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Regaining Eligibility Procedures

  • Recipients who have had their eligibility suspended due to the GPA rule and/or the 67 percent rule may appeal their suspensions for mitigating circumstances to the Director of Financial Aid. Mitigating circumstances are considered to be (1) the death of a relative of the student, (2) an injury or illness of the student and/or an immediate family member related by marriage or birth, or (3) other special circumstances causing undue hardship to the student and beyond the reasonable control of the student.
  • The Director of Financial Aid may reinstate after reviewing the appeal documentation. This reinstatement of aid will remain in effect for the student for one academic semester. If the student has not regained SAP standards by the end of the third academic semester or the student will then be placed on Financial Aid Suspension. The student would have to regain their eligibility by self-support until they met the academic standards.
  • In some cases of extenuating circumstances, the Director of Financial Aid may allow or require an academic plan for graduation developed between the student and academic advisor(s) to be used to determine possible continuation of aid, and if the student does not complete the prescribed semester-by-semester requirements in that graduation plan, at the earliest point of deviation from the plan occurs, the Director of Financial Aid will permanently suspend further aid eligibility. The student will have to arrange self-support to graduate.
  • Students who exceed the maximum allowable time frame to complete a program of study must appeal by using the standard financial aid appeal process and must provide a graduation plan signed by a college official (i.e. academic advisor). If the plan is considered reasonable, students will receive financial aid on probation for one or more semesters until the degree is complete. Any withdrawals, incompletes, or failures during this probation time will automatically end the agreement and the student will be suspended from financial aid.
  • The Director of Financial Aid may select to have the Financial Aid Committee review any or all appeals.
  • Students may seek additional information on Financial Aid SAP Evaluations, if needed, from the Aid Office, from the Catalog, or the Financial Aid Homepage.

What is Included

  • All credit hours ever attempted are to be considered in computing Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards, even during periods when the student was not an aid recipient. All hours that were earned as requirements for a previous degree or diploma (as long as the diploma is not part of the currently sought degree) will be ignored in the computation of eligibility.
  • Students that are on Financial Aid Probation or Financial Aid Suspension and/or warning max-time will not be allowed to early register for classes at early registration unless they are covering the charges themselves. Registration using Financial Aid will only be allowed after grades are in for the current term and SAP standards have been met.
  • Each aid recipient will be provided with a copy of the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy with the Financial Aid Award Letter in WebAdvisor. Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standards are also posted on the college web site and the catalog.

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