Appeals

1. Students who have been terminated from further financial aid for failure to meet Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients have the right to appeal. All appeals must be submitted in writing on the Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal Form to the Financial Aid Office. Appeals must be received no later than one week before the semester begins. Appeals received after that time will be considered to be appeals for the following semester, unless the students are officially registered in classes (tuition and fees are paid and students are in attendance). Students submitting appeals should state the reasons why satisfactory progress was not made and discuss actions that have been or will be taken to make satisfactory progress in the future. Documentation supporting the reasons for the appeal must be attached. Appeals submitted without documentation will not be considered. Mitigating circumstances beyond the reasonable control of students, such as injury or illness, death of a relative, or other special circumstances may be grounds for successful appeals.

   • If appeals are approved, students will receive an additional probational semester of aid during which they must EITHER complete all courses in which they register with grades of C (2.0) or better (no C-, D+, D, F, or NC grades), and with no withdrawals (W) and no Incompletes (I), OR once again meet the Delta College Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients. At the end of the semester, grades will be checked.

   • If students have met the Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients, aid will once again be awarded. If students have not met these Standards, but have met the conditions stated in No. 1 above, further aid will be granted on a probational semester-by semester basis. Grades will be checked at the end of each semester before aid is awarded for the next semester to ensure that students are continuing to make academic progress. This process will continue until such time as the students once again meet the Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients. If it should be found that the students have not made academic progress during one of these probational semesters, aid will be denied and students will have to attend at their own expense until such time as the Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients are once again met.

2. If the first appeal is not resolved to the satisfaction of the students, a second appeal may be made in writing to the Director of Financial Aid, who will convene the Financial Aid Advisory Committee the first week of each month to review the second appeals. The Director will inform the students of the Advisory Committee's decision, which will be considered final.

Appeal Form