Policies & Procedures Manual

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The appeal requests will be reviewed by the Financial Aid Appeal Committee. Students will be notified in writing of the Committee’s decision. Institutional Programs - The following information is related to Scholarships and Institutional Work Study. 1. A student receiving institutional financial aid in the form of an Athletic Scholarship, Band Scholarship, Cheerleader Scholarship, or Institutional Work-Study must during a semester earn a term GPA of at least 1.5. If a student does not meet this standard at the end of a semester, the student will be placed on probation for a semester. During the probationary semester, the student will be eligible to receive the institutional financial aid. Upon completion of the probationary semester, a student who does not meet the standard will be ineligible to receive the institutional financial aid. This policy coincides with the academic probation and suspension policy of the College; therefore, when suspended students become eligible to return to college they shall also be eligible to receive institutional financial assistance. 2. To retain the following scholarships: Achievement Recognition; ACT; Career & Technical Education (CTE) Skills; CTE Leadership; CTE Non-Traditional Gender; Non-Traditional Student Tuition Scholarship for Full-Time Students; Salutatorian; Star Student; and/or Valedictorian; a student must maintain a 3.0 or higher grade point average (GPA) each semester. Any student who does not maintain the required 3.0 GPA and is removed from the scholarship, may have the scholarship reinstated by earning the required 3.0 GPA the following semester provided the scholarship is for four (4) consecutive semesters. See Financial Aid Programs for further eligibility requirements. 3. East Central Community College is committed to providing financial resources and assistance to students based on excellence in scholarship, performance, and/or service. As such, the College provides Institutional Scholarships to eligible students. Institutional Scholarships are comprised of five (5) major categories of awards: (A) Scholastic-Based Scholarships; (B) Performance- and/or Service-Based Scholarships; (C) Athletic Scholarships; (D) the Employee Tuition Waiver Scholarship; and (E) Non-Traditional Student Scholarships. Effective Fall 2018, the College will set a cap of $3,500 per semester for Institutional Scholarships received from these 5 categories for in-state students and a cap of $4,550 per semester for Institutional Scholarships received from these 5 categories for out-of-state students . Institutional scholarship funds, with the exception of athletic scholarships, may be used for book costs if funds remain after all other charges on a student’s account are covered.

(Revised 10/9/07; Revised 6/14/2011; Revised 6/10/14; Revised 10/10/17; Revised 12/11/19)