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equired, the student will be permitted to graduate and his/her associate degree will be conferred.REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSUREUpon graduation from the Nursing program graduates are eligible to make application to the NationalCouncil of State Boards of Nursing (“NCSBN”) National Council Licensure Examination for RegisteredNurses (“NCLEX-RN”). Passage of the NCLEX-RN is dependent on the graduate’s preparation and ITTTechnical Institute does not promise or represent that any graduates of the program will pass the NCLEX-RN. To receive a license to practice as a registered nurse, a graduate must pass the NCLEX-RN and meetthe criteria specific to the state.SATISFACTORY NURSING PROGRAM PROGRESSION (”SNPP”)Once a student receives a grade of less than a “B” in any two core courses in the associate degree programin Nursing (i.e., courses prefixed with the letters “NU”), the student must be dismissed from the Nursingprogram for failure to maintain Satisfactory Nursing Program Progression (“SNPP”). If a student wishesto appeal this dismissal, the student must do so in writing on the designated form obtained from the Deanor Chair, Breckinridge School of Nursing and Health Sciences, and must explain the specialcircumstances (e.g., death of an immediate family member, severe illness or severe personal injury) thatwere factors in the student’s inability to maintain SNPP. The student’s written SNPP appeal will berouted according to the following:The Chair, Breckinridge School of Nursing and Health Sciences and the Admission ProgressionGraduation Committee (“APGC”) will make a recommendation regarding the student’s capacityfor academic and professional success.The Dean will review the written SNPP appeal and make a recommendation.If the Chair, Breckinridge School of Nursing and Health Sciences /APGC’s and/or Dean’srecommendation is unfavorable, and there are no other compelling special circumstances thatshould be considered, the student’s written SNPP appeal will be denied.If both recommendations from (1) the Chair, Breckinridge School of Nursing and Health Sciencesand APGC and (2) the Dean are favorable, the Dean will forward the student’s written SNPPappeal, along with a copy of the student’s academic transcript, to the Director of AcademicAdministration. The Director of Academic Administration will review the information submittedby the student in his or her written SNPP appeal and any other special circumstances and make arecommendation for or against dismissal from the Nursing program to the Chief AcademicOfficer (CAO). The CAO will review the recommendation from the Director of AcademicAdministration and make a determination of the student’s written SNPP appeal.The determination of the student’s written SNPP appeal will be:made by the Chair, Breckinridge School of Nursing and Health Sciences and APGC, Dean andCAO, if applicable (in their discretion and in conformity with this Satisfactory Nursing ProgramProgression section);communicated in writing to the student; andfinal and binding on the student.If the CAO grants the student’s SNPP appeal, the timing of the student’s readmission into the Nursingprogram will be subject to resource and space availability and the student will be required to repeat anycore course(s) in the Nursing program for which the student was not awarded at least a grade of “B”. Astudent may seek readmission to the Nursing program through the SNPP appeal process only once; anysubsequent non-passing grade earned in a core course in the Nursing program by that student will result in