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Financial Aid
RELEASE OF FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
Due to the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), written or verbal information cannot be released to any person or agency, other than the student, without written consent. To have information released to someone other than the student written consent must be given.
APPROVED PROGRAMS
Entitlement to federal and state student financial aid is subject to the requirement that the student maintain satisfactory progress in their approved program. The student’s program and academic progress will be evaluated at the beginning of each semester.
An approved program is one that:
leads to an Associate Degree; or
at least two academic years in duration that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree: or
is at least a one-year program leading to a vocational certificate; or
certificate or diploma training program that is less than one year
and has been approved by the U. S. Department of Education.
In addition to the student’s enrollment in an approved program, the student must complete the program requirements within a designated number of semesters.
COURSE REPETITION
Beginning July 1st, 2011, the Department of Education changed the repeat rules for Title IV funding of Federal grants. This regulation is only regarding Title IV funding and does not impact the repeat rules defined under Title VI you have successfully completed a course at PVC you can only receive financial aid for that course 1 additional time. If you choose to repeat the course for a 3rd time, you will not be eligible for federal financial aid payment. If you choose to retake a course for a 3rd time, after passing it successfully once, your units for that course will not count towards your financial aid awards for that semester or future semester.
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
Students enrolled in only correspondence courses are no more than half-time students, even if they are enrolled in enough units to be full time. Additionally, students who are enrolled in all correspondence courses will have a lower cost of attendance (budget will include fees/tuition and books and supplies). If correspondence courses are combined with regular, on-campus courses, the student’s enrollment status might be more than half time. Please refer to the chart below:
Number of On-Campus Units
Number of Correspondence Units
Financial Aid Enrollment Status
3 3
3 6
3 9
2 6
6 3
6 6
0 12
1⁄2 time
1⁄2 time
1⁄2 time
1⁄2 time
1⁄2 time
Full time
3⁄4 time
*Full-time correspondence students are awarded at 1⁄2 time enrollment status and must turn in a progress report that has been completed by each instructor, to the Financial Aid Office prior to picking up any financial aid funds.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Attempted and Completed Units
Attempted units are any units for which a grade of A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, CR, NC, I, IP or W is received after the last day to drop a class without a “W” grade. (Refer to your class schedule for specific dates).
Completed units are earned units with a grade of A, B, C, D, P or CR (Repeated, Audited, Transfer, Consortium or Remedial Coursework).
Financial Aid may be awarded for the cost of courses previously taken if the course is being taken to improve a sub-standard grade of D, F, NP or NC and any one class that was previously passed.
Repeated units count towards the 150% maximum units allowed.
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