A student placed on financial aid suspension is expected to provide for their educational expenses. Any student placed on financial aid suspension may appeal to the Director of Financial Aid if there were extenuating circumstances that hindered academic performance. Examples: death of a relative, an injury or illness of the student, or other special circumstances. All appeals should be put in writing on the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Appeal form. These forms are available in the Financial Aid Office or online at www.sccc.edu.
A student who has successfully appealed his/her suspension status will be placed on probation for one term and will be eligible for qualified funding for that term/semester. Each student will be assigned an academic plan. For example, the plan may include one or more of the following requirements:
- student may be required to achieve a semester grade point average of no less than a 2.0 and completing no less than 100% of attempted hours for that term;
- limitation of the number of hours allowed to enroll;
- limitation of the number of repeats of a course.
If an exception is not granted under the appeal process, a student may request reconsideration of financial aid eligibility after the student has obtained a 2.00 gpa with a 67% completion rate. All coursework involved in the reconsideration request must be taken at Seward County Community College. (some exceptions to hours being taken at SCCC do apply)
Exceptions to the above will be considered by the Director of Financial Aid on an as-needed basis. The decision of the Director is final.