Financial Aid Suspension

Failure to meet the minimum 2.0 GPA or two-thirds course completion requirements by the end of the financial aid warning period will result in the suspension of federal and state financial aid eligibility. Students placed on financial aid suspension will not be eligible for federal or state financial aid until the program GPA of 2.0 is met or a minimum of two-thirds of attempted credits that count towards the program of study have been successfully completed. Students will be notified at their STC student email and when aid eligibility has been suspended. Students have the right to appeal the suspension and request reinstatement of financial aid eligibility if extenuating circumstances prevented them from being successful.

Savannah Technical College Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Recalculation Re-Set Policy effective (FY 2018-2019) – Re-set recalculation consistent with Title IV of the Higher Education Act. As allowed under Volume 1, Chapter 1, Federal Student Aid Handbook, March 2017, it is our policy that for students who change majors, credits and grades that do not count toward the new major will not be included in the satisfactory progress determination.

STC SAP Procedure recalculates SAP for students who fail to meet grade point average, pace standard, and/or time frame, but who have changed programs of study (major) within the confines of the STC Policy and Procedure. Specifically, credits and grades which were earned in prior programs of study and do not count toward the new program of study will not be included in determining students’ SAP. A student can “re-set” academic progress by changing majors a maximum of two times.