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Repayment Requirement Policies for Students Receiving REGISTRATION
Financial Aid: Each student must offi cially register in classes. The classes
Students who receive fi nancial aid in the form of a Pell should be chosen from the student’s educational plan. These
Grant, Cal Grant, or EOPS Grant are subject to state and classes constitute the offi cial program of the student.
federal regulations that may require repayment of all or All students register according to the dates and times
part of the funds received if they drop some or all of their assigned to them. To be a continuing student, the registrant
units during a semester. must have been enrolled in the immediately prior semester
Students who receive fi nancial aid and never attend class: or session. New and returning students who submit appli-
Federal regulations only allow students to receive fi nancial cations during the current academic year (summer through
aid for classes they actually attend. Students who receive spring) are considered active and eligible for registration for
fi nancial aid for classes that they drop before the fi rst day the entire academic year, and those students will receive reg-
of class, or that they otherwise never attend, must return istration information by going to www.MyGCC.glendale.edu.
those funds. For information concerning this process, consult the semester
Students who receive fi nancial aid for classes they attend Schedule of Classes or go to the GCC website.
and then drop: Financial aid is based on the number of units After the beginning of the semester, students may:
a student is enrolled in as of the registration deadline. Stu- • enroll in open semester-length courses through the
dents who receive fi nancial aid for 6 units or more and then fi rst week of the semester with the permission of the
drop to less than 6 units prior to the registration deadline instructor;
established by the Admissions and Records Offi ce may be • enroll in closed semester-length courses with the per-
required to repay some of the funds received. mission of the instructor through the second week of
Students who drop all classes prior to completing 60% instruction; and
of the semester: Federal Return to Title IV (R2T4) regula- • enroll in courses less than 16 weeks provided that 15%
tions governing the federal student fi nancial aid programs of the class meetings have not been held.
stipulate that students who withdraw from the college No registrations or adds of semester-length classes are
before completing at least 60% of the semester have not allowed after the end of the second week of instruction.
“earned” the funds they received and must repay some of No student will be enrolled in a class and have a grade
their fi nancial aid. The Financial Aid Offi ce is required by recorded subsequent to the completion of a given semester
law to notify the student of the overpayment due within 30 unless it is established that the procedures for enrolling set
days, once it is determined that the student has withdrawn up by the College are proved to have failed.
from school. There is no appeal process. Federal regulations
do not allow a college to make any exceptions to the Return RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS
to Title IV requirements. Students who have not received the The following statement of the rules regarding residency
total amount of fi nancial aid that they may have earned is intended for general information only. More detailed
prior to withdrawing from school may be entitled to a information can be obtained from the Offi ce of Admissions.
post-withdrawal disbursement. In these cases, students At the time of application and at registration each student
will be notifi ed within 30 days regarding the amount due is required to verify residence information. Even though a
them and how accepting additional funds will aff ect their student may be otherwise admissible to GCC, the student
standing under the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic may be classifi ed as a tuition-paying student in accordance
Progress policy. with the residence requirements.
Students who earn ALL fail, No Pass, and/or Withdrawal A “resident student’’ means any person who can verify
grades (‘F’, ‘NP’, ‘W’) or a combination of, for any term will physical presence in California for one year or more on the
be considered to have Unoffi cial withdrawn: Federal Return to day preceding the fi rst day of instruction of a semester or
Title IV regulations governing the federal student fi nancial aid intersession during which the person proposes to attend,
programs stipulate that students who receive All ‘F’, ‘NP’, and/ who can demonstrate intent to make California a home for
or ‘W’s or a combination of, for the term/semester, the midpoint other than a temporary purpose and fi nancial independence.
(50%) of that term/semester will be used as the withdrawal date. Alien Students: A student who is an alien may establish
A review of fi nancial aid students will occur after grades are his or her residence if he or she is not precluded by the
processed for the prior term/semester to determine who falls Immigration and Nationality Act from establishing
in this category and requires a R2T4 calculation. domicile in the U.S..
Financial Aid Overpayments: If a student owes a repayment of Intent to establish residency in most cases cannot be proven
federal student aid, the student must repay the amount in full. If with only one or two pieces of evidence. The more evidence
the student fails to repay the amount due, the college may refer you can present to show intent, the easier it is to become a
the account to the US Department of Education and the student California resident for tuition purposes All documentation
may lose eligibility for any further federal student fi nancial aid. must be submitted to the Admissions and Records Offi ce
PRIOR to the start of the semester of attendance.

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