Rights and Responsibilities of Financial Aid Recipients

Student Rights

You have the right to ask the Center:

• The names of its accrediting and licensing organizations.
• About its programs, its instruction, laboratories, and other facilities.
• What the cost of attendance is, and what the policy is on refunds to students who withdraw.
• What financial assistance is available, including information on all Federal, state, local, private, and institutional financial programs.
• What the procedures and deadlines are for submitting applications for each available financial aid resource.
• How it selects its financial aid recipients.
• How it determines your financial need.  This process includes how costs for tuition and fees, room and board, travel, books and supplies, and personal and miscellaneous expenses are considered in your cost of attendance. This calculation also includes the resources considered, such as parental contribution, other financial aid, etc.
• To explain each type and amount of assistance in your financial aid package.
• If you are offered a Federal Work-Study job, what type of job it is, what hours you must work, what your duties will be, and how much and when you will be paid.
• To reexamine your financial aid package if you believe a mistake has been made, or if your enrollment or financial circumstances have changed.
• How the Center determines whether you are making satisfactory progress and what happens if you do not.
• What special facilities and services are available to the disabled?

Student Responsibilities

It is your responsibility to:

• Review and consider all information about a Center’s program before you enroll.
• Pay attention to your application for student financial aid, complete it accurately, and submit it on time, to the right place.  Errors can prevent your receiving aid.
• Know and comply with all deadlines for applying and reapplying for aid.
• Provide all documentation, corrections, and/or information requested by either the Student Services Office or the agency to which you submitted your application.
• Notify the Center of any information that has changed since you applied.
• Read, understand, and keep copies of all forms that you sign.
• Keep the Center updated with name, address, telephone number, and attendance status.
• Satisfactorily perform the work agreed upon in a Federal Work-Study job.
• Understand your Center’s refund policy.
• Reimburse the Center for an overaward or an overpayment of any financial aid.