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Instructions for submitting the serial number online can be found on the fee waiver.  \nUsage restrictions:  \n􀁺 Students may use a maximum of two separate fee waivers. Use of additional fee waivers will be denied.  \n􀁺 A fee waiver is considered used once the student registers, even if the student does not test on the requested date. If a student does not test on the registered test date, the student may apply the used fee waiver toward a future test date registration fee but will need to pay the associated change fee.  \n􀁺 Altered, copied, or obsolete forms and requests on letterhead will not be accepted.  \n􀁺 Students cannot use the fee waiver to receive a refund for a test fee that they already paid.  \n􀁺 Students cannot use a fee waiver to pay for additional fees, products, or services.  \nStudents must pay any fees not covered by the fee waiver with a credit card before submitting the registration.  \nBenefits and More  \nAdditional information about the ACT Fee Waiver, including benefits for students, is available at:  \n[https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products](https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products)and-services/the-act/registration/fees/feewaivers. html.  \nNote: Please provide these fee waivers only to those who meet eligibility requirements. Fee waiver quantities are limited. Once funds are exhausted, fee waiver requests will become unavailable for ordering and MyACT will no longer accept the codes during registration.  \nMeeting Eligibility Requirements  \nA student who participates in a federal program for the disadvantaged, but is not economically disadvantaged is not eligible for an ACT Fee Waiver.  \nTo receive a fee waiver, the student must currently be enrolled in 11th or 12th grade AND meet one of the below indicators of economic need:  \n􀁺 Family’s total annual income is at or below the USDA levels for free or reduced-price lunches listed on the USDA Food and Nutrition Service website, published at  \n[https://www.fns. usda.gov/school](https://www.fns. usda.gov/school)meals/income-eligibility-guidelines.  \n􀁺 Family receives low-income public assistance or lives in federally subsidized public housing.  \n􀁺 Enrolled in a federally funded program for the economically disadvantaged (e. g., free or reduced-price lunch program, GEAR UP, or Upward Bound).  \n􀁺 Resides in a foster home, is a ward of the state, or is homeless.  \nEligibility audits: To monitor compliance, ACT may request written evidence of student eligibility to monitor school/agency compliance. Non-eligible students may be billed and/or non-compliant schools/agencies may not be eligible for more waivers.  \nAdvising Eligible Students  \nAs you identify eligible students and assist them with using the ACT Fee Waiver, encourage them to do the following:  \n􀁺 Register early: This allows for maximum prep time. Once registration is complete, your student will have time to benefit from the features in The Official ACT® SelfPaced Course, Powered by Kaplan® which includes live, online instruction from expert instructors and more than 20 hours of on-demand video.  \n􀁺 Follow through and test: A fee waiver is an investment from ACT intended to financially assist a student who wishes to test. Emphasize to students who register with a fee waiver the importance of taking the test. 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