SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS (SAP) PROBATIONOR DISMISSAL APPEAL

Students who are eligible to appeal may do so by submitting a Financial Aid Appeal form to the Financial Aid Administrator explaining the mitigating circumstances that affected his/her performance. The student must provide documentation of the circumstances that had an adverse impact on his/her performance. Below is a comprehensive list on the appeal process.
• Death of an immediate family member
• Student illness requiring hospitalization (this includes metal health issues)
• Illness of an immediate family member where the student is a primary caretaker
• Illness of an immediate family member where the family member is the primary financial support
• Abusive relationships
• Divorce proceedings
• Previously undocumented disability
• Work-related transfer during the quarter
• Natural disaster
• Family emergency
• Financial hardship such as foreclosure or eviction
• Loss of transportation where there are no other means of transportation
• Documentation from a Professional Counselor
• Student is following the Student Learning Enhancement Plan

In conjunction with Student Services/Student Affairs Department, the Program Deans/Academic Deans are responsible for determining the appropriateness of the mitigating circumstances in regard to severity, timeliness and the student’s ability to avoid the circumstances. Any consideration of the conditions outside of the list provided must be appealed to the Chief Academic Officer/Provost.

To appeal the application of the satisfactory academic progress standards, the student must follow the appeal process:
1. Obtain a Financial Aid Appeal Form from the Financial Aid Department. Appeal must include:
a. Why student failed to meet SAP
b. What has changed that will allow the student to meet SAP at the next evaluation point
2. Prior to the last day of Drop or prior to the re-entry quarter, complete the form and submit it to the Financial Aid Department.
3. Should the appeal be granted, the student must meet with the Program Dean/ Academic Dean or designee to develop a Student Learning Enhancement Plan
4. Continue to attend regularly scheduled classes during the review period

The Program Dean/Academic Dean will review the student’s request and reach a decision no later than the 14th calendar day after the quarter start.

Appeal Process for Financial Aid Probation The appeal can be approved if:
1. The student has a mitigating circumstance and
2. The student will be able to meet SAP at the end of the next quarter (payment period) or
3. The student is following the Student Learning Enhancement Plan that, if followed, the student will meet SAP within two quarters

If the appeal is granted, the student will be placed on a SAP status of Financial Aid Probation. As part of the FA Probation, the student must agree with and sign the Student Learning Enhancement Plan developed by the Program Dean/Academic Dean or designee.