Aldebol asks about fee waivers tracking
Aldebol asks about tracking fee waivers; Porter says about 2,000 first-time test takers and 57 high schoolers have requested waivers since July.
In an effort to make the application,
process less prohibitive, local laws 113 of 2023 and 57 of 2025
both focus on providing civil service examination free waivers for justice-involved individuals, high school applicants, first-time applicants.
Has DCAS tracked the examinations that such fee waivers were used for and whether there are any trends indicating that fee waivers can be used as a tool to encourage more applicants?
Yeah, we do track the exams for which fee waivers are offered.
I don't have the information handy here, but what I can tell you is that since implementation in July, about 2,000
individuals have requested first-time test taker fee waivers, and 57 high schoolers have requested a fee waiver.
If it's important, we can get back to you with the exact exams that they requested, those waivers.
Thank you.
That would be helpful.