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Working with local government and community partners Alamo PROMISE provides community college tuition to eligible students who plan to earn an associate degree, certification, courses for transfer or workforce training.

Alamo PROMISE is more than a new program of the Alamo Colleges District, it is a new community-wide initiative. 

AlamoPROMISE will provide last-dollar funding to fill the gap between a student’s financial aid award and the cost of tuition and mandatory fees for up to three years at one of the Alamo Colleges District’s five colleges.

In the initial phase of the program, graduating high school seniors from any one of 25 local high schools (listed in the table below) are eligible.

To be eligible, students must:

• Complete a Save Your Seat Form to participate in the program
• Submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or Texas Application for State Financial Aid and list at least one college of the Alamo Colleges District
• Apply for admission to one of the district’s colleges through Apply Texas
• Complete registration at one of the district’s colleges
• Participate in a Summer Bridge (if  high school GPA is 79 or below) and Career Exploration Camp 
• Maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete at least 18 credit hours per academic year

Participating Schools

AlamoPROMISE is available to eligible students residing in Bexar County beginning fall 2020. Graduating seniors from one of the 25 participating high schools can complete Save Your Seat Forms beginning on October 2, 2019. By the fall of 2021, it will be available to students from an additional 20 participating high schools. 

The Alamo Colleges District’s partners in AlamoPROMISE are contributing funds and additional monies are being contributed by businesses and foundations.

The generous support of our community makes this program possible. We want to encourage your continued investment in Bexar County area students.

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The core partners are the UP Partnership, the San Antonio Education Partnership and SA Works.

Yes. The AlamoPROMISE steering committee, chaired by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Alamo Colleges District Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores, includes leaders from key businesses, educational organizations and non-profits who are fully supportive of the program.

There is consensus in the community that education beyond high school is critical to providing economic and social mobility for residents, and that financial barriers are the greatest factor in preventing residents from enrolling in or completing a college education.

The leadership of the Alamo Colleges District believes that Alamo PROMISE provides a strategy to address that reality and the fact that San Antonio is one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the country, yet has the second-highest percentage of population in poverty among the top 25 largest U.S. metro areas.

Yes. The Dallas County Community College District has a successful Promise program, and there are 242 such programs making a difference across the country.