students may elect to send their scores to up to four colleges or scholarship agencies for free during the registration process and up to five days after they take the test. After that point, the fee for each additional score report they send is $13. ACT’s new policy will waive that fee for students who register for the test with a fee waiver. The free score reports—up to 20 for each test students take with a fee waiver—will never expire, so students may use them whenever they wish.

Visit http://leadershipblog.act.org/2017/12/act-will-offer-free-score-reports-to.html for more information.

NCHE will incorporate these policy updates into its upcoming Paving the Way to College for Students Experiencing Homelessness webinar sessions. Register for this and other NCHE webinars at https://nche.ed.gov/web/group.php.

Happy holidays from NCHE. Thank you for the amazing work you do to help students experiencing homelessness!

Best regards,

Christina Dukes, Federal Liaison
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)