Appeal of Financial Aid Suspension:

Suspension of Financial Aid: Failure to meet the GPA and Pace of Progress requirements of satisfactory academic progress may result in the suspension of financial aid or the following conditions:

Appeal of Financial Aid Suspension: Students who desire to appeal the termination of their financial aid eligibility must submit an appeal online via the University SAP link (add link here). The appeals submission must include the following: A letter to explain mitigating circumstances that affected the student’s ability to make satisfactory academic progress accompanied by official documentation to substantiate the circumstances explained in the letter. Acceptable mitigating circumstances include death in the immediate family (e.g. mother, father, sibling, child, or grandparent), medical emergencies (student or immediate family), severe psychological/emotional distress, and/or military deployment. Mitigating circumstances must occur during the time in which the students failed to meet SAP. Official documentation includes a copy of an obituary (no web links to online memorials, funeral announcements, etc..), medical documentation from a physician’ office to include dates of medical treatment or length of stay in a hospital facility, letter from a professional counselor, and/or military orders. Students must also show proof of obtaining a University Excuse for excessive absences due to mitigating circumstances.

Appeals Committee. The President shall appoint an Appeals Committee to consist of representatives from the ACES office, Office of Records and Registration, and Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. The Appeals Committee shall meet at the end of the Appeals submissions’ deadline to determine if the student’s federal aid should be reinstated. The student shall be notified in writing via their ASU email of the Committee’s decision. The student may appeal the Financial Aid Appeals Committee’s decision to the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management within five working days. The Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management has five working days to render a decision and respond to the student in writing. The decision of the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management is final.

Any student (UG and GR) who fail to meet the conditions of their probation after their first appeal will have their federal aid terminated for the subsequent semester. Students who have unusual mitigating circumstances, i.e. circumstances that are not similar to the previous circumstances from the first appeal, may appeal their suspension of aid for the second time. Students’ who successfully appeal their FA suspension will be placed on probation and must meet the conditions of their probation until their overall GPA for the classification is achieved and have completed at least 67% of all coursework attempted. No student will be granted an opportunity to appeal for a 3rd time in the event the conditions of the second reinstatement are not met.”

ASU’s Financial Aid Office shall determine and publish deadline dates for appeal submissions and a timeline for appeal notifications each semester.

Students who are denied probation at any time based on the final decision of the appeals committee, can choose to pay out of pocket or seek financial support from one of the preferred private lenders found at the following link (insert link). Students who paid out of pocket or through a private lender and desire reinstatement of their federal aid must take a minimum of six (6) credit hours in a subsequent semester and show progress by earning a 2.0 or above GPA and complete 100% of all attempted courses for the semester.