Registration and Financial Information - South Piedmont Community ...

32 Registration and Financial Informationsemester, SPCC will recalculate your eligibility for financial aid based on the percent of the semestercompleted.For example, if you withdraw after having completed only 30% of the semester, youwill have “earned” only 30% of any Title IV funds received. The remaining 70% mustbe returned. The Financial Aid Office will notify you in writing of any and all unearnedaid that is due and payable by you.Financial aid recipients still enrolled after the 60% point of the semester will have “earned” 100% of thefederal financial aid awarded.VETERANS BENEFITSQualified veterans, wives, and children of deceased veterans may be admitted and approved to receiveeducational benefits, providing they meet requirements established by the Veterans Administration. Toqualify, you must:••Have a high school diploma or GED.••Be enrolled in a specific curriculum program.Certain other requirements may also apply. All previous college coursework must be received andevaluated by the Registrar. All admission requirements must be met before the enrollment certificationcan be sent to the Veterans Administration. Not all courses are approved for VA educational benefits.Distance learning courses must be required courses within the veteran’s major to qualify for educationalbenefits. Contact the Financial Aid Office for a list of programs or classes that are eligible.NOTE: Test-outs, independent studies, and audits are not eligible for VA benefits. Classes of 8-weeks,12-weeks, or any other schedule deviation from the 16-week classes may be subject to a pro-rating of monthlybenefits from the VA.The College is approved for the training of veterans under Public Law 16 of the 78 th Congress and underPublic Law 550 of the 82 nd Congress, and Chapter 34, Title 38, United States Code. For more information,contact the Financial Aid Office at 704-272-5325.Satisfactory Progress for Veterans:A veteran enrolled at South Piedmont Community College is required to make satisfactory academicprogress. The measure of academic progress for veterans is the same as for students receiving otherforms of financial aid. The required cumulative grade point average (GPA) is 2.0 on all attempted work.Each semester (if you are receiving VA education benefits) your cumulative grade point average (GPA)is calculated. You must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0. Failure to do so will result in a semester ofintervention. During this semester of intervention:••You must work to raise your GPA to 2.0.••Your VA education benefits continue.At the end of one semester of intervention, if you have not achieved a satisfactory GPA, you will be placedon probation for one semester. During your probationary semester:••You are required to complete all registered courses with a “C” or better.••Your VA education benefits continue.If this requirement is met during the semester of probation, and all semesters thereafter, you will continueprobation until you achieve a 2.0 GPA or higher, at which time, you return to good academic standing.