Fast covers the number of hours a student chooses to take in a term. NTCC encourages all students to only take 18 hours per sixteen-week term. If a student wants to take more than 18 hours, he or she will need to notify their advisor.

A student qualifies for the FAST – Federal Aid Swift Transfer –

1. Enrolled in Dual Credit classes while attending public or charter school high school.
2. Students who qualified for “Economically Disadvantaged” in his/her high school preceding the four years prior to the DC class(es) in a public or charter school.

Students who have qualified for the “free or reduced” lunch program at their enrolled high school preceding the four years prior to dual credit classes. This list is based on the public-school list sent to TEA and is not generated by NTCC.

The FAST program provides funding to participating public institutions of higher education, as defined under Texas Education Code (TEC) 61.003(8) so they can offer dual credit courses to educationally disadvantaged students at no cost to these students. See article for more information…. https://www.highered.texas.gov/our work/supporting our institutions/community college finance/fast/