Dual Enrollment Financial Aid Information

Each student will be responsible for applying for dual enrollment funding online at GAfutures.org and parents/guardians will be responsible for submitting approval for the child to participate in the dual enrollment program through www.GAFutures.org.
Students must meet federal Selective Service registration requirements to receive dual enrollment funding. The requirement to register applies to males who were born on or after January 1, 1960, are at least 18, are citizens or eligible non-citizens who came to the United States prior to age 26.
Some costs (equipment, tools, supplies, etc.) associated with some courses may not be covered by OFTC or dual enrollment funding. These costs are the responsibility of the student.
Each studentmust complete a Textbook Agreement.
Dual enrollment students are not eligible for additional forms of financial aid while using dual enrollment funding.
After a student reaches the dual enrollment 30-hour funding cap, he or she may choose to self-pay for additional credit hours/courses and will be responsible for any charges such as tuition, fees and books. Students who self-pay are not required to complete the dual enrollment funding application. Self-pay students must complete the college Admissions Application, meet Admissions and OFTC program requirements, and meet college payment deadlines for tuition and fees. Students should check with their high school advisor and the OFTC high school initiatives coordinator for any other forms or requirements.
Students who have reached the dual enrollment funding cap and are pursuing a technical diploma or certificate program of study in one of the HOPE Career Grant approved high-demand industry areas may qualify for the HOPE Grant and HOPE Career Grant as part of the HOPE Grant Bridge funding. Degree programs are not covered by this funding.
The course credit hours paid by HOPE Grant funding are applied to the 63 semester Paid Hours Grant limit. Also, those Paid Hours count against the HOPE Scholarship Paid Hours in the Combined Paid-Hours Limit. The courses do not count in the college-level HOPE Scholarship or Zell Miller Scholarship GPA calculation.
Public high school students pursuing a high school diploma through High School Graduation Accelerated Career (formerly Option B), may qualify for the HOPE Grant and HOPE Career Grant based on the two certificates or diploma programs they are pursuing as their High School Graduation Accelerated Career requirements.
OFTC’s financial aid staff determines a student’s eligibility for HOPE funding.
High school students who continue their OFTC coursework after exhausting dual enrollment funding are responsible for any charges not covered by the Grant programs such as tuition, fees and books.
Dual enrollment funding will not pay for students to retake any courses.
A student who withdrew from or wishes to retake/repeat a dual enrollment course due to extenuating circumstances may submit a written Extenuating Circumstance Exception Request form with supporting documentation to the High School Initiatives Coordinator. The student must have experienced an extenuating circumstance of serious illness, serious injury, or a death of an immediate family member.
Exceptions do not allow for additional hours of dual enrollment program funding eligibility. The exception solely allows for continued participation in the dual enrollment program, up to the 30 semester hours program funding cap.