1. SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS
   A student meeting the financial aid satisfactory academic progress standard is one who:

1. Maintains a minimum semester grade point average of 2.0 (C) and
2. Completes at least 2/3 (66.6%) of all units attempted in an academic year.

The performance of all students will be reviewed at the end of each semester and the overall academic progress will be determined once each year at the end of the Spring semester. Students will be notified if their eligibility may be in jeopardy.

2. PROBATION
   If the above conditions are not met during a given semester, the student will be placed on Financial Aid Probation for the following semester of attendance.  The student will be allowed to receive financial aid during the probationary semester. However, if the student fails to meet the satisfactory academic progress standard during the probationary period, the student will be disqualified from financial aid assistance.
     
3. DISQUALIFICATION
   Students may be disqualified from receiving financial aid if they:

1. Completed less than 2/3 (66.6%) of the total cumulative units attempted for the academic year or
2. Completed the equivalent of 6 full-time semesters or
3. Completed 90 units (30 remedial units will be deducted from this maximum.).

4. GRADE INTERPRETATION

1. Grade symbols of A, B, C, D, and CR will be considered acceptable for satisfactorily completed courses.
2. Grade symbols of F (failing), NC (no credit), and W (withdrawal), I (incomplete), IP (in progress), and RD (report delayed) grades will not be considered as completed or contributing to satisfactory academic progress. Note: These units will be counted as contributing to the 90 unit limit. The student is responsible for reporting changes in (I), (IP), and (RD) grade standings or any units completed outside academic year or any further unit completion outside the academic year to the Office of Financial Aid for reconsideration of satisfactory progress.

5. APPEAL PROCESS
   A student who is disqualified may have eligibility reinstated once the required minimum units and grade point average are completed.
   
   A student may also appeal if there were unusual or mitigating circumstances that affected the student’s ability to make progress.  Documented considerations to reinstate financial aid eligibility may include:

1. Serious illness
2. Death in immediate family
3. Reason beyond the control of the student.

6. PROGRAM DISQUALIFICATION AND INELIGIBILITY
   Financial aid disqualification described above applies to Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Work-Study, Stafford Loans, and Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).