The Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate of Mastery provides a credit toward tuition at Massachusetts public colleges and universities.
Comparison of Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate of Mastery Award and the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship
The application for the Koplik Certificate of Mastery is now a completely electronic process!
This means that 2024 was the last year for accepting paper applications, using the Koplik drop box or the information student information form to submit applications to DESE.
The Koplik student list will only be available in the new application, which is part of the reason why the upcoming trainings are mandatory. Below is the link to register:
Koplik Training
This training is mandatory. The old system will not be available for the class of 2025 and beyond
These trainings will take place virtually on Zoom. The link will be emailed one (1) week before the session
You must register with your school/district email address as these sessions are for Koplik coordinators/guidance personnel only (all registrations with personal email addresses will be removed)
Sessions are limited to 20 participants. Please only register for the session for which you are certain you can attend
Please do not register for multiple sessions without checking with Alexia first (duplicate registrations will be deleted)
Student eligibility requirements are not changing for 2025
Feel free to reach out to alexia.j.cribbs@mass.gov with any questions, I look forward to connecting with each of you this winter.
The application process for the Koplik Certificate of Mastery is an online system that will be open to eligible students in the late winter/early spring (Feb/March) of 2025.
Students meeting the initial eligibility requirements must register for an online account to complete the application. You may register by completing and returning the Koplik Interest Form to your high school's Koplik Coordinator no later than April 15.
Parents/guardians of eligible students will receive a notification letter from their school's Koplik Coordinator* in the late winter (Jan/Feb) of 2025. The letter includes a Koplik Interest Form and a "Next Steps" Document , these documents explain the remaining requirements should the student wish to pursue the Certificate.
* Every public high school, regional high school, regional vocational technical high school and public charter high school is asked to assign a person to serve as the Koplik coordinator. The Koplik coordinator is responsible for:
All applications and supporting documentation must be submitted directly through the online system; documents sent to DESE will not be processed.
For any questions you may have regarding the Koplik Certificate of Mastery, please contact Alexia.J.Cribbs@mass.gov .
Recipients of the Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate of Mastery are eligible for an award of a non-need-based tuition credit for state-supported undergraduate courses. Individual student awards shall be no more than the resident undergraduate tuition rate at the participating institution. For updated information on current tuition rates at Massachusetts Public Colleges and Universities, please visit Massachusetts Department of Higher Education's Koplik Certificate of Mastery Tuition Credit — Current and Recent Value.
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Last Updated: November 20, 2024
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