3357:15-18-07. Standards of academic progress

Standards of academic progress (SAP) are a series of standards required to maintain eligibility for federal student aid. Requirements include components of completion of credit hours and grade point average (GPA), as defined in paragrah (B) of this rule. Students who do not meet these requirements will be disqualified from future financial aid.

Standards of academic progress requirements:

(A) Stark state college requires that any student who applies for or receives federal financial aid makes satisfactory academic progress toward an Ohio department of higher education (ODHE-) approved degree or certificate.

(B) Satisfactory academic progress is measured as follows:

(1) Overall grade point average of 2.0.

(2) Completion of sixty-seven per cent of the cumulative attempted credit hours, including hours of repeated coursework.

(3) Completion of an ODHE- approved degree or certificate within the number of required credit hours listed in the college catalog for the associate or certificate degree multiplied by one hundred fifty per cent, as determined by Gateway student services, and includes accepted transfer credit hours and up to thirty attempted credit hours of required developmental coursework.

(4) Successful grade completions are: A, AH, B, BH, C, UC, D, UD, CR

(5) Unsuccessful grade completions are: F, W, IN, NC, NA

(6) Repeated coursework (see rule 3357:15-13-08 of the Administrative Code) will count toward the number of attempted hours for completion purposes, but only the highest grade will be used in the calculation of the student's grade point average.

(7) All students are limited to thirty credit hours of developmental coursework. Grades are assigned to developmental coursework and will be counted both in the qualitative and quantitative measures.

(C) Failure to meet these measurements will result in the loss of federal financial aid.

Effective: 11/23/2017
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3357.09(K)
Rule Amplifies: 3357.15
Prior Effective Dates: 02/28/2015, 07/14/2016