Santa Fe College Financial Aid Handbook 2008-09

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What is Financial Aid?It is nancial help i you are enrolled in an

eligible program and meet all other eligibilitycriteria. Financial aid is money provided toyou to assist you to meet college costs. It canbe git aid (grants and scholarships) or sel helpaid (loans and part-time work). Federal, state

and institutional unding are three sources onancial aid. Grants are ree awards that arebased on nancial need. Grants dont have tobe repaid unless, or example, you are awardedunds incorrectly or you withdraw rom schooland owe a reund. Scholarships are non-repay-able awards based either on merit or specialtalent alone or on merit and nancial need.Student loans are available to students or theirparents at low interest rates with repaymentusually deerred until ater graduation. Work-study employment allows students to earnmoney while attending school.

IMPORTANTI you withdraw rom all o your classes

within the rst 60 percent o the paymentperiod measured in calendar days, youll owea portion o unearned aid back to the ed-eral government. The college will also owe apercent o the reund o the institutional costs,and any amount that the college repays will bebilled to you.*

*Reer to Federal Repayment Policy onpage 8 or inormation on this issue.

Who Should Apply?

U.S. citizens, nationals or eligible non-citi-zens can apply or nancial aid. Many actorsare considered when awarding aid. You do nothave to be poor to qualiy, but you must provenancial need. You must have a high schooldiploma or GED beore nancial aid can beawarded.

EFFECTIVE NOWThe U.S. Department o Education will be

eliminating mass distribution o paper FAFSAsto schools and libraries with the 2008-09 FAF-SA. This change will save money and reduce

waste. We encourage you to submit your FreeApplication or Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)online at www.asa.ed.gov/. I you need apaper FAFSA, you can print out a 2008-09PDF version at our Web site http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/or call 1-800-4-FED-AID(1-800-433-3243) to obtain a copy by mail.

I you preer to write your answers beorecompleting the online application, downloadthe FAFSA on the Web Worksheet at http://www.asa.ed.gov/. This orm allows you to readand complete the questions beore enteringyour inormation online. The questions arelisted in the same order as they appear on the

Web site. The orm is also available at our o-ce R-122.

Where to Get Help?I you have a question or need assistance

with any part o the nancial aid process, theFinancial Aid Oce in R-122 is where you canget help. We are open Monday through Fridayrom 8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Financial aidspecialists are available Monday and Wednes-

day 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Friday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Youcan e-mail us [email protected] or call(352) 395-5480.

Please ollow the ollowing ve steps tomake sure your nancial aid is awarded with-out delay:

1. File your FAFSA application atwww.asa.ed.gov. You must apply ornancial aid each academic year.

2. Apply or Admission to SFCC andsubmit proo o High School graduationor GED

3. Visit the Career Resource Center4. View your degree audit online beore

you register or see an academic advisoror a program advisor

5. Check your nancial aid status ateSantaFe

Apply online:1. You must apply or nancial aid each

academic year. Your nancial aid needmay change and must be reevaluated..

Apply online using FAFSA on the Webat www.asa.ed.gov. Please comply

with the signature(s) requirements as

stated with the application. I you needhelp in transmitting the inormation,rst complete the 2008-2009 FAFSA onthe Web Worksheet and then contact theCareer Resource Center (S-254), (352)395-5508, or an appointment. Theyare open rom 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. GetStarted Today! SFCCS SCHOOLCODE IS 001519. Late applicantsshould be prepared to pay tuition, books,housing, etc. Read the FAFSA instruc-tions careully. List SFCC, Gainesville,Florida, with its ederal school code

001519 and your housing plans in StepSix. I you leave your housing plansblank, you will be awarded Financial Aidbased on a Commuter Budget.Do notestimate your nancial gures. Respondquickly to requests rom our oce.Renewal Application: You must reapplyor nancial aid each year by updatingyour nancial aid inormation and sta-tus. The Renewal Application onFAFSA on the Web has some o yourinormation rom the previous yearalready led or you to make the processeasier. Go to www.asa.ed.govand selectFill out a Renewal FAFSA.

2. Apply or Admission to SFCC. The

Are You Meeting RequirementsFor Financial Aid?

You need to answer yes to the ollowing ques-tions: 1. Do you have a high school diploma or

GED?2. Do you have a valid Social Security

number?3. Are you a US citizen or an eligible

non-citizen?4. I male, are you registered with the

Selective Service or exempt?5. Are you degree or certicate seeking at

SFCC?6. Are you enrolled in an eligible program?7. Are you making satisactory academic

progress?a. Do you have an all college 2.0 GPA?b. Have you completed 67 percent o

your attempted credit hours at SFCC?c. Are you completing your degree

within the maximum time rame? AS and AA degree maximum o 90

attempted credit hours. Vocational and certicate programs

maximum o 45 attempted credithours.

I you have previously attended a postsecondaryinstitution, you must also answer yes to the ol-lowing questions:

1. Have your academic transcripts romprior institutions been received andevaluated by SFCC ?

2. Do you have a 2.0 cumulative GPA?

All transer credits as well as all SFCC attemptedcourse work will be included as attempted credithours.

Important Dates/Deadlines

January 1, 2008Apply now (or as soon as possible ater thisdate); complete the Free Application or Student

Aid (FAFSA) or the 2008-2009 academic year.

March 15, 2008Priority on time deadline or ull unding2008-2009

June 30, 2009

The ederal processor must receive the FAFSAon the Web and the Renewal FAFSA on the

Web by midnight Central Daylight Time. Apaper FAFSA must be mailed in time or theprocessor to receive it by the deadline.

July 15, 2009File must be complete and veried (or 10 daysprior to your last day o enrollment, whicheveris earlier).

August 8, 2009

SFCC must receive your Student Aid Report(SAR, the results o your processed FAFSA); (or

by last day o enrollment, whichever is earlier)or you to receive any nancial aid.

