• Be dependent* children of part-time or full-time State Compensation Insurance Fund employees who have a minimum of one year employment and are in good standing** with the company as of the application deadline date.

*Dependent children are defined as:

• • Children must be natural, adopted children, or stepchildren of the employee, and must be under the age of 26 (can be married and not living with you).
  • Children of domestic partners are their natural, adopted, stepchildren under the age of 26.
  • Children over age 26 who have never married and who are incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical disability that existed prior to age 26.
  • Another person’s child under the age of 26 may be eligible if:
    • The State Compensation Insurance Fund employee has been granted legal custody or joint legal custody of the child; or
    • The child resides with the State Compensation Insurance Fund employee (generally in absence of the natural or adoptive parent), and is economically dependent upon the State Compensation Insurance Fund employee.

**An employee in good standing meets all of the following criteria:

• • Completed mandatory training.
  • Filed the mandatory Statement of Economic Interest (Form 700), if applicable.
  • The official personnel file does not include anything of a negative nature or an adverse action issued in the current calendar year.
  • No pending disciplinary actions or active investigations.
  • Exceptional or successful performance appraisal rating.

• Be high school seniors or graduates, or current undergraduates, who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university located in the state of California.
• Online courses must be taken at the accredited institution located in California where the recipient is currently enrolled.
• There must be a ‘brick and mortar’ campus in California for the school to be eligible.
• Have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent).

Children of exempt employees, consultants, contractors, annuitants, student assistants, and temporary employees (employees who are on a Limited Term Assignment and have never held a permanent position at State Fund) are ineligible. Children of the CEA Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer overseeing the scholarship program are also ineligible to participate.

Exempt positions are filled by election or appointment. They include members of boards and commissions, and appointees of the Governor. These officials are exempt from State civil service, and are often referred to as “exempt” officials.

As part of your application, you must upload the following document:

• A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
  
  NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of those test scores separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 27, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.