Developmental Coursework Limitation
The ED provided the following guidelines to schools on how developmental courses may be funded (please note that the information in the Catalog only pertains to the developmental coursework limitation and a student must satisfy all ED, State of Texas and Del Mar College eligibility requirements to be eligible for Financial Assistance). A student may receive Federal Aid for up to one academic year’s worth of developmental coursework. At community colleges, the limit is 30 credit hours. Financial Aid Services complies with this requirement by reviewing all student records after the Census day of each semester to see if any students are scheduled to receive financial aid for a developmental course when they have already attempted 10 or more courses. Any Pell Grant award made to a student who is scheduled to receive aid for the 11th or greater developmental course attempt will be recalculated without considering the developmental course in the student’s enrollment status.
For example, if a student is enrolled in a total of 12 credit hours, three of which are from their 11th developmental course attempt, the student's Federal Pell Grant award will be recalculated based on nine credit hours instead of 12 credit hours.