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Welcome Center located at R-112 is theplace to start, or you can apply onlineat www.scc.edu and click on Admi-sions. We cannot award you until youhave completed the admissions process.This includes supplying academictranscripts rom your high school and

other colleges or postsecondary instit-tions that you have attended. As wereceive more inormation about you,additional documents may be needed.Check eSantaFe at www.scc.edu to viewthe status o your nancial aid le.

3. Visit the Career Resource Center in S-255, or go to www.scc.edu and selectCareer Resource Center in the indexor assistance in career planning.

4. View your degree audit online ateSantaFe and select View Degree

Audit to make sure you are signing upor classes needed or your degree, orsee an academic advisor or a programadvisor beore you register. You mustbe enrolled in an eligible degree orcerticate program. Some ineligible pro-grams are: 6907 Emergency MedicalTechnician and 7334 Home Health

Aide. For a list o ineligible programsclick on:http://admin.scc.edu/~admissions/APP/acrobat/ascodes.pd

5. Check your nancial aid status byclicking on My Financial AidateSantaFe. Respond promptly to ourrequests i additional inormation is

needed. I you have already beenawarded nancial aid, your awardsby term are shown. Clicking on theaward amount will show the detail othe award (amount, deductions, andcheck amount - i applicable).

Transfer StudentsAll transer credits as well as all SFCC

attempted course work will be included as at-tempted credit hours.

You must have at least a 2.0 minimumGPA ater transer credits are evaluated to be

eligible or nancial aid. I you plan to transerto SFCC during the year (i.e. spring 2009 orsummer 2009) you must:

1. Contact your current school and tellthem o your plans to transer.

2. Make sure the SFCC Federal schoolcode--001519--is listed in Step Six onyour Federal Student Aid Report.

3. I you are receiving a Federal DirectStudent Loan or a Federal Family Educa-tion Loan, you must cancel the loan

with the school you are now attendingand reapply or loan eligibility at SFCC.

I you are a transer student with a GPAless than 2.0 and you are attempting to qualiyor aid in subsequent terms, you must either:

1. Raise your cumulative GPA to at least a2.0, or

2. Earn a minimum term GPA o 2.5 orenrollment o at least hal-time status.This must occur in your rst term atSFCC.

Critical Enrollment InformationMaximum eligibility or unding is based

on a ull-time enrollment status; however,part-time students may be eligible or nancial

aid. Per ederal regulations, a students nancialaid must be calculated by determining the

students enrollment status based only oncourse work applicable to the students degree

or certicate at SFCC.Enrollment status categories or unding

are as ollows: Full-time status is 12 credit hours or

more

Three-quarter time status is 9 to 11credit hours

Hal-time status is 6 to 8 credit hours Less than hal-time status is 1-5 credit

hoursStudents who plan to register or less than

ull-time enrollment status should pay close at-tention to the eligibility requirements listed or

each nancial aid program (see page 5).The ollowing are examples o enrollment

status and nancial aid eligibility:A. Melissas program o study is Associate

o Arts (AA) 1133 and she has com-

pleted all o her SFCC degree require-ments (60 credits). During the all o2008, she is registered or 13 credithours o prerequisites required oradmittance to the upper division o astate university that she wants to transerto in the spring o 2009. Because herall 2008 courses do not apply to herdegree at SFCC, her nancial aid enroll-ment status is zero hours and she is noteligible or nancial aid.

Subject Credit Hours

INR 2002 International Relations 3

SPN 1121 Spanish 2 4STA 2023 Introduction to Statistics 3

CPO 2001 Comparative Politics 3

B. Johns program is Associate o Science(AS) 3315 Nuclear Medicine Technol-ogy and his all 2008 registration o 9credits includes a 3 credit hour classENC 1102 that is not applicable to hisdegree at SFCC. His enrollment statusor nancial aid is 6 hours (hal time).

Subject Credit Hours

NMT 1111 Patient Care 3

NMT 1430 Radiation Biology 3ENC 1102 Writing/Lit 3

Your financial aid INFORMATION

is Online at eSantaFeTo nd out the status o your le or the awards

received, including the amount and disburse-

ment date o your nancial aid check(s), visit us

online at eSantaFe. Once you are in eSantaFe

click on My nancial aid.

ConfidentialitySFCC ensures condentiality o student records

in accordance with the Family Education

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Florida Statues

(Privacy Rights o Parents and Students). Your

inormation and the type and amount o your

aid are held in condence, and can be released

only when a written authorization is signed by

you and is presented to the College. You can

download the Student Authorization Form at

http://admin.scc.edu/~records/PDF_DOC/stu-dentauto.pd

The U.S. Department o Education will be elim-

inating mass distribution o paper FAFSAs to

schools and libraries with the 2008-09 FAFSA.

We encourage you to submit your Free Applica-

tion or Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online at

www.asa.ed.gov/. I you need a paper FAFSA,

you can print out a 2008-09 PDF version at our

Web site http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/

or call 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) to

obtain a copy by mail.

A Few Things to KnowThe 2008-2009 Financial Aid Handbook inor-

mation is available online at

http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/

You may be eligible or a ee deerment.

The Academic Competitiveness Grant requires

ull-time enrollment o 12 hours or more.

A standard term is 16 weeks in length and

fexterms occur within the standard term or

approximately eight weeks.

Transer students must have at least a 2.0 GPA

to be eligible or nancial aid.

The U.S. Department o Education selects 30

percent o applicants or verication. This is

a review process to make sure the inormation

submitted is correct.

Many outside organizations oer awards based

on place o residence, background, proessional

aliations and/or eld o study. There are sev-

eral scholarship search engines on SFCCs CareerResource Center page at www.scc.edu.

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Flexterm Enrollment

What is a standard term?What is a flexterm?

