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Lane’s Early Access Program (LEAP)

LEAP into college, with a tuition free course at Lane!

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Join Lane’s Early Access Program (LEAP) during your HS junior and senior year. Get a jump start on your education! Choose any course, any term. We'll cover tuition; you cover the fees. For a 4-credit course, that is a 70% savings!

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Eligibility requirements

  • You must be attending a Lane County high school
  • And you can't be sponsored by your high school

To see your eligibility dates, select your graduation year:

You qualify for a tuition-free course during the 2025-2026 school year (your senior year).

You qualify for two tuition free courses. One during the 2025-2026 school year (your junior year) and one during the 2026-2027 school year (your senior year).

You qualify for two tuition free courses. One during the 2026-2027 school year (your junior year) and one during the 2027-2028 school year (your senior year).

You qualify for two tuition free courses. One during the 2027-2028 school year (your junior year) and one during the 2028-2029 school year (your senior year).

Your choice of class

  • Any credit class, up to 5 credits, which you meet the pre-requisites for
  • Any term during junior year and/or senior year

Your responsibilities 

  • Pay 100% of the standard student fees and all materials, textbooks, or course fees before the payment due date.
  • Check your Lane student email frequently for important enrollment information.
  • Drop courses before the refund period to keep your eligibility for the academic year
  • Attend your college class and use Lane’s free resources to help you succeed
  • Ask the Early College Advisor, Brenda Williams, which class goes toward your college program of interest.
  • Bookmark the links above for easy reference

How to save more money

  • In the class schedule, look for the ~ symbol that indicates a course uses Open Educational Resources or low-cost textbooks.
  • Take an online class. Online class fees are less than in-person class fees.
  • If you're a high school junior, take one class in junior year and another one in senior year

Lane's responsibilities

We will pay the tuition for one course during week 2-3 on your myLane student account.

Get Started

Fill out the form and we'll help you through the next steps.

Contact Early College

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