Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University
Chapter 3341-3 - Graduate and Under-Graduate Policies
Section 3341-3-54 - Satisfactory academic progress and financial aid-undergraduate

Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3341-3-54

Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024

(A) Policy statement and purpose

Satisfactory academic progress - to be eligible for federal student aid funds, a student must make satisfactory academic progress in both qualitative and quantitative criteria.

(B) Policy

Financial aid academic progress is assessed according to qualitative, quantitative and maximum time frame measures that are described within this policy. All measures must be met for continued aid eligibility. Students failing to meet any single measure of satisfactory academic policy may request re-consideration through an appeal process. This policy assesses all students equally regardless of enrollment status hours. SFA will evaluate SAP annually, place students on probation who are not meeting any one or more of the standard measures for assessment, and require students to fulfill the terms of an academic plan to qualify for further funds.

(1) Satisfactory academic progress requires financial aid recipients to do the following:
(a) Be admitted into a degree/certificate seeking program.

(b) Meet minimum cumulative grade point averages.

(c) Satisfactorily complete at least sixty-seven per cent of cumulative credit hours attempted.

(d) Complete the degree/certificate program within the maximum attempted hours.

(2) Programs governed by this policy:
(a) Federal Pell grant

(b) Federal supplemental educational opportunity grant (SEOG)

(c) Federal Perkinsy loan

(d) Federal direct subsidizedand unsubsidized loans

(e) Federal direct parent loans for undergraduate students (PLUS)

(f) Federal direct graduate PLUS

(g) Federal teacher education assistance for college and higher education grant (TEACH)

(h) Iraq and Afghanistan service grant

(i) Federal work study

(j) Nursing loans

(k) State scholarship and grants programs (example: Ohio (college opportunity (grant)

(l) BGSU sponsored Scholarshipand grant Programs

(m) Private alternative loan Programs (depends on the lender)

(n) BGSU short term emergency loan Programs

When it is determined a student has failed to meet any one or more measures of SAP, the student's financial aid eligibility will be suspended. Appeals may be submitted if there are mitigating circumstances that warrant a student to continue to receive funds. Appeals must be submitted by the following dates to be considered for eligibility for that semester:

(i) Summer - July first

(ii) Fall - October first

(iii) Spring - March first

SFA has the final authority to determine if financial aid will be extended or denied to a student. Decisions made by an SFA counselor or the SFA committee are conclusive and cannot be appealed.

Date: January 27th, 2015

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