A standard term is 16 weeks in length. Thestandard all term runs rom August to De-cember and the fexterm session occurs within

the standard term at an accelerated pace. Forexample, the all A fexterm runs rom Augustto the middle o October, approximately eight

weeks.Your all nancial aid will be based on your

projected enrollment in ALL sessions as o theend o the regular drop/add period, August29, 2008, OR the date the ederal govern-ment processes your nancial aid application,

whichever is later.This is reerred to as your lock-in date

or determining all o your nancial aid orthe standard all term, all A fexterm, or all Bfexterm. The lock-in date or students whoonly attend the B fexterm will be the end othe regular drop/add period or the B fextermor their processed date, whichever is later.

I your application is processed by theederal government ater the lock-in date orthe standard all term, August 29, 2008, thenyour registration will be locked- in at theprocessed date.

This same nancial aid awarding processwill also apply to the spring and summer termso 2009. Please plan accordingly in schedul-ing your courses or uture terms, and or anyfexterms within the terms.

Fall enrollment dates, categories, andexamples are as ollows:

Fall term: 8/25/08 to 12/5/08Fall A fexterm: 8/25/08 to 10/08/08Fall B fexterm: 10/17/08 to 12/05/08

12 credit hrs. is full time12 hrs: all + 3 all A + 3 all B

9-11 credit hrs. is 3/4 time9 hrs: 3 all + 3 all A + 3 all B

6-8 credit hrs. is 1/2 time7 hrs 4 all + 3 all B

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ees are less than or equal to the amount o

projected nancial aid or the term. Once you

have been awarded your nancial aid, you may

view your award(s) online at eSantaFe, just

click on My nancial aid. You will be re-

sponsible or paying ees or all classes deerred

regardless o your nancial aid eligibility.

I or any reason you do not receive nan-

cial aid, you will still be responsible or paying

your deerred ees. You will be notied in writ-

ing o the ee deerment deadline. I you do

not pay your deerred ees on time, you will befagged or a nancial obligation to the college

with a hold on all records and will be turned

over to collections.

I you drop a class ater the drop with a

reund date (e.g. during the period that you

would receive a W), you will be responsible

or paying any deerred ees.

Students With DisabilitiesThe Financial Aid Oce and the Disabili-

ties Resource Center (S-229) work together to

assist students with disabilities. Contact the

center or any special needs assistance at (352)

395-4400 voice/TTY. On request, the center

will arrange a meeting with a nancial aid

specialist.

Veterans AffairsVeterans assistance programs at SFCC

are coordinated by the Veterans Aairs Oce

(R-101), (352) 395-5505. Veterans applying

or nancial aid must report all educational

benets and provide written verication o

same to the Financial Aid Oce. Veterans may

also be requested to submit a valid DD214discharge orm.

VerificationThe U. S. Department o Education

chooses about 30% o applicants or verica-tion. Verication may occur any time duringthe application or awarding process. Thecollege may also select a student or verica-tion. This is a review process to make sure theinormation submitted is correct. I selected orverication, you will be notied by the ederalprocessor and/or SFCC. You may be asked toprovide the ollowing additional documents:

Dependent Student 2008-2009 Verication Worksheet Signed copy o your 2007 Federal

Income Tax Return Signed copy o your parents 2007

Federal Income Tax Return(s) Any other documents necessary to

veriy data

Independent Student 2008-2009 Verication Worksheet

Signed copy o your (and spouses) 2007Federal Income Tax Return(s)

Any other documents necessary to veriy

dataThis review will lengthen the processing

time by our to eight weeks. No money will beawarded until the verication process has beencompleted. Each student must complete theverication process beore the end o his or heracademic year; les are inactivated in 30 daysi no response is received. I the college hasreason to believe that an applicant has appliedor Federal Student Aid under alse pretense,the case may be reerred to the Oce o theInspector General, or resolution. A case mayalso be reerred i the student reuses to provide

documents and comply with the verica-tion request. Please stay in touch with us andrespond promptly.

Financial Aid Programs

Federal Pell GrantFederal grant program awarded to un-

dergraduates. Eligibility is determined by theederal processor. Award amounts are proratedaccording to the students enrollment status

(e.g. ull time, three-quarter time, hal time,less than hal time). Fees may be deerred andbooks may be charged to accepted awards.

Award amounts range rom $400-$4310; how-ever, these amounts may change.

Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)This is a ederal program awarded to rst

and second year undergraduates. The eligibil-ity requirements are: rst academic year (0-23credit hours earned towards degree) studentsmust be U.S. citizens, eligible or a Pell Grant,enrolled ull time and have completed a rigor-ous* secondary school program ater January 1,

2006. Second academic year (24 credit hoursearned towards degree to graduation) studentsmust be U.S. citizens, eligible or a Pell Grant,enrolled ull time, have completed a rigorous*secondary school program ater January 1,2005* and have a cumulative GPA o at least3.0 at the conclusion o the rst year o educa-tion. Award limits per academic year: rst yearstudent a maximum o $750.00; second yearstudent a maximum o $1300.00.

*Visithttp://www.ed.gov/admins/naid/about/ac-smart/state-programs.htmlor Rec-ognized State Rigorous Secondary SchoolPrograms o Study.

Federal Supplemental Educational Op-portunity Grant (FSEOG)

Federal grant program awarded to un-dergraduates with exceptional need. Priorityis given to Federal Pell Grant recipients withapplications completed by the March 15 dead-line. Fees may be deerred to accepted awards.

Award amounts range rom $100-$600. Aminimum o hal-time enrollment status (6-8hours) per standard term is required or con-sideration.

