Eligibility for Federal & State Aid

To be eligible for financial aid at KCC, you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Be a high school graduate or GED graduate. Documentation to verify that status must be on file in KCC's Office of Admissions and Registration.
• Have selected and be admitted to an eligible curriculum. An eligible curriculum is one that leads to an associate degree or to an advanced certificate and requirers at least 24 semester hours to complete. An exception is the Paramedic program (PMED.AAS.C29) which is not an eligible program.
• Have financial need (except for Unsubsidized Stafford Loans).
• Be enrolled at least half-time (a minimum of six credit hours per semester) for most aid.
• Attend all classes to be considered enrolled.
• Be registered with Selective Service (if required).
• Not owe a refund on a federal grant or be in default on a federal educational loan.

Conviction of drug distribution or possession may make a student ineligible.

Maintaining Financial Aid Eligibility

To maintain your eligibility to receive financial aid once you are enrolled at KCC, you must:

• Maintain the grade point average specified in the academic regulations in KCC's college catalog. The required GPA is based on the number of credit hours you have attempted.
• Maintain a completion rate of 67% for all hours attempted.
• Complete the program you started before attempting more than 150% of the hours required to complete that program.

This 150% is determined through the calculation of "attempted hours." They include:

• All courses taken at KCC and all transfer courses credited at KCC. Transfer hours that do not count toward completion of your program of study at KCC may be excluded from the calculation of attempted hours if an appeal is approved.
• Courses in which you remain enrolled at the end of the tuition refund period each semester, even if you later withdraw from these courses.
• Courses which are of a remedial or prerequisite nature, unless excluded through an approved appeal.
• If you change your program of study at KCC, you still will be judged under the 150% time frame established for your original program unless a Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress Appeal is approved. Consult a KCC adviser.