Financial Aid Academic Progress Policy

Federal regulations require that students maintain satisfactory academic progress to be eligible for financial aid.  Students in Associate Degree programs will be reviewed at the end of the Spring semester.  Students in Certificate programs will be reviewed at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters.  We begin checking academic progress once the student has attempted 12 credits. The entire official academic transcript, including all transfer credits as well as credits that appear even though the student was granted academic restart, will be reviewed even if the student was not a financial aid recipient in the past.  Permission to enroll does not equal financial aid satisfactory academic progress.  学生必须在考虑经济援助学术申请的学期注册课程. Any classes taken during any summer session (within the same summer) are viewed as one enrolled term. Only credit courses are considered for satisfactory academic progress evaluation.

Satisfactory academic progress is measured on:

The maximum length of time for which a student may receive financial aid. 成功完成的学时数，包括转学学分或出现在官方成绩单上的学分，即使学生被授予学术重新开始，也要除以尝试的学时数. 学生必须在成功完成学分的基础上保持最低累积平均成绩(GPA). (The minimum cumulative GPA does not include transfer credits.)

Maximum Length of Time

联邦法规表明，学生可以获得的经济援助不得超过其教育计划公布长度的150%. For example, for programs requiring 60 credits, the maximum time frame is the equivalent of six full time semesters or 90 attempted credits. 学生在修满90学分(包括转学学分或因重新开始学习而出现在官方成绩单上的学分)后将无法获得经济资助。.  For programs requiring 30 credits, the maximum time frame is 45 attempted credits. 学生在完成45个学分(包括转学学分或因重新开始学习而出现在官方成绩单上的学分)后将不会获得经济资助。. 换专业的学生和正在攻读额外学位的学生，无论完成额外学位或证书所需的学分数量如何，都只能获得额外的经济援助，副学士学位最多可获得90个学分，证书课程最多可获得45个学分.

Percentage of Credit Hours Successfully Completed Divided by the Number of Credit Hours Attempted

尝试学时是所有LCCC学时的总和，无论是否收到经济援助，都要收取学费，加上所有接受学分的转学学时，以及所有出现在官方成绩单上的学时，学生被授予重新开始学习. If a student changes course of study, 所有课程的修习学分均包含在修习学分和已修学分的计算中.  A student is required to earn 67 percent of all credit hours attempted as described above. 这个定量标准是用“获得的学时数”除以“尝试的学时数”计算的百分比。. Audited classes (L) are never eligible for financial aid assistance. Most remedial credits are not counted as attempted or earned credits.  以下辅导课计入尝试学分，最终成绩计入获得成绩:eng100, RSS 100 and MAT 100.

Minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA)

A student must attain the following cumulative grade point average:

• Some LCCC programs have additional or more stringent satisfactory academic progress policies.
• A student may receive financial aid for a previously passed course only once.
• A student who enrolled in a course and passed it, then enrolled in the class again and failed it is not eligible again for financial aid for that class.
•  A student may not receive financial aid for classes not required by his/her major.
• A student may receive federal financial aid for  no more than 30 remedial credits.
• 从其他学校接受的转学分计入学生课程的完成时间，包括尝试时数和完成时数.
• ESL courses are counted as remedial credits up to a limit of 30 credits.
• 学生在就读利哈伊碳社区学院期间只能收到一次经济援助学术申请.
• 一个不完整的成绩成为一个不及格的成绩可能导致学生无法满足经济援助令人满意的学术进步.  See below for additional information about failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress.

Right to Appeal

If a student fails to make satisfactory academic progress, he/she has the opportunity to appeal his/her academic progress to the Financial Aid Office in writing. Appeal forms 可以从财政援助办公室和利哈伊碳社区学院网站上的财政援助下获得. Appeals are considered if the lack of academic progress resulted from death of a relative of the student, an injury or illness of the student, family difficulties, interpersonal problems, difficulty balancing work, family, school, etc., financial or other special circumstances. 上诉将根据具体情况进行考虑，并由财政援助办公室在收到上诉表格后30天内进行审查. The decision or recommendation of the Office of Financial Aid is final. 当上诉被批准时，学生的经济援助资格将被恢复，学生需要满足特定条件才能继续有资格获得经济援助. 如果不符合上诉条件，则上诉在下学期无效，学生不再有资格获得经济援助. If the initial appeal is denied, the student will remain in an ineligible status and must pay for educational costs. If the student is denied aid based on his/her academic progress, that denial takes precedence over any previous award notification he/she may have received. 学生在就读利哈伊碳社区学院期间只能收到一次经济援助学术申请.

Reestablishing Satisfactory Progress

学生可以通过自费进入利哈伊碳社区学院并以足够高的平均绩点完成足够数量的课程来重新获得获得经济援助的资格.

宾夕法尼亚州立助学金获得者的学业进步政策，他们仍然在州立助学金合格项目中注册

Students who have received state grant assistance are required to make satisfactory academic progress. For each academic year (fall, spring and/or summer semester) during which state grant aid is received, 学生必须在收到州助学金的学期内成功完成与学生入学状态相适应的最低学分. 例如:如果学生在上一学年最后一次获得州助学金，并且获得了两个全日制学期的州助学金，那么学生必须在这两个学期期间或之后成功完成24个学期的学分，才有资格参加下一学年的学习. 同样，如果学生在上一学年最后一次获得国家助学金，并且获得了两个半学期的国家助学金，那么学生必须在这两个学期期间或之后成功地完成12到22个学期的学分，才能有资格进入下一学年.  For transfer students the number of credits to be successfully completed carries over from one school to another. 因此，如果学生在一所学校获得了州助学金，但没有成功地完成所需的学分, 学生没有资格在另一所学校获得州补助金，直到所有“弥补”学分成功完成. Progress for state grant purposes is checked at the end of each academic year.

It is the student’s responsibility to know the requirements as described above. Failure to receive notification will not cancel a student’s financial aid status.

If you have any questions, contact the Financial Aid Office at 610-799-1133.

revised 02/2019