Florida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG)

A state grant program awarded to under-graduates. To be considered, students musthave one-year prior Florida residency and beenrolled in AA, AS, or AAS degree programs.Priority is given to students with applica-tions completed by the March 15 deadline.For renewal eligibility, i enrolled ull time,students must earn 24 credit hours in previoussummer, all and spring semesters. I enrolledhal time (6-8 hours) students must earn 12credit hours; i enrolled three-quarter time(9-11 hours) students must complete 18 credithours. I the award is a combination ull-timeand part-time FSAG, the student must success-ully complete the applicable credit hours oreach term. The amounts o the awards range

Fall & Spring 2008-2009 Average Student BudgetsTuition: Single Resident* Single Commuter*

FL Resident$71.60 Per credit hour $1,718 $1,718

Non-FL Resident$266.15 Per credit hour $6,388 $6,388

Books $700 $700Room & Board $7,000 $2,720Personal Expenses $2,096 $2,096Transportation $1,496 $1,496

Totals:FL Resident $13,010 $8,730

Non-FL Resident $17,680 $13,400

*Costs are subject to change. To check the cost o attendance go to www.scc.edu andclick on Financial Aid or updated inormation. The resident or commuter budget is deter-mined by the students intended housing plans reported in step six o the FAFSA.

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rom $200-$1808. Please see our Web pageor current inormation at http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/pd/naidbook0809.pd

Florida Student Assistance Grant for Stu-dents in Certificate Programs (FSAG-CE)

FSAGCE is a state grant created to assistFlorida students enrolled in certicate pro-grams. To be eligible the student must be aFlorida resident and U.S. citizen or eligiblenon-citizen and be enrolled at least hal-timein a certicate program. Priority is given tostudents with applications completed by theMarch 15 deadline. Award amounts rangerom $200-$1,808 per year. The student doesnot have to receive the Pell Grant to receive anFSAG-CE program grant.

Florida Work Experience Program (FWEP)Florida Work Experience Program is a

need-based state unded program providing

eligible Florida students work experience tocomplement and reinorce their educationalcareer goals. To be eligible the student must bea Florida resident and U.S. citizen or eligiblenon-citizen; enroll in a certicate program;be enrolled at least hal-time. Awards rangerom 10-15 hours per week. Students are paidminimum wage bi-monthly. Students who areawarded will contact the Financial Aid WorkStudy oce in R-132 or job placement.

Santa Fe ScholarshipInstitutional scholarships awarded to

out-o-district students with exceptional need.

Awards will be on a rst-come, rst-servedbasis to students who completed all SFCCadmission requirements and the FAFSA. Aminimum o less than hal-time enrollmentstatus (1-5 hours) per standard term is requiredor consideration.

Federal Work Study (FWS)Federal Work Study is a need-based stu-

dent work program. Awards range rom 10-15hours per week. Students are paid minimum

wage bi-monthly. Students who are awardedwill contact the Financial Aid Work Studyoce in R-132 or job placement. Community

Service work-study positions are available; iinterested, advise the work study placementspecialist. A minimum o hal-time enrollmentstatus (6-8 hours) per standard term is requiredor consideration.

William D. Ford Federal DirectLoan (Direct Loan Program)

Subsidized Federal Direct Stafford LoanThis is a ederal student loan program

where the ederal government is the lender.Loans disbursed ater July, 2006 will havea xed interest rate o 6.8 percent which ispaid by the government while the studentis in school and during the grace period. A

2.0. percent origination ee is charged at eachdisbursement; however, the student receivesa 1.5 percent rebate on each disbursement.

Award limits per academic year: rst yearstudent $3500; second year student $4500.The amount o tuition and ees deerred toloans will be limited to the amount to net loan

disbursed. A minimum hal-time enrollmentstatus (6-8 hours) per standard term is requiredor consideration.

Unsubsidized Federal Direct StaffordLoan

Same as Subsidized Federal Direct StaordLoan, except that the borrower is responsibleor the interest while in school, during thegrace period, and while in repayment. Awardlimits per academic year are: an indepen-dent student receives up to $4000 above theSubsidized Federal Direct Staord Loan limit;a dependent student receives the dierence

between the Subsidized Federal Direct Sta-ord Loan amount and the Subsidized FederalDirect Staord Loan yearly limit. A minimumhal-time enrollment status (6-8 hours) perstandard term is required or consideration.

Federal Parent Loans to UndergraduateStudents (FPLUS)

SFCC requires students to complete theFAFSA and have a valid SAR on le to processa Parent PLUS Loan. For lender inormationyou may search Google or Federal PLUSLoans. This ederal student loan program orparents o dependent students enables parents

to borrow rom a lending institution or thestudents education. Students will not be ableto charge tuition or books against the PLUSloan. Award limit is the cost o education lessother nancial aid. A minimum hal-timeenrollment status (6-8 hours) per standardterm is required or consideration For lenderinormation you may search Google or Fed-eral PLUS Loans.

Satisfactory Academic Progressfor Financial Aid RecipientsMini-

mum StandardsFederal and state regulations require thatstudents meet minimum standards in order tobe eligible to receive nancial aid unds. Theminimum standards at SFCC are dened be-low and are applied to all Title IV nancial aidprograms administered by the college, exceptthose programs whose eligibility requirementsare restricted to institutional unds or outsidedonor restrictions:

1. Students must meet an academic pero-mance requirement o at least a 2.0cumulative GPA.

2. Students must make progress towardtheir degree. Minimum progress towarda degree requires initial year nancial aid

Financial Aid Addresses,Phone Numbers And Internet Links

Federal Processor Contact InformationFor ederal program inormation, help in ll-ing out the FAFSA application, requesting aduplicate Student Aid Report (SAR), change oaddress, adding schools, or query status:

(800) 433-3243TTY (800)730-8913www.asa.ed.gov/

FAFSA On the WebCustomer Service(800) 801-0576e-mail: [email protected]

National Student Loan Data System(NSLDS)U.S. Department o Educations central databaseis used to make inquiries about Title IV loansand/or Pell grants. This site displays inormationon loan and/or grant amounts, outstanding bal-ances, loan status, and disbursements:

