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General Provisions & Eligibility Requirements
  
 
     
  1. Students must be enrolled in an eligible program to be approved for federal or state financial aid. Students accepted into the Learning Support and special admission statuses are not eligible for Title IV aid. Regular or provisionally admitted students may receive Title IV benefits if eligible. Technical certificate programs are evaluated on an individual basis to determine if they meet the minimum training requirements for Title IV benefits.
  2. Students who do not have a high school diploma or the equivalent (GED) are not eligible for Title IV financial aid unless they have passed an independently administered test that is approved by the Secretary of Education.
  3. Exempted and audited courses may not be counted in the calculation of a student's total credit hours for determination of Title IV financial aid benefits.
  4. Title IV aid can be awarded for online/Internet courses to students enrolled in diploma and degree programs.
  5. "I" (incomplete) is used to indicate that the student is doing satisfactory work but has not completed all requirements for the course by the end of the quarter. Any course receiving an "I" designation must be completed by the midterm of the following quarter or the "I" will convert to a grade of F.
  6. Students enrolled in Learning Support courses are considered to be making satisfactory academic progress unless they receive a grade of "F." Learning Support courses are included in hours attempted. Students are allowed to receive financial aid for no more than 45 credit hours of Learning Support courses.
  7. When a course is repeated, the most recent grade is used in the computation of the student's overall GPA. Exceptions to this would be grades of W, WP, and AU. When a W, WP, or AU is the most recent grade, the previous grade will be used in the computation of the student's overall GPA. If a student repeats a course and the most recent grade is an "I", the college's academic policy concerning the conversion of an incomplete to a grade will be followed. Each individual program of study sets limits on the number of times a course may be repeated.
  8. Academic progress determinations will be made quarterly after grades have been posted.
  9. To maintain eligibility for financial aid at Lanier Technical College, students must successfully complete 67% of all cumulative credit hours attempted and maintain a cumulative GPA (grade point average) of 2.0. Courses receiving grades of I, IP, W, WP, WF and F are not considered completed hours. A student who fails to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or to complete 67% of all credit hours attempted will be placed on financial aid probation for one quarter. The purpose of financial aid probation is to alert the student that his or her academic performance is not acceptable. A student placed on financial aid probation must attain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 and achieve the required completion rate by the end of the next quarter in attendance to remove him/her from the probationary status. Failure to obtain the required GPA and completion rate places the student on financial aid suspension and results in the loss of Title IV eligibility and state aid eligibility.
  10. Students must complete their educational objective within a maximum time frame based on enrollment status and program length not to exceed 150% of the published length of the program. For example, for a four quarter program, the maximum time frame to receive financial aid is six quarters. Enrollment of less than full-time will be pro-rated accordingly. Students who change their program of study will be allowed the maximum time frame for the new program of study. No financial aid will be available after the specified limits. However, factors beyond the student's control, such as conflicts in scheduling classes, will be considered.
  11. Any course for which a student registers will be counted in the maximum time frame and percentage calculations as specified in number ten. Quantitative and qualitative standards must be cumulative and must include all periods of the student's enrollment; even periods in which the student did not receive SFA funds must be counted.
  12. Transfer students will be assumed to be maintaining satisfactory academic progress for the first quarter enrolled. After the first quarter, the student will be responsible for meeting all Lanier Technical College academic progress requirements.
  13. A student will be notified in writing by the Office of Financial Aid if he/she is in violation of the standards of satisfactory progress, the termination of Title IV, and/or state funds.
  14. Students have the right to appeal the denial of financial aid if they feel there are extenuating circumstances, which have prevented them from meeting the specified requirements. Appeals must be written, must specifically address the extenuating circumstances and must be presented to the Director of Financial Aid within ten (10) days of notification of the failure to make satisfactory progress. The Financial Aid Review Committee meets at the beginning of each quarter. All documentation and/or letters of appeal must be received by the Office of Financial Aid at least one day prior to the committee's scheduled meeting in order to be considered at that meeting. The committee will provide a written decision to the student within four (4) calendar days of the committee's meeting. Students who have circumstances that prevent them from filing an appeal within the ten (10) day deadline, may request that an exception to this policy is made.
  15. Reinstatement of financial aid after a student's aid has been terminated for lack of satisfactory academic progress can be achieved once a student has attained the required cumulative GPA of 2.0 and has successfully completed 67% of all credit hours attempted.
Students receiving the HOPE Scholarship must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress as defined above, even if they have not reached the renewal checkpoints listed below in paragraphs A through E.