Use Excess Financial Aid to Purchase Textbooks and Supplies at the NECC Bookstore
NECC allows students to use leftover financial aid, after tuition and fees are paid, to purchase their textbooks and supplies at the NECC Bookstore with proper authorization*.  If the student’s financial aid, after subtracting the costs of tuition and fees, creates a credit on the student’s account, the student may use that credit of funds to charge the purchase of textbooks and other educational supplies.
A standard amount of $175 per enrolled course is allowed. If a student confirms that books for their course cost more than the standard amount allowed, and if the student has a large enough financial aid credit, the amount of the book voucher can be increased by the financial aid office. Any textbooks and other educational supplies purchased by the student will be charged to their student account and be paid once financial aid is applied to their student account for the semester.
Students eligible for the book voucher will receive an email 10 days before the start of their classes via their NECC email account instructing them when the book voucher period is active and how to use their book voucher. Book voucher periods may vary from student to student depending on their schedule of classes for the semester.
Book Voucher Availability Dates
Fall 2026
Eligibility
Complete the 2026-2027 FAFSA and submit all requested documentation to FA to receive a financial aid award letter
Submit All Documentation By the Deadline
Important: To be eligible for a book voucher, you must submit all requested financial aid documentation, complete all financial aid steps, and have been awarded a financial aid award letter for the current financial aid year. Students who submit documentation late or are awarded a financial aid award letter near the end of a book voucher period may not be guaranteed a book voucher and should consider alternative payment options for books.
Authorize NECC to issue a Book Voucher
Authorize NECC to issue a Book Voucher
*You must authorize and grant permission for NECC to issue you a book voucher from your excess aid. Please follow these instructions to grant NECC permission to issue you a book voucher:
- Click on myNECC and log into the Student Portal with your NECC student email and password.
- An active Nelnet account is required before you can proceed to the next step of this process. If you are a returning NECC student after a break in your NECC enrollment, you may not have an active Nelnet account. Click on Student Account and Finances and follow the instructions to set up your Nelnet account.
- Once you have an verified Nelnet account, click on the blue Financial Aid Awards icon to view your financial aid information.
- Navigate to “Aid Year” at the top right of the webpage and select from the drop down the current financial aid year. The Fall 2026 semester is part of the 2026-2027 financial aid year.Â
- In the “Responses Required” section on the webpage, navigate and click on “VIEW QUESTIONS“.Â
- A new window will pop up with two questions you must answer. Please read each question and select your answer (Agree or Decline) to each question from the drop down box located under each question.Â
- “I authorize NECC to use any state of federal financial aid to pay tuition, fees, books, health insurance, and other educationally related expenses.”Â
- “If I have a balance from the prior academic year, I authorize NECC to use up to $200 of my financial aid to cover this balance.”
- Click on the “Submit” button to confirm you answers.
The NECC Financial Aid office will verify your answers to those questions and process your request for a book voucher, if you have granted permission and authorization to NECC. Please allow for administrative processing time for your book voucher request to be processed, especially if you are submitting your request during an active book voucher period.
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