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8. Other Programs Based on Special Qualifications
a. Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) *
b. Trade Readjustment Act (TRA)*
c. Police Officers’, State Patrol, and Firefighters’ Survivors Program
(eligibility determined by Alabama Commission on Higher Education)
d. Scholarships for Students of Blind Parents (eligibility determined by the
Chancellor of Postsecondary Education)

* Contact State Employment Office

D. Return of Title IV Funds
When a student receiving federal financial aid withdraws from school, federal
regulations require the application of a strict repayment formula. The student
is eligible for a percentage of financial aid in relation to the percentage of the
term he/she was enrolled. Any amount of financial aid in excess of that percentage
earned must be repaid to the federal Title IV fund.

If according to the percentage formula the student has earned financial aid that
has not been disbursed, the student may be eligible for those funds even after
withdrawal.

E. Attendance
If a student is the recipient of Title IV funds, he/she must attend classes to
receive aid. If a student fails to attend classes for which he/she is enrolled, no
financial aid will be awarded for those courses, and the student will be
administratively withdrawn or dropped from those classes not attended.

Students who stop attending classes during the semester also may be reported
for nonattendance and may be administratively withdrawn or dropped from
those classes. A calculation will be performed at the time of withdrawal for all
students who withdraw or are administratively withdrawn from all of their classes
prior to completion of 60% of the semester in order to determine return of Title IV
funds.
A copy of the “Return of Title Iv Funds” calculation worksheet is available in the
Financial Aid Office. STUDENT
F. Financial Aid Overpayment Policy
In accordance with federal regulations, financial aid overpayments made to a
student must be repaid to the college to be refunded to the appropriate Title IV DEVELOPMENT
financial aid program.

G. Student Notification & ACADEMIC
Students are responsible for checking their SUSCC-Bison email accounts on a
regular basis. While the primary means of communication with students is currently
regular mail, the Financial Aid Office plans to transition to email as the preferred POLCIES
communication method.