The following requirements apply to students admitted to Central Alabama Community College and determined to be eligible to participate in the Gateway to Education program:

General Scholarship Provisions:

• Students must apply for all other scholarships and financial aid programs available through the college for which they qualify. All students must apply for a Pell Grant, regardless of family income. The Gateway to Education program will pay the tuition and fees or an amount up to the difference between the tuition and fees and the amount received by the student via other scholarships and / or financial aid programs.
  
  
• Students must enroll within fifteen months of the date of their high school graduation.
  
  
• Students may receive scholarship assistance for up to 64 credit hours which must be completed within 36 months from date of acceptance by CACC. Students must be enrolled at CACC exclusively.
  
  
• The Gateway to Education scholarships will only cover required courses in a student's major, (including core curriculum), and only those courses that count toward graduation.
  
  
• Any course that is offered in the student's curriculum on the Alexander City campus must be taken on that campus. Courses are allowed to be taken on the Childersburg campus only when the course is not taught on the Alexander City campus, and only when the course is required in the student's discipline.

  Scholarship Maintenance Provisions

• Students must maintain a 2.0 overall grade point average to remain eligible for scholarship assistance. A student will be ineligible for the continuation of the scholarship assistance program whenever their overall grade point average falls below this minimum requirement. The student may reapply for the scholarship once his / her grade point average is back up to 2.0
  
  
• Students must remain enrolled as a student as referenced in Section 5 of the General Scholarship Requirements.