Appeal Deadlines and Academic Plans

The deadline for submitting an appeal will be noted on the Satisfactory Academic Progress section of the website. Students who are enrolled and awaiting the status of an appeal must secure payment for their schedules prior to any payment deadline. Students who have their appeals granted, are reinstated for financial aid eligibility in a conditional status and given an academic plan. Students will remain on conditional status (eligible) for the length of their academic plan provided they meet the conditions of their academic plan each term. The student is expected to be making SAP at the end of that term or be successfully following an academic plan designed to ensure the student will be able to meet SAP by a specific point in time. The academic plan is developed by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee. SAP Appeals are reviewed by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee and the decision of the committee is final. Students will be notified of the Financial Aid Appeals Committee decision via his or her Chattahoochee Tech e-mail account only. Financial Aid may be reinstated more than once, however, SAP Appeals submitted after an approval must be submitted with a new extenuating circumstance than the one submitted with the previous approved appeal. Financial aid will not be reinstated with appeals based on the same reason as the previous approved appeal. A student can regain financial aid eligibility by meeting the SAP standards or the conditions set forth in their academic plan. Neither paying for classes a term nor sitting out for period(s) of enrollment, is sufficient, alone, to regain financial aid eligibility. A student is considered in good standing when their GPA is 2.0 and above, they are passing at least 67% of attempted classes and they are within 150% of program completion.