Scholarship Application will be available for Fall 2025/Spring 2026 starting on January 1, 2025. Deadline is March 31, 2025
Tom Morton Sandoval Parent/Child Scholarship
Tom Morton Sandoval LULAC/Rey Feo, Parent/Child Scholarship Program- Applicant must be a parent with a child age 6 or younger. Applicant can be a first-time student or current student with less than 30 earned college credit hours (developmental courses will not count against this calculation). Open to students who want to successfully complete an associate’s degree, certificate or transfer program within four (4) years of being accepted into the program. Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA, meet satisfactory academic progress, and enrolled at least part-time (6+ hours). Upon completion, a 2-year in-district tuition scholarship will be awarded to the student’s child (up to two children per family is eligible for the LULAC/Rey Feo Child Scholarship).
Facts
Managed by the San Antonio College Department of Services for Women and Non-Traditional Students (SWANS), the Tom Morton Sandoval Parent/Child Scholarship Program, seeks to ensure the educational success of two generations. Honored in 2007 with the prestigious STAR Award by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and selected as a finalist in the 2008 Excelencia in education Award, the program provides support, assistance and incentives for PARENTS to successfully complete their educational objectives at an Alamo College. The parent earns a TWO YEAR SCHOLARSHIP for their CHILD to attend an Alamo College upon high school graduation when the parent completes their stated educational objective.
Benefits
The parent receives $250 per semester for four consecutive semesters (fall and spring only) if enrolled at an Alamo College.
The child is eligible to claim a two year tuition and fee scholarship to attend any Alamo College after their high school graduation, when the parent completes an educational goal: certificate, associate degree or university transfer.
Criteria & Eligibility Requirement
- Be the parent of a CHILD, age six or younger (only one child eligible per family).
- Commit to completing an educational goal at an Alamo College- academic certificate, associate degree or transfer program- within four years of selection for the scholarship.
- Have no more than 30 college level earned hours (remedial courses do not count against this calculation).
- A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA at time of application, and if currently attending an Alamo College, must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (minimum 2.0 GPA and 67% course completion rate).
- Complete Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Enroll in fall semester at one of the Alamo Colleges: Northeast Lakeview College, Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, San Antonio College, or St. Philip’s College.
- Interview with the Parent/Child scholarship committee, if considered for the scholarship.
- SAC Services for Women and Non-Traditional Students 1819 N. Main, San Antonio, Texas 78212
For questions or more information contact: (210) 486-0458 or (210) 486-0455
Dst-Scholarship@Alamo.Edu
Http://Www.Alamo.Edu/Sac/SWANS/Scholarships
El Consejo De Rey Feo Anteriores A.K.A. Rey Feo Consejo
A 501C3 non-profit group to support the reigning Rey Feo in his Program of Work under the Auspices of the Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation.
