Recently my grandchild took more than 12 units and we expected financial aid, turns out none of the classes qualified. We’d gone to counselor because she’s autistic. Not a word about not going to pay, does not qualify, not her on course classes. we are a total disabled household misled or just blown it by counselor. Can we do anything. Next three of us wish to change course outlines, two on SAP’s, can it be done. We need to continue to get Pells and Cal Grants thanks
Are you this grandchild’s adoptive parent?
I am Rep for daughter and grand as they are disabled. Our household is. Is that important?
Your granddaughter is required to meet SAP or,she cannot collect any federally funded financial aid until she does.
The college sets the policy on this…you will need to talk to them.
If “none of the classes qualified” what exactly are you talking bout? Is this because your granddaughter didn’t pass these courses? Or are these courses that are HS level courses?
Is your granddaughter a college degree seeking student at a college? did she fail courses? Did she drop them?
Adding…if two folks in the household have not met SAP, neither will be able to get financial aid.
What exactly happened? Failed courses? Or course withdrawals?
And why?
Why are you just finding out NOW that none of the classes qualified for aid.
Are they saying that she owes for the classes? If so, she won’t be able to enroll for next semester until these courses are paid.
It sounds like she took classes that weren’t “college level,” and therefore don’t qualify for college aid.
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We’d gone to counselor because she’s autistic. Not a word about not going to pay, does not qualify, not her on course classes.
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The college advisor probably has nothing to do about FA and likely wouldn’t know the FA rules. That is an FA advisor’s job.
The college advisor usually just advises on what classes are needed.
Did the child graduate from high school??
I’m wondering if this is either a student who hasn’t graduated from high school and is taking classes at a CC, or it’s a student who isn’t “college ready” and is taking courses that aren’t college level.
Remedial coursework does not qualify for financial aid. If you met with an academic counselor, that person’s job was to assist in setting up a plan for the student - generally speaking, these counselors are not considering the impact on financial aid when providing academic counseling. You will need to talk to a financial aid person about eligibility for aid. Federal financial aid regulations prohibit the use of financial aid for any coursework that does not count toward a degree. You can do an appeal for lack of meeting SAP, but there is no way to get aid if a course doesn’t count toward a degree.
What kind of classes were they? Have you appealed SAP? Was your granddaughter taking classes that were on her student education plan?
Assuming you are in California, some schools (I am speaking about CC’s here, I’m not sure about the UC and CSU system) pay financial aid for up to 30 remedial course units for approved courses (math, English, basic skills etc). If you remain on SAP and make no progress after a second semester they will take federal and state aid away from a student regardless. After reading the SAP info on my school’s site, the only aid that seems exempt from SAP is the BOG fee waver which pays for classes directly, you don’t receive a distribution of funds. Again, I am mainly speaking of CC"s located in the Los Angeles area (LACCD), but I know that as far as SAP rules are concerned all schools have to follow those guidelines because it’s a federal rule. I’d ask financial aid if your granddaughter received the BOG fee waver for those 12 classes.
This is the information from the Federal Student Aid Handbook regarding remedial coursework:
Remedial coursework prepares a student for study at the postsecondary level (as opposed to preparatory coursework, which prepares a student for a given program). A student enrolled solely in a remedial program is not considered to be in an eligible program. If acceptance into an eligible program is contingent on completing remedial work, a student cannot be considered enrolled in that program until she completes the remedial work. However, if the student is admitted into an eligible program and takes remedial coursework within that program, he can be considered a regular student, even if he is taking all remedial courses before taking any regular courses.
You may count up to one academic year’s worth of these courses in his enrollment status for federal aid. For the purpose of this limit, that is 30 semester or trimester hours, 45 quarter hours, or 900 clock hours. If the remedial classes are non-credit or reduced-credit, you must determine how many credit hours they are worth to count toward the student’s enrollment status. A remedial course cannot be below the educational level needed for a student to successfully pursue her program after one year in that course. Also, remedial courses must be at least at the high school level, as determined by the state legal authority, your school’s accrediting agency, or the state agency recognized for approving public postsecondary vocational education. If that agency determines that a remedial class is at the elementary level, the school must abide by that determination, and the class cannot be included for FSA purposes. Nor can FSA funds be used for a remedial course that uses direct assessment of student learning instead of credit or clock hours.