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Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress

• Student Appeal Procedure
• Cancellation Procedure
• 150% Rule

Students must make satisfactory academic progress for each term of enrollment in order to remain eligible for financial aid the following term. Continued eligibility for financial aid for each academic term is based on the following financial aid satisfactory academic progress standards:

• Successfully complete 67% of the total semester credits attempted.
• Successfully complete the educational program before attempting 150% of credits required for graduation from the program. (This criteria cannot be appealed.)
• Maintain a minimum semester grade point average of 1.5
• Maintain a cumulative grade point average according to the following table:

Number of Cumulative Attempted Credits	Minimum GPA
0.00 - 5.99 for one or two year program	None required
6.0 - 14.99 for one year program 6.0 - 29.99 for two year program	1.5
30.00 - 44.99 for two year program	1.75
15.0 and greater for one year program 45.0 and greater for two year program	2.0

Please note that you must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 to graduate.

Students are placed on probation if they do not meet one (1) of the above requirements for one (1) term of enrollment. Students who do not meet one of the requirements for two (2) consecutive terms of enrollment are dismissed from financial aid. Students on probation can receive financial aid. Students who are dismissed cannot receive financial aid.

Grades of "withdrawn" (W) and "incomplete" (I) are counted in attempted credits and not counted in earned credits. Grades for repeated courses, transfer credits, proficiency exams, and courses graded with "passing with credit" (P) are counted in the attempted credits and the earned credits. Grades of "no credit" (NC) and "audit" (AU) do not count in the attempted credits.

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Student Appeal Procedure

Students who are denied financial aid as a result of not meeting satisfactory academic progress requirements may appeal this decision by taking the following steps:

1. Request an interview with a Financial Aid Reviewer. A condition of financial aid reinstatement to CVTC may include meeting with a program counselor and developing a reinstatement plan that will enable the student to once again meet satisfactory progress standards. The student may be monitored throughout the semester to ensure they are making progress. The reviewer has the right to set aside the satisfactory progress standards for an individual student if the reviewer determines that unusual circumstances affected the student's progress.
2. If a student believes that the decision of the Financial Aid Reviewer is unfair, he/she should follow the procedures outlined in the Student Handbook under Scholastic/Behavioral Standards and Procedures to appeal this decision.

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Cancellation Procedure

The cancellation procedure for students who defer payment of their fees to financial aid during registration, but do not meet Satisfactory Academic Progress, is as follows:

1. Students who are dismissed from both the College and financial aid will be removed from their classes.
2. Students who are only dismissed from financial aid will be sent a letter explaining that it is their responsibility to drop their classes or make arrangements to pay for the classes with the Cashier's Office.

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150% Rule

A student that can no longer graduate by the time they have attempted 150% of the published credits for their program, as listed on their program requirement sheet, will immediately become ineligible for financial aid that program.

Note: All credits for classes a student attempted at any time while attending Chippewa Valley Technical College listed on the program requirement sheet count toward the 150%. All credits a student takes while in the program count toward the 150% regardless of whether or not they are listed on the program requirement sheet.

Example:

A student in the Nursing Program must successfully complete 70 credits (listed on the Nursing Program Requirement Sheet) to graduate from the Nursing Program.

Published Credits: 70
150% of Published Credits: 70 times 150% = 105 Credits

At the end of the student’s fourth term in the Nursing Program, the student has attempted 75 credits that count toward the 150% rule and has successfully passed 30 of those credits.

The student has 40 credits left to successfully complete the required 70 credits before he/she can graduate from the Nursing Program.

If you add the 75 credits already taken and the 40 credits remaining (75 + 40 = 115) to graduate from the Nursing Program, the student would have to take a total of 115 credits to graduate. The student is immediately no longer eligible for financial aid for the remainder of the Nursing Program, because 115 total credits are greater than 150% of the published credits (105) to graduate from the Nursing Program.

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