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UNIVERSITY POLICIESREINSTATEMENT OF AID AFTER FINANCIAL AID DENIED STATUSReinstatement of financial aid after a student is placed in FinancialAid Denied status is achieved in one of the following ways:1. The student submits a written letter of appeal and theFinancial Aid Appeals Committee grants the appeal.The student is placed on Financial Aid Probation for thesemester/period of enrollment rather than in Financial AidDenied status.2. The student attends UMUC, pays for tuition and feeswithout the help of student financial aid, and does wellenough in the coursework to satisfy all the satisfactoryacademic progress standards. Students who are in FinancialAid Denied status for failure to graduate within the maximumtimeframe to completion cannot regain eligibility thisway. Students who are beyond the maximum timeframe tocompletion cannot regain financial aid eligibility except on asemester/period of enrollment-by-semester/period of enrollmentbasis through the appeal process.APPEAL PROCESSThe student must submit an appeal of Financial Aid Deniedstatus in writing to the Financial Aid Appeals Committee by thedate specified in the Financial Aid Denied notification letter.The committee will review the appeal and notify the studentin writing of their decision within 14 working days after theAppeals Committee meets and makes its determination.Disclosure of Student Records(UMUC Policy 210.14)I. INTRODUCTIONUMUC complies with the Family Educational Rights andPrivacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 (also known as “the BuckleyAmendment”) which protects the education records ofstudents. In accordance with FERPA, this policy informsstudents of their rights toA. Inspect and review their education records;B. Seek an amendment of their education records, whereappropriate;C. Limit disclosure to others of personally identifiable informationfrom education records without the student’sprior written consent; andD. File formal complaints alleging a violation of FERPAwith the Department of Education.II.III.DEFINITIONSA. “Student” is an individual who is attending or who hasattended UMUC. A “student” does not include anyapplicant for admission to UMUC who does not matriculate,even if he or she previously attended UMUC.B. “Education records” are records that contain informationdirectly related to a student that are maintained byUMUC or by a third party on behalf of UMUC. Thefollowing records are not education records:1. Campus police or security (“law enforcementunit”) records maintained solely for law enforcementpurposes and maintained by that lawenforcement unit.2. Employment records, except where a currentlyenrolled student is employed as a result of his orher status as a student.3. Records of a physician, psychologist, or otherrecognized professional or paraprofessional if madeor used only for treatment purposes and availableonly to persons providing treatment.4. Records that contain only information relating toa person’s activities after that person is no longer astudent at UMUC.INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF EDUCATION RECORDSBY STUDENTSA. Right of Access1. Each student has a right of access to his or hereducation records, except financial records of thestudent’s parents and confidential letters of recommendationreceived prior to January 1, 1975.2. A student may, by a signed writing, waive his or herright of access to confidential recommendations inthree areas: admission to any educational institution,job placement, and receipt of honors andawards. UMUC will not require such waivers as acondition for admission or receipt of any service orbenefit normally provided to students. If the studentchooses to waive his or her right of access, heor she will be notified, upon written request, of thenames of all persons making confidential recommendations.Such recommendations will be usedonly for the purpose for which they were specificallyintended. A waiver may be revoked in writingat any time; and the revocation will apply to allsubsequent recommendations, but not to recommendationsreceived while the waiver was in effect.180G R A D U A T E C A T A L O G | 2 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 1