Student Financial Services

Keeping your Aid

Federal Financial Aid Attendance Requirement

 

Federal regulations require that students receiving Title IV aid (Pell, SEOG, Federal Work Study, Student Loans and PLUS Loans) begin attendance in each course for which they are registered. This requirement pertains to both seated in class and online courses. Each semester, after the add/drop period, instructors will confirm attendance or non-attendance of each registered student at the Enrollment Census Date. This date can be found on the Academic Calendar. Students who have not begun attendance in the courses in which they are registered, will have their federal financial aid revised based on the number of credits the student actually attended. Financial aid funds that have been disbursed may need to be returned and may require repayment.

Note: Students will still be responsible for tuition and fees for courses they registered for and did not drop, even though the cost cannot be covered by financial aid due to non-attendance.