(800) 433-3243

TTY (800)730-8913http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/

Direct Loan Borrower Services(800) 848-0979TDD (800) 848-0993www.ed.gov/about/oces/list/sa/index.html

Direct Loan Services Onlinehttps://www.dlssonline.com/

Closed School Search Pagehttp://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/FSA/

closedschool/searchpage.cm

Santa Fe Community CollegeFinancial Aid Office

3000 NW 83rd Street, R-122

Gainesville, FL 32606(352) 395-5480FAX (352) 381-7050http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/

FWS Employment Office (352) 395-5477Florida Bright Futures (352) 395-5018Scholarships Office (352) 395-5470

Other SFCC Telephone Numbers

Advisement (352) 395-5503Cashier (352) 395-5227Diversity, Oce o (352) 395-5486Short Term Loan/Repayment(352) 395-5280

Registrar, Oce o the (352) 395-5443Services or StudentsWith Disabilities (352) 395-4400Student Government (352) 395-5913Student Leadership

& Activities (352) 395-5912

Student Support Services (352) 395-5068Veterans Aairs (352) 395-5505

Welcome Center (352) 395-5787

Florida Department of EducationOffice of Student FinancialAssistance State Programs

Turlington Building325 West Gaines Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400

(888) 827-2004 (toll ree) or Scholarshipswww.fdoe.org/

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applicants who have previously attendedSFCC to earn 67 percent o registrationattempted at SFCC.

3. Minimum progress toward a degreerequires continuing nancial aid recipi-ents to earn 67 percent o credit hoursattempted during the current academic

year or renewal eligibility. I a continu-ing nancial aid recipient completes zerocredits/hours or any unded term dur-ing the academic year, then he or she

will lose all subsequent nancial aidawarded or that academic year.

4. Students must complete their educa-tional objective within a given timerame. This limit is eective whether ornot nancial aid has ever been appliedor or received.a. All transer credits as well as all

SFCC attempted course work will be

included as attempted credit hours.b. All AA, AS and AAS degree-seekingstudents have a maximum o 90 attempted credit hours.

c. All vocational and certicate (i.e. any6000 to 7999 program code such asprogram code 6507 Oce SystemsSpecialist) seeking students have amaximum o 45 attempted credithours or less.

Effect of Incomplete Grades, Withdraw-als, Remedial Course Work, and CourseRepeats

A student who has completed no credithours in a term and has incompletes in thatterm has 20 school days rom the rst day oclasses o the ollowing term to make up in-complete grades in order to continue receivingunds. Reinstatement o awards is contingenton a unds-available basis and it is the studentsresponsibility to notiy the Financial Aid O-ce within the time rame provided.

I grade changes or incomplete gradesmade up ater the time rame should aectsubsequent terms or academic year eligibility,students must provide transcripts refecting

such changes.Withdrawals rom any course(s) will becounted in the total hours attempted and mayresult in ailure to meet the standards o prog-ress. Students must ollow the ocial with-drawal procedures established by the college.

Course repeats will be counted in the totalattempted credits. See SFCCs policy or GPAconguration in the Academic Aairs sec-tion o the college catalog under Grades andReports or go to www.scc.edu and click onAcademic Aairs.

Funding or students assigned or remedialcourse work will be limited to 30 credit hours

regardless o whether or not the student receivedany nancial aid or these remedial (College

Prep) credit hours. For students receiving nan-cial aid, ederal regulations place no limit on thenumber o ESL (English as a Second Language)credit hours a student may take. Remedialcourse work and ESL credits are treated thesame as other courses or satisactory academicprogress purposes. Grades received in these

courses will be used in calculating a grade pointaverage and hours attempted will be used todetermine the completion ratio. Remedial/ ESLcourses will be counted when determining themaximum time rame requirement rule.

ReinstatementI a student is denied/suspended rom -

nancial aid, the student must attend a semesteror semesters on unaided status until minimumstandards are met.

Probation/SuspensionStudents will be monitored or a cumula-

tive 2.0 GPA, completed credits/hours, andtime rame at the end o every term. Failureto maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA or ailureto earn 67 percent completion will result in aprobationary status that remains until the nalreview is perormed. Students who completezero credits/hours or reach the maximum timerame will be denied urther aid.

Determination of Continued EligibilityA nal review o satisactory progress will

occur at the end o the students academic year.Students who do not meet the above statedminimum requirement will be suspended rom

receipt o urther nancial aid.A student will not be eligible or renewalo nancial aid i minimum standards were notmet or the prior year on aid even i the cu-mulative hours earned (entire SFCC academicrecord) is 67 percent o all attempted hours.

A student who is suspended or deniedbecause o this must attend, unaided, until thedecit points are made up or the prior year,and the students cumulative academic recordully complies with the standards policy.

I the student makes up the decit pointsbut the overall record ails to meet the stan-dards policy, no nancial aid will be oered.

Students have the right o appeal i cir-cumstances warrant urther review.

AppealStudents whose eligibility has been termi-

nated (because o ailure to meet the standardso satisactory progress) may in certain cases re-quest a ormal review o the decision to revokenancial aid eligibility. Circumstances thatmay be considered or this special review (ap-peal) include: death in the students immediateamily, medical emergencies, accidents, divorceor separation o parents, personal tragedy, orother documented circumstances beyond thestudents control that prevented him or herrom meeting the minimum standards.

