Thank you for your interest in supporting a 4th-grade student to apply for SMART!
To qualify for SMART, families must meet the below criteria. SMART will verify that families meet these criteria later in the application process. If you are a nominating teacher and not sure if a family qualifies, please nominate the student and SMART will follow up with the family. Please click on this link for more information on our program.
SMART Application Eligibility Guidelines:
- The student is a current 4th-grade student (2023-24 school year)
- The student will be within the first generation in their family to graduate college (parent/guardian has not graduated from a four-year college in the U.S., but siblings may have).
- The student attends the mandatory Summer Program (June–July 2024).
- The student’s family meets SMART’s income criteria.
* Household size: all family members for whom you claim financial responsibility for on your federal tax form. If parents file taxes separately, but are both financially responsible, household size refers to the combined number of family members from both tax forms. SMART will be verifying household size and income when collecting federal tax forms with the official SMART application.
Please fill out this form if you are an educator nominating a 4th-grade student to SMART. You may nominate as many students as you'd like.