Consortium Agreements

Federal regulations prohibit students from receiving financial aid from two schools during one semester. Students must receive financial aid from the institution in which they will receive the degree. If a student plans to enroll at another college while attending SCC, the student must pay the tuition, fees, books, and supplies at the visiting college. Then the student must bring the registration form and receipt from the visiting college to the Financial Aid Office. The Financial Aid Office will then complete and send to the visiting college a consortium agreement identifying the "home" and "host" colleges. A consortium agreement must be signed by the Financial Aid Director/Financial Aid Officer at the visiting college to verify enrollment and increase the student's financial aid eligibility based on the total number of credit hours enrolled at both colleges.

Transition/Developmental Course Work

A student may attempt up to 30 credit hours of transition/developmental course work with the assistance of financial aid. Any transition/developmental class hours beyond the 30-credit hour limit will not be included in the student's enrollment status calculation.

Repeated Courses

Repeated courses count as credit hours attempted for each enrollment. If a student has passed a course and repeats it one time after receiving a passing grade, the credits will be counted as part of the student's enrollment for the purpose of financial aid. Subsequent repetition of the same course will not be counted for the purpose of financial aid.

Late Start Classes

If a student registers for classes that have a later start date during the term than the first day of the term (i.e. Fall semester begins 8-17, class starts 10/14) award funds will not be available for those classes until the student's class attendance/participation has been confirmed for those classes. Therefore, if the student is not attending classes full-time, for example, at the beginning of the term, but will be attending once the late start class begins, their award will be prorated to match class attendance/participation at the beginning of the term and then increased to full-time once their class attendance/participation has been confirmed for the class.