World Wide Web Resources

FAFSA on the Webhttp://www.asa.ed.gov/

FAFSA on the Web Customer Service(800) 801-0576E-mail: http://www.asa.ed.gov/contact.htm

Federal Student Aid Gatewayhttp://www.ederalstudentaid.ed.gov/

Need Money for College?http://www.studentaid.ed.gov

Aid for Native American Studentshttp://www.naid.org/otheraid/natamind.phtml

Scholarship Searchhttp://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/stu-dents/english/scholarships.jsp?g

Scholarship Scam Alerthttp://www.naid.org/naid/scams.html

Florida Department of Education

OSFA (Office of Student FinancialAssistance) State aid programs andscholarshipshttp://www.fdoe.org/

Bright Futureshttp://www.foridastudentnancialaid.org/ssad/home/uamain.htm

SFCC Web Pagehttp://www.scc.edu

Federal Direct Loan Web Pagehttp://www.ed.gov/oces/OSFAP/DirectLoan

Federal PIN Registrationhttp://www.pin.ed.gov

Selective Service System Onlinehttp://www.sss.gov

Title IV Code Search Pagehttp://www.naid.org/asa/tiv.phtml

Federal Government: Access America forStudentshttp://www.students.gov

Department of Education SFA Ombudsmanhttp://www.ombudsman.ed.gov/

Florida Financial Aid Applicationhttp://www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org

Floridas Online Gateway for CollegeInformationhttp://www.acts.org

National Student Loan Data Systemhttp://www.nslds.ed.gov

Promissory Note Onlinehttp://dlenote.ed.gov

Direct Loan Services Onlinehttps://www.dlssonline.com/

The National Scholars Honor Societyhttp://www.CollegeHonors.org

SFCC Career Resource Centers

Scholarshiphttp://admn.scc.edu/~crc/scholars.htm

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Procedure for ReviewIn order to appeal the decision on this

basis; the ollowing procedures must be used:1. A request must be submitted by the

student in writing to the Financial AidOce.

2. The circumstances which prevented

satisactory progress must be clearlystated.

3. The request must include documenta-tion to support the exceptional circum-stance, such as death certicate, state-ment rom physician, or other veriableinormation. All documentation is sub-ject to verication by the Financial AidOce.

4. Once the review has been made the stu-dent will be notied o the result o thereview.

Transfer Student Evaluation

All transer credits as well as all SFCCattempted course work will be included as at-tempted credit hours.

Transer students applying or nancialaid must have at least a 2.0 GPA ater transercredits are evaluated to be eligible to receivenancial aid unding. Transer students withless than a 2.0 GPA and attempting to qualiyor aid in subsequent terms must either:

1. Raise the cumulative GPA to at least a2.0, or

2. Earn a minimum term GPA o 2.5 orenrollment o at east hal time status.

(This must be perormed the rst termenrolled at SFCC.)

Postsecondary Adult Programs (PSA) PSA programs greater than or equal to

900 clock hours: Course work in thesePSA programs will be converted to credithours or nancial aid payment and willollow the same satisactory academicstandards as noted above or other creditprograms.

PSA programs 600 to 899 clock hours:Course work in these PSA programs isbased on clock hour attendance. Stu-

dents receiving nancial aid must suc-cessully complete the clock hour course

work with a 2.0 GPA or each classunded beore additional payment canbe made. Duration o eligibility will belimited to the length o the program.

The Checks in the Mailor Is It?Your high school transcript or your GED

certicate must be received by SFCCs Admis-sions Oce or your nancial aid check(s) toprint and your instructor(s) must veriy classattendance electronically each term. Financialaid checks are mailed to the students mail-ing address on le with the Registrars Oce.Please keep your mailing address up to date

to prevent your check(s) rom being lost orreturned in the mail.

Policies That Affect You

Anti Drug Abuse ActStudents should be aware that, i convicted

o a drug elony, they may lose eligibility orederal nancial aid programs.

DefaultStudents are not eligible or ederal or state

student aid i they are in deault on a ederalloan or owe a repayment on a student grant.

A student who has a nancial obligationor is in deault on a student loan shall not bepermitted to graduate, register, receive an aca-demic transcript or benet rom other regularcollege services.

Federal Repayment Policy

As a result o the Higher Education Acto 1998, a student who completely withdrawsrom classes may be required to repay a per-centage o nancial aid unds received.

The Registrars Oce, located in R-101, isthe designated oce to contact about with-drawing rom the college. Oce hours are: 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Forocial withdrawal procedures, please see thecollege catalog.

College reund policy dictates that ees willbe reunded in ull or course work droppedduring the drop/add period or canceled bythe college. However, the ederal repayment

policy supersedes the college reund policy orstudents receiving ederal nancial aid andcompletely withdrawing rom the college.

In general, a portion o ederal studentnancial aid (Title IV) grant or loan unds,but not ederal college work study unds, mustbe returned to the Title IV programs upon arecipients withdrawal rom school. Simplyput, any Title IV nancial aid recipient who

withdraws within the rst 60 percent o thepayment period measured in calendar daysowes a portion o unearned aid back to theederal government. The college will also owe

a percentage o the reund o the institutionalcosts. Any amount that the college repays willbe billed to the student.

All students receiving Title IV assistancewho completely withdraw are subject to theederal repayment law. This law uses the termsearned and unearned Title IV unds whenrelating the amount o assistance applicableto the percentage o time enrolled. It is theunearned portion that becomes the ocus o theReturn o Title IV Funds ormula.

The school must rst determine thepercentage o Title IV assistance the studentearned. Up through the 60 percent point intime, the percentage o assistance earned isequal to the percentage o the payment period

IMPORTANT NOTEChecks rom the ollowing programs

will be mailed (disbursed) approximatelythree working days ater the last day todrop and receive a reund or as avail-able or the Federal Pell Grant, Aca-demic Competitiveness Grant, processed

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loanand Federal Supplemental EducationalOpportunity Grant. The ederal govern-ment must accept Pell origination anddisbursement records beore checks willprint; or loan checks to print, origina-tion and promissory notes must be ac-cepted by the ederal government. FloridaStudent Assistance Grant, Bright Futuresand other state scholarship checks willbe mailed as unds become available andinternal reporting is completed. This usu-ally occurs within the rst six weeks o

the semester. SFCC Endowment Scholar-ship checks will be released within therst sixty days into the semester.

