Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

CONTRA COSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Contra Costa College• Diablo Valley College• Los Medanos College

Award Year 2011-2012

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SATISFACTORY PROGRESS POLICY

Each student receiving financial assistance within the Contra Costa Community College District (CCCD) is expected to maintain satisfactory and measurable academic progress for each semester. Satisfactory and measurable academic progress is defined within the District as successfully maintaining a semester and a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 (C or greater) and complete 67% or more units attempted each and every semester.

Example:

• Student enrolls in 12.0 units must complete 67% or at least 8.04 units that semester.
• Student enrolls in 9.0 units must complete 67% or 6.3 units that semester.
• Student enrolls in 6.0 units must complete 67% or 4.03 units that semester.
• Student enrolls in 4.0 units must complete 67% or 2.68 units that semester.

Maximum time frame (maximum units allowed for federal & state funding)

Federal regulations allow students to receive financial assistance for a limited number of units. Students are required to complete their educational goal (Degree, Certificate, and Transfer) within 150% of the published requirements. This unit total includes all previous coursework attempted, even if financial assistance was not received. Additionally, the number of educational goals a student may attempt and/or complete is limited to three.

Warning

The Office of Financial Aid will review academic progress at the end of each semester. Students who do not meet the minimum unit requirements and/or grade point average will be placed on financial assistance Warning for one semester and notified in writing. Financial assistance will be continued during the warning period.

Suspension

Students who fail to meet the satisfactory academic progress standards by the end of the Warning semester will be placed on financial assistance Suspension the following semester. Students on suspension status will be ineligible for financial assistance.

Appeal

Students on Suspension have the option to Appeal. An appeal is a process by which a student whose financial assistance is suspended petitions for reinstatement. In the appeal the student must explain why they failed to meet satisfactory academic progress and what has changed that will allow the student to make satisfactory academic progress at the next evaluation. Additionally, students who are not approved their appeal will remain on suspension status.

Probation

If a student Appeal is approved, they will be placed on Probation for one semester and be eligible for financial assistance. Students on Probation who maintain satisfactory and measurable academic progress will automatically be reinstated to full financial assistance the following semester. Students who do not meet satisfactory academic progress during their Probation semester will be placed on Suspension in the following semester and will be ineligible for financial assistance.

Exception:

Eligibility for the Board of Governor’s Fee Waiver program is not subject to satisfactory academic progress standards.

Disclaimer:

The information on this website is compiled from various state, federal and college sources and intended to provide current and prospective students and their parents a tool to help make informed decisions about financial aid options while attending LMC. This information is subject to change due to changes in federal or state regulations, College policy, Office of Financial Aid procedures or budgeting