The Central Valley Promise is a region-wide effort begun in 2016 to provide students attending San Joaquin Valley school districts (Firebaugh-Las Deltas, Fresno, Kinds Canyon, Mendota,Sanger, Cutler-Orosi, Dinuba) supports starting in 6th grade and a tuition-free semester at several community colleges for students first enrolling in Fall 2018. Students must meet the Promise Pledge in middle school and graduate high school with a GPA of 2.7 or higher. The Central Valley Promise program received a $1.5 million grant to jumpstart its pledge of making the first semester of college free to incoming high school students.