Financial aid checks will not bemailed to students owing an obligation tothe college. I you owe an obligation, you

will be notied in writing and should re-solve these concerns at the Cashiers O-ce. You are responsible or any debt oroverpayment occurring as a result o yourerror or institutional error. The cashier islocated in the Alan J. Robertson Admin-istration Building (F-52) and is open orbusiness Monday through Friday 8:15a.m. to 4 p.m.

ATTENTIONLOAN RECIPIENTS

You must complete a loan ori-entation online at http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/orient.htm beore loancheck(s) will print. You must score 100percent on the quiz and transmit theresults to Financial Aid. Federal regula-tions require a 30-day delay rom thebeginning o term beore disbursingunds to new borrowers in the rst yearo their program. The ederal government

must accept loan origination and promis-sory notes beore checks will print. Youmust be enrolled at least hal time to beeligible to receive a Federal Direct Loan.To be considered enrolled hal time, youmust enroll or a minimum o at least sixcredit hours. I you are awarded a loan orone semester only, you will receive twochecks; the rst will be mailed approxi-mately three days ater the last day todrop and receive a reund or as available,the second will be mailed midpoint othe semester. Future disbursement o

loans will be canceled i enrollment dropsbelow six credit hours.

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completed as o the day the student withdrew.I the withdrawal occurs ater the 60 percentpoint, then the percentage earned is 100percent, and no reund/repayment is required.The dierence between the earned Title IV as-sistance and 100 percent equals the percentageo unearned Title IV unds that are thereore

subject to repayment by the school and/or thestudent. Any required repayment is allocatedback to the Title IV programs in order speciedby law.* A student must repay the portion othe original grant overpayment that is in excesso hal o the total Title IV grant unds that heor she received or could have received. The stu-dent does not have to repay grant overpaymentso $50.00 or less per program. Any repaymento Title IV loans is to be repaid under the con-ditions o the existing promissory note.

A student who owes a grant repaymentremains ineligible or urther Title IV assistance

until the grant is repaid, unless the student andthe U.S. Department o Education agree on asatisactory repayment arrangement. The U.S.Department o Education allows a student toretain eligibility or 45 days rom the date thatthe institution sends the repayment notica-tion to the student. To continue eligibility past45 days, the student will have to either paythe overpayment in ull or make satisactoryarrangement with the U.S. Department oEducation to repay.

For more specic inormation regardingthis policy or or examples o the repayment

ormula, please contact the Financial Aid Oceat (352) 395-5480.*Return Title IV unds in the order as

specied by law:

1. Unsubsidized Federal Staord loans

2. Subsidized Federal Staord loans

3. Unsubsidized Direct Staord loans

4. Subsidized Direct Staord loans

5. Perkins loans

6. Federal Plus loans

7. Direct Plus loans

8. Federal Pell Grant

9. Academic Competitiveness Grant

10. Federal SEOG

11. Other Title IV AssistanceThis inormation is available at www.scc.

edu. Click on Financial Aid in the index.

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANTINFORMATION

Need Financial Aid Forms?You can print orms at home by access-

ing our Web page at http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/0809/orms.htm /download.html.

Some o these orms are: Request or Revisiono Award, Financial Aid Appeal Form 2008-2009, 2008-2009 Verication or DependentStudent and 2008-2009 Verication or Inde-pendent Student.

Report Outside ResourcesYour nancial aid award may have to be

adjusted i you receive additional resourcesthat cause your nancial aid need to change.Notiy us immediately o all assistance you

will receive. You will be responsible or anyoverpayment occurring as a result o receipt ooutside resources.

Surf the WebCheck our Web page at http://admin.scc.

edu/~nancialaid//or any changes in ederal,state or institutional policies that may modiythe inormation in the Financial Aid Hand-book.

Professional JudgmentFederal regulations allow SFCC to deny

loan eligibility to any student based on theproessional judgment o the nancial aid ad-ministrator. I you or your amily have unusualcircumstances that aect your eligibility con-sult with a nancial aid specialist or additionalinormation.

Federal Direct Student Loans

SUBSIDIZED DIRECT LOANACADEMIC YEAR LIMITS

First-year dependent or independentstudent loan limit = $3500

Second-year dependent or independentstudent loan limit = $4500

UNSUBSIDIZED DIRECT LOANACADEMIC YEAR LIMITS

First-year dependent student loan limit =$3500 minus any subsidized loan undsreceived or the same academic year

Second-year dependent student loan limit= $4500 minus any subsidized loan undsreceived or the same academic year

First-year independent student loan limit= $7500 minus any subsidized loan undsreceived or the same academic year

Second-year independent student loanlimit = $8500 minus any subsidized loanunds received or the same academic year

Borrower ResponsibilitiesYou must keep SFCC and the ederal gov-

ernment inormed o any changes in your:

1) Name

2) Permanent address

3) Name and address o expected employer

4) Address o next o kin

5) Change in enrollment status to less thanhal time

As a borrower, you must complete apromissory note.* With your PIN** you mayaccess a promissory note and submit it online

at http://dlenote.ed.gov. Or you can completeand mail the promissory note orwarded to youby the Common Origination and Disburse-ment (COD) Center, to the Applicant ServiceDepartment as ollows:

U. S. Department of EducationLoan Origination CenterApplicant ServicesP.O. Box 5692Montgomery, AL 36104

*Promissory Note: The binding legaldocument you sign when you get a studentloan. It lists the conditions under which youre

borrowing and the terms under which youagree to repay the loan.

**PIN: The PIN serves as your identierto let you access your personal inormationin various U.S. Department o Educationsystems. Once you successully complete arequest at http://pin.ed.gov, it will take approxi-mately 7-10 days to receive the PIN in themail. When you use your U.S. Department oEducation PIN, you must type it exactly as itappears on the letter.

