Promise for the Future is a program designed to encourage students from Pinal County to stay in high school and graduate with a 2.75 grade point average. Students along with their parents sign a contract of commitment during the students’ eighth grade year.  Students graduating with the required minimum GPA from a Pinal County High School receive a Promise for the Future Scholarship, which entitles them to free tuition to any Central Arizona College campus for up to four semesters.

The Promise for the Future Scholarship Program continues to grow at a rapid rate.  In 2001, the first year of the program when eighth grade students were eligible, 385 students signed the contract.  Last year more than 1,500 eighth graders and their parents signed the Promise for the Future contract.

• First cohort of 80 Promise for the Future Scholarship students enrolled at Central Arizona College in the Fall 2005 semester.
• For the Fall 2006 semester, 81 total Promise for the Future students enrolled at Central Arizona College. 
• Presentations to eighth grade students and their families continue to be conducted to inform them about the Promise for the Future Scholarship Program. 
• Almost 6,000 eighth grade students have enrolled in the Promise for the Future Scholarship program.

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