Academic Supply and Textbook Support

Students who are eligible for support will receive an email from the Office of the Dean of Students advising them of the dollar amount and the date their funds will be available for use in the campus bookstore.

Anticipated review schedule:  

Applications received by 12 pm on 1/26/23 will be reviewed 1/26 and 1/27 and sent for processing by EOB 1/27.  Students should receive email notifications mid-week of the following week, and funds should be available in the bookstore by 2/3.

Applications received by 12 pm on 2/2/23 will be reviewed 2/2 and 2/3 and sent for processing by EOB 2/3.  Students should receive email notifications mid-week of the following week, and funds should be available in the bookstore by 2/10.

Applications received after 12 pm on 2/2 will be reviewed the following week.

A credit will be available to students upon checkout in the campus bookstore.  This credit has no cash value.  

Students who receive an email stating they have received support must bring either a printout of the email or a screenshot on a mobile device to show at checkout along with their Golden Eagle OneCard.  The bookstore will have a list of students with approved funding and will cross-check the information upon checking out any purchases.

If a purchase exceeds the amount of support, the student will be responsible for paying the remaining balance of the purchase.

Students can use their support at any time prior to the Program End Date (4/28/23) during the semester support is granted, so you may make several purchases with your support.

Any unused support will be returned to the program to be redistributed to future applicants.  Unused support will be unavailable once the campus bookstore closes on Friday, April 28^th, 2023.  This is the last day you may use your support for the spring 2023 semester. 

Please allow up to two weeks for email notification of approval.  Applications are reviewed once per week (Thursday afternoon) and manually reviewed before being sent to the bookstore.  It may take 1-2 business days for the bookstore to apply funding and notify the program that your funds are ready.  Our goal is to have funding available the Friday after application. 

This support should be primarily used for textbooks, however, students can purchase some basic supplies including writing utensils, paper/notebooks, highlighters, etc. in addition to course-required textbooks.

Students cannot purchase food or drinks, Cal State LA gear, printers, laptops/tablets, USBs, calculators, backpacks, headphones, other major tech/electronic purchases or other non-basic academic supplies.

Students can apply each semester but will only be awarded support once in an Academic Year, once support is awarded it can not be awarded again until a future Academic Year. 

Please note – being awarded has nothing to do with whether or not the support is used.  If you are awarded and do not use your support before the cutoff date (4/28/23), the funds do NOT roll over and you cannot be awarded support again until the next Academic Year.

Because the support credit at the bookstore has no cash value, you may return an item or items you purchased using the support provided, but no funds will be returned to you either physically (cash) or credited to your support balance.  Once support is spent on a purchase, it is gone regardless of return.  All purchases made using support should be considered final.

The support is given to students as a bookstore credit with no cash value, and can only be used on new purchases.  No money will be given to recipients of this support, so it is not a good way to reimburse yourself for past purchases.  The support can be used up until April 28th, 2023 for textbooks and basic academic supplies.

No, the support is a credit on your student account and is only redeemable in person at the campus bookstore.  You must bring your Golden Eagle OneCard and your emailed letter of approval from the Office of the Dean of Students to the bookstore to receive your support.

Yes, while this program is brand new for spring 2023, we plan to offer this program during the 2023-2024 academic year as well.  Students can receive support once per academic year.  We also plan to open the fall 2023 application in late spring, and funding will be awarded and available for use the week prior to the start date of the semester.  Please note this program is not available during summer or winter intersession.

Students cannot check their balance/remaining funds with our office.  Students will need to retain their receipts from their purchases and track their own spending.