New changes to financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress policies limit the number of times a student can appeal the financial aid department’s decision to withhold federal aid.

According to Rukiya Bates, financial aid supervisor, the financial aid department will deny federal aid to any student who does not meet SAP requirements, which include maintaining a 2.0 GPA or higher, completing 75 percent of attempted units and having a total number of completed units that does not exceed 150.

 “Students who do not meet these requirements do not meet the basic criteria to receive federal financial aid or grants [and] will be dismissed [unable to receive aid],” Bates said. “[But] they may be able to appeal the dismissal.”

Previously a student could file an appeal multiple times; now students will only be able to appeal once per academic year.

The new policy also requires supporting documentation from all students filing an appeal. Documents include supporting letters from professors, employers or physicians depending on the student’s reason for not meeting SAP requirements and a typed letter outlining the student’s plan to meet requirements in the future and detailing how their situation has changed or improved.

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“Last year the student may have just written their statement. A lot of them would still turn in the other documents but we didn’t make it mandatory,” said Bates. “I think the consistency will help students understand how the process should work.”

Also new this year, federal loans will no longer be available at City College to those students who already have a bachelor’s degree. In some cases students with a bachelor’s degree may qualify for a Board of Governor’s Fee waiver if they meet its established criteria but are not eligible for federal loans.

Other changes and policy modifications are outlined in the Financial Aid Newsletter which can be downloaded from the financial aid website.  A list of SAP workshops is also available online.

“Financial Aid promotes academic success,” said Bates. “The Department of Education is concerned with keeping the integrity of the [financial aid] program. These new mandates will provide students and staff with more structure, which I think will help students succeed.”