In May, the agency provided $110 for David's graduation fees from Intermediate School 137 in Brooklyn, and in October, he got $140 to buy a high school uniform.
But nonprofits may pile on charges like resource fees ($425 to $1,260 at Norwich University); graduation fees ($495 at Excelsior); online fees ($45 a credit hour at the University of Minnesota); and "prior learning assessment" fees ($800 at UMassOnline).
In June 2007, Ms. Thomas drew $600 from the fund to pay graduation fees for Charline and her sister, and to buy Charline a dress and accessories: rhinestone earrings, a necklace, a tiara and sparkling shoes.
Transportation costs, late fees, parking costs, graduation fees, examination fees, textbooks, supplies, registration fees, student fees, and other similar costs are not eligible for reimbursement.
All MSRP-Bio participants are eligible for to have their graduation application fee waived for any MIT graduate program.
It soon backtracked, proposing making student loans easier to get, linking repayment to income after graduation, stretching the fee increase over seven years and offering an additional C$39m in bursaries.
Some countries require an examination before issuing a license, while others automatically license providers after graduation, for a fee.
It has proposed requiring schools to give more information about fees, graduation rates and job placement.
Certain forms of online education have also picked up a bad reputation due to low graduation rates, high fees, and readily available student loans that trap many students in a cycle of poverty, a far cry for their dreams of economic-security-through-diploma.
A further complication is that between 2001 and 2007, Scottish students had to pay a "graduate endowment" – a fee of over £2,000 due upon graduation.
