Financial Aid Warning/Disqualification
The Financial Aid and Scholarships Department will evaluate each students' academic progress each semester. Each evaluation will include a GPA review, an assessment of the Pace of Progression calculation, as well as the Maximum Time Frame standard. Students placed on financial aid warning or disqualification will be notified as to his/her change in status.
FINANCIAL AID WARNING: Students will be placed on financial aid warning for one semester if they earn less than a 2.00 cumulative GPA for all courses attempted or do not meet the Pace of Progression calculation. Financial assistance will be continued during this warning semester.
If, at the end of the warning semester, a student meets the Pace of Progression calculation with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00, they will be removed from financial aid warning. Students not completing sufficient units to meet the Pace of Progression calculation requirement and/or the minimum GPA requirement during the warning semester will be subject to disqualification from financial assistance.
FINANCIAL AID DISQUALIFICATION: Financial aid recipients will be disqualified from financial assistance if, for two subsequently enrolled semesters they earn less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA and/or do not meet the Pace of Progression calculation. Financial Assistance will not be continued for students on disqualification.
Financial aid recipients will also be disqualified from financial assistance if they exceed the Maximum Time Length standard.
Chafee GRANT: Students receiving the Chafee grant are required to meet with a counselor for an educational plan after the second term of not meeting satisfactory academic progress (SAP). They can petition for financial aid after the fourth term of not meeting SAP.
Loss of Eligibility for the California College Promise Grant
A student shall become ineligible for a California College Promise Grant if the student is placed on academic or progress probation, or any combination thereof, for two consecutive primary terms. Loss of eligibility shall become effective at the first registration opportunity after such determination is made.
A student may appeal the loss of California College Promise Grant eligibility with the Admissions and Records Department due to documented extenuating circumstances, or when a student with a disability applied for, but did not receive, a reasonable accommodation in a timely manner. Extenuating circumstances are documented cases of accidents, illnesses, or other circumstances which might include documented changes in the student’s economic situation or evidence the student was unable to obtain essential student support services. Extenuating circumstances also includes special consideration of the specific factors associated with Veterans, CalWORKs, EOPS, and DSPS student status.
Foster Youth shall not be subject to the loss of a California College Promise Grant due to placement on academic or progress probation. This exemption for Foster Youth is effective until the date specified in Education Code Section 66025.9(c).