2025-26 SAT Fee Waiver Codes - Accessing Codes and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Sep 15, 2026

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Guidance explains how K–12 schools deliver SAT fee waivers through the College Board K–12 score reporting portal for eligible students. It covers the expiration of existing waiver codes on August 14, 2025, and the availability of new codes beginning with FW25. Instructions include where to download fee waiver code files, access requirements, file naming conventions for CSV/spreadsheets, and recommended distribution and tracking practices.

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2025-26 SAT Fee Waiver Codes

Accessing Codes and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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2025-26 SAT Fee Waiver Codes Accessing Codes and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Delivering fee waivers through the K–12 score reporting portal is a streamlined process that allows access to benefits for all eligible students. On August 14, 2025, all existing fee waiver codes expired. Schools will now have a new set of fee waiver codes (beginning with FW25) in the K–12 score reporting portal. Please be sure to distribute these new codes to all eligible students who have not yet redeemed one of the past codes in their account to activate their fee waiver benefits. Schools received SAT® fee waivers through College Board’s K–12 score reporting portal in August and can use them for upcoming SAT administrations. In the K–12 score reporting portal, go to the Downloadable Reports tab and then select Other Report Downloads. You must have detail-or summary-level access to view these reports. If you need assistance accessing the K–12 score reporting portal, please ask your school’s access manager to grant you detail or summary access or consult the K–12 score reporting portal Help page. K–12 Score Reporting Portal Screenshots (in effect 8/29/25) 1. Select Downloadable Reports. 2. Your file of fee waiver codes will appear under Other Report Downloads. If you don’t seethe fee waiver file, select the See More option. 2025-26 SAT Fee Waiver Codes 2 FAQs In the Other Report Downloads, how will I know which file contains the fee waiver codes? The fee waiver code file will be in a spreadsheet or .csv file that uses the following naming convention: [Start of School Year]_SAT_Fee_Waiver_Codes_ [Your AI Code] . csv. For example, a school receiving fee waiver codes for the 2025-26 year with AI code 123456 would have a file named 2025_SAT_Fee_Waiver_Codes_ 123456.csv. The new fee waiver codes will start with FW25 . You should be able to open the .csv file using Microsoft Excel on a PC or the Numbers app on a Mac. If you have trouble opening the file, contact your IT department. How do I distribute fee waiver codes? Schools use a variety of methods to distribute fee waiver codes to students. You should do what works best for your school. Some schools email the codes to students, offering an easy-to-find record of each fee waiver code and the date sent to each student. Emailing codes also allows students to copy and paste the code when registering online for the SAT. You may want to maintain and track the fee waiver codes that are distributed through the school year. It may be helpful to use our Educator SAT Fee Waiver Codes Tracking Form. Use the Roster Report to confirm students who have tested using a fee waiver code. For additional strategies, refer to Strategies for Using SAT Fee Waiver Codes. Can I save the fee waiver code file to my laptop/computer? Yes. We recommend saving to a shared file so you and your colleagues can track code distribution together and avoid distributing the same code to different students. How can I determine who has fee waiver benefits? The Roster Report in the K–12 score reporting portal indicates whether a student has used a fee waiver to register for the SAT. Navigate to the Roster Report by selecting“All Students’ Scores” from the home page. In order to view which codes were used, please contact SAT Educator Support for a usage report. What will happen to the fee waiver codes I was tracking before the new ones are sent in August? The existing fee waiver codes will expire at 11:59 p.m ET on August 13, 2025. After that time, the codes or the files containing them will no longer be accessible in your K–12 score reporting portal. If you are tracking any students who have one of these codes, encourage them to activate their benefits before the code expires on August 13. After that date, distribute new fee waiver codes to all eligible students. If a student already has access to their SAT Fee Waiver Benefits, do they need a code? No, if a student already has access to

FAQs

When do existing SAT fee waiver codes expire, and what changes for 2025-26?

Existing fee waiver codes expire at 11:59 p.m. ET on August 13, 2025, and all existing codes expire on August 14, 2025. Schools then use a new set of codes beginning with FW25 in the K–12 score reporting portal.

How can schools access and download the fee waiver code files in the portal?

In the K–12 score reporting portal, go to the Downloadable Reports tab, then select Other Report Downloads. Ensure you have detail- or summary-level access, and follow the portal steps to locate the fee waiver code spreadsheet/CSV.

How should fee waiver codes be distributed and tracked during the school year?

Schools may email codes to students and keep records of the code and the date sent. It is also recommended to save the code file to a shared location for tracking, confirm usage with the Roster Report, and use additional educator tracking strategies and forms.

Sep 15, 2026

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