Southern California University of Health Sciences - Consumer Information Guide

withdrawal disbursement in person. SCU must obtain confirmation from a student or parent for
PLUS before making any disbursement of loan funds from a post-withdrawal disbursement.
Without obtaining students' permission, Title IV grant funds from a post-withdrawal
disbursement are credited to their account to pay for tuition, fees or disbursed directly to the
student. This is allowed up to the amount of outstanding charges.
SCU must notify a student or parent for PLUS loan, in writing before making any postwithdrawal
disbursements within 30 days of the date SCU determines a student withdrew. The
response does not have to be in writing, but SCU must document the response.
SCU may not make a post-withdrawal disbursement of Title IV funds to the account or estate of
a student who has died. SCU may not disburse the proceeds of a PLUS loan taken out by a parent
who has died, even though student for whose benefit the loan was intended remains alive and
otherwise eligible. SCU must maintain written records of post withdrawal disbursements.
Late Arriving Funds
2014-2015 Federal Student Aid Handbook, Vol. 5, Ch. 1.
Late disbursements may arrive in subsequent payment periods. If a student withdrew during a
subsequent payment period, and aid for a previous payment period is received, the funds are not
included in the return calculation. The school may disburse the funds to the student for the
previous payment period provided the conditions for a late disbursement are met. A student
becomes ineligible to receive title IV, funds if the student is no longer enrolled at the institution
as at least a half-time student for the period of enrollment for which the loan was intended.
Inadvertent Overpayments
Dear Colleague Letter GEN-04-03 (Revised).
When the Registrar is notified officially or unofficially that an SCU student ceases attendance
the Registrar withdraws the student from their courses. A system generated automatic
notification is immediately sent to the Student Accounts office. The Student Accounts office will
see the withdrawal activity when they are posting billing throughout the day. As soon as Student
Accounts sees this withdrawal activity they notify Financial Aid office that a student is no longer
in attendance.
Inadvertent overpayments occur when a school disburses funds to a student who has already
ceased attendance for the period. Funds in these cases would be counted as aid that could have
been disbursed. If SCU later determines that the funds qualify as a late disbursement, only the
unearned portion must be returned. If the funds do not meet the criteria for a late disbursement,
the entire inadvertent overpayment must be returned
Return of Title IV Funds Policy in a Traditional 15-week Semester
The percentage of Title IV financial aid the student has earned is determined by dividing the
number of days completed in the term when withdrawing by the total number of days in the term.
For example, if there were 102 total days in the term and the student completed 24, the student
would earn 23.5% of the Title IV aid received. (24/102 = 23.5)
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