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Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

联邦法规要求学院和大学建立和维护财政援助满意的学术进步(SAP)标准, 学生必须遵守既定标准，以保持经济援助资格.

火博体育满意的学术进步(SAP)标准

To maintain financial aid eligibility students must:

  1. Be enrolled in, 并取得令人满意的学业进展，以完成SJC经济援助合格的学位或证书课程.
  2. Maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
  3. 保持累计课程完成率至少67%的所有尝试学分.
  4. 在完成课程所需学分的150%内完成课程.

Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards Defined:

  1. Pursuing an Eligible Program of Study – To receive financial aid entitlements students must be eligible for financial aid and must declare and be making progress toward completion of a San Juan College program of study that is financial aid eligible.  在完成学习计划方面取得进展被定义为注册课程, or required pre-requisite courses, 用于完成学生在火博体育宣布的课程.
  2. Qualitative standard -要保持经济援助资格，学生必须保持至少2.0 cumulative grade point average. 学生SJC成绩单上列出的所有课程都用于计算学生的累积平均成绩.
  3. Quantitative standards 为了保持经济援助资格，学生必须保持所有尝试学分的累计课程完成率至少为67%, and must complete their approved program of study before exceeding 150% (maximum time frame) of the attempted credits required for completion of their San Juan College program of study. All courses listed on a student’s academic transcript are used in calculating a student’s cumulative course completion rate and status of their maximum time frame to complete his or her program of study.

火博体育财政援助满意的学业进步计划

火博体育财政援助满意的学术进步政策和火博体育学术更新政策是单独的政策. Satisfactory academic progress for financial aid eligibility is governed by federal financial aid regulations and requires that any course listed on a student’s academic transcript be factored into calculating the student’s financial aid eligibility.

火博体育的学术更新计划可以授予学生学术宽恕或行政退学. However, 这些课程仍然会出现在学生的成绩单上，并在计算学生的经济援助资格时使用. Therefore, 即使学生可能被批准在火博体育进修, 他们可能不符合财政援助学术进步标准，也可能没有资格获得学生财政援助.

Reinstatement of Financial Aid Eligibility

Students not meeting financial aid satisfactory academic progress standards may appeal for reinstatement of financial aid eligibility by completing the San Juan College Financial Aid SAP Appeal process, including:

  1. 填写并提交一份正式的SAP申诉表格，要求恢复财政资助;
  2. A signed written statement that addresses extenuating or unforeseen circumstances that may have hindered satisfactory academic progress at San Juan College,
  3. 证明阻碍学业进步的不可预见的情有可原的情况的证明文件, and
  4. A signed written statement of how extenuating circumstances that prevented academic success have been resolved and will not further hinder the student’s academic progress.

All required elements on the SAP appeal form must be completed and the completed appeal form and required documents that support a student’s appeal for financial aid reinstatement must be submitted to the financial aid office as one package no later than five business days after the start of the semester for which the student is seeking reinstatement of financial aid eligibility.

在下列情况下，令人满意的学业进展申诉可能不予考虑批准:

  • 在新学期第五个工作日之后收到
  • Incomplete or missing information/documentation,
  • 缺少减轻情况的支持文件，或者
  • 单独提供证明文件的上诉，并在原始上诉提交日期之后的日期提交

上诉程序可能需要长达三周的时间，所有上诉决定都是最终决定. Students submitting an appeal for financial aid reinstatement cannot assume that their appeal will be approved and need to make other payment arrangements for any courses in which they are enrolled pending a decision on their appeal. 未能作出其他付款安排的学生可能会因未付款而被退学, 或者收取与他们注册的课程相关的学费和费用.

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Statuses

Financial Aid Eligible -学生符合所有SAP标准，并有资格获得经济援助.

Financial Aid Warning – Students entering a semester with an OK SAP status, but ending the semester by not meeting the cumulative course completion rate or grade point average academic progress standards are placed in a Financial Aid Warning status. 处于警告状态的学生必须在下学期入学结束前达到所有累积SAP标准. 未能达到所有SAP标准将导致其经济援助资格被暂停.

Financial Aid Suspension – Students not meeting the required cumulative completion rate or grade point average standard by the end of the semester in which they were placed on a financial aid Warning will be placed in a Financial Aid Suspension status. Students that do not complete their program of study within 150% of the attempted credits required for completion of their program will automatically be placed on Financial Aid Suspension. Students that have exceeded the maximum time frame (150% of the attempted credits required for program completion) will be placed on a financial aid suspension without prior warning.

Extenuating Circumstances – Extenuating circumstances are unforeseen situations beyond a student’s control that create an undue hardship and may hinder a student’s ability to meet satisfactory academic progress standards. 情有可原的情况包括但不限于直系亲属死亡, divorce, injury, or illness, involuntary loss of job, unexpected change of work-schedule, documented transportation issues. In all instances Documentation must be provided.

The following reasons may NOT qualify as extenuating circumstances: the difficulty of a course; the teaching method or dislike of an instructor; promises to perform better in the future; immaturity or “didn’t know better;” the length of time since last attended school; incarceration; changing majors; dropping a course to avoid a bad grade.

Appeal Decisions

All Appeal Decisions are final and written notification of the decision will be delivered to the student through the student’s San Juan College e-mail address. Appeals will be one of the following:

  1. Approved Appeal -经批准的上诉只授予学生一个学期的经济援助资格. 在批准的学期结束时，学生必须满足所有财务援助SAP标准，以保持财务援助资格. 不符合要求可能会导致立即取消/暂停经济援助资格，未来的上诉可能会被拒绝.
  2. Approved Academic Plan– This probation is an approved appeal that requires students to not only meet SAP standards but they must adhere to an approved academic plan that is outlined in their approval notification. 通常，批准的学术计划将适用于需要一个以上学期才能达到SAP标准的学生, 或者那些已经超过了完成课程的最大时间框架的学生, are near the conclusion of their program requirements, 并要求延长他们的最大时间框架来完成他们的学习计划.
  3.  Denied.  拒绝上诉将意味着该学生没有资格获得经济援助.

Financial Aid Reinstatement

学生可以通过多种方式恢复他或她的经济援助资格.

  1. 申请恢复经济资助并获得批准.
  2. 被暂停经济援助的学生可以自费(或其他资金来源)参加后续学期的学习。, 一旦达到所有令人满意的学业进步标准，经济援助资格可能会恢复. Students must notify the financial aid office in writing that they meet all financial aid satisfactory academic standards and would like to have their financial aid reinstated. 
  3. 如果学生对恢复经济援助的上诉被拒绝，并且学生仍然不符合SAP标准, but desires reinstatement of his or her financial aid, 学生可以恢复他或她的经济援助资格，通过成功完成 the equivalent of one semester of full-time (12 credits) enrollment at his or her own expense (completion of the equivalent of one semester of full time enrollment may take multiple semesters), 并申请恢复财政援助. Successful course completion requires a passing grade in all courses attempted during the period in which the student is trying reinstate his or her financial aid eligibility. 所有恢复经济援助资格的课程必须在学生宣布的SJC学位目标毕业时申请. Successful course completion will not result in automatic reinstatement of financial aid eligibility as the student’s entire academic history will be taken into account before reinstatement of financial aid is granted.