Loan Orientation and 30-Day HoldBeore SFCC will release loan unds, you

must complete an SFCC online loan orienta-tion. You can access the Online Loan Orienta-tion page at http://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/orient.htm.

You must score 100 percent on the quizand transmit the results to Financial Aid.

Federal Loan Repayment ExampleLoan Type Amt Borrowed Int Rate Monthly Pmt Total Interest Total Paid Months

Stafford/Ford $2500 8% $50.69 $541.40 $3041.40 60

Stafford/Ford 5000 8% 60.66 2279.20 7279.20 120

Stafford/Ford 10000 8% 121.32 4558.40 14558.40 120

PLUS 3000 9% 50.00 1050.00 4050.00 81

PLUS 10000 9% 126.68 5201.60 15201.60 120 PLUS 20000 9% 253.35 10402.00 30402.00 120

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Federal regulations require a 30-day delayrom the beginning o term beore disburs-ing Subsidized Federal Direct Staord Loanunds to new borrowers in the rst year o theirprogram.

Loan RepaymentRepayment o principal or Subsidized

Federal Direct Staord Loan and Unsubsi-dized Federal Direct Staord Loan begins sixmonths ater you graduate, withdraw, or enrollless than hal time. For Unsubsidized FederalDirect Staord Loan, interest begins to ac-crue and payment o interest begins at date odisbursement.

Repayment o principal and interest orFPLUS loans begins at date o disbursement.

SFCC participates in the William D. FordFederal Direct Loan Program. This programis designed to assist students in nancing theireducation costs and replaces the Federal Family

Education Loan Program with the exceptiono the PLUS (Parent Loan) Program. TheWilliam D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programeliminates banks as a unding source; the ed-eral government is the lender.

Availability and regulations governing thenancial aid programs, as well as institutionalpolicies and procedures, are subject to change

without notice.

Office of Student Financial Aid(OSFA) OMBUDSMAN

The Department o Education providesthe services o the Student Financial AidOmbudsman who works with student loanborrowers to inormally resolve loan disputesand problems. The oce can be contacted at(877) 557-2575, via the Web at http://ombuds-man.ed.gov/, or by mail at:

OfceotheOmbudsman

U.S.DepartmentoEducation

Rm.3012,ROB#3

7thandDStreets,SW

Washington,DC20202-5144

Interested in a Direct Loan for

Summer 2009?Complete and return to our oce the one-page application that will be sent to you earlyin the spring 2009 semester. Please read theinormation below regarding your loan eligibil-ity or the all 2009 term.

I you have been awarded Direct Loansor the all and spring terms o the 2008-2009academic year and are interested in DirectLoans or summer 2009 term, the ollowingmay apply to you:

You may have less loan eligibility or theall 2009 term i your summer loan awardexceeds one-hal o the maximum you areentitled to borrow in an academic year (an8-month period). Your academic year limit is

based on your grade level (rst or second yearin program) and dependency status (indepen-dent or dependent).

The amount o your award is based on theassumption o ull-time enrollment in the ullterm. The amount o your award is based onyour registration (number o credit hours) and

on the enrollment period (ull semester and/orfexterm) and it may change accordingly.

Example 1

John is a dependent rst yearstudent. During the summer 2009,he was awarded a subsidized loan or$3500. The maximum eligibility ohis all 2009 loan is $0. This amountis the dierence between his loan limit($3500) and the summer loan award($3500) = $0.

Example 2

Mary is an independent rst yearstudent. During the summer 2009,she was awarded a subsidized loan or$3500 and an unsubsidized loan or$1500. She has no additional sub-sidized loan eligibility or all 2009because her summer 2009 subsidizedloan or $3500 was the maximum sheis entitled to borrow per academicyear. For all 2009 the maximumamount o her unsubsidized loaneligibility is $2500. This amount is thedierence between her unsubsidized

loan limit ($4000) and her summer2009 loan award ($1500) = $2500.Should you have any questions regard-ing your loan eligibility, please contactthe Financial Aid Oce [email protected] or call (352) 395-5480.

OTHER SOURCES OF AID2008-2009 SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are git aid based on scholas-tic achievement or special talent; some con-sider nancial need. Scholarships designatedor Santa Fe Community College students are

described below. Many outside organizationsoer awards based on place o residence, back-ground, proessional aliations and/or eldo study. Free computerized scholarship searchservices are available in the Career ResourceCenter in S-242, and you can nd books onthe subject there, as well as in libraries andbookstores. You may research and apply orassistance on your own, corresponding withpotential donors and assuming responsibilityor nancial commitments you make. Outsideaid is considered in your aid package and mustbe reported to the Financial Aid Oce.

Florida Bright Futures Scholarships and

other state scholarships are discussed in theFlorida Department o Educations brochure

rom the Oce o Student Financial Assis-tance, available in the Financial Aid Oce,and at http://www.fdoe.org/. Initial eligibilityis generally determined in your senior year ohigh school.

Transer scholarships: Many upper divi-sion schools oer transer scholarships to

outstanding students graduating rom SFCC.For inormation on such scholarships, contactthe university or college you plan to attend.Transer scholarship deadlines are usually earlyspring or the ollowing all term.

SFCC Board of TrusteesScholarships

By legislation, the ollowing nine scholar-ships are unded in part by a portion o everytuition dollar. SFCC students are proud tohelp those who might otherwise be denied theopportunity to pursue educational goals. These

scholarships oer tuition up to 76 credit hoursor program length plus a $700 books/suppliesallowance or a maximum o two years. In-statetuition and ees are charged to these awards.

Board of Trustees ScholarshipsThis one-year need-based award is oered

on a rst-come, rst-served basis to in-districtstudents who have completed all SFCC admis-sion requirements and the Federal Applicationor Student Financial Aid. Students must meetminimum standards o academic progress asdened on page 7.

AthleticsThis one-year renewable award is oered

through the SFCC Athletics Department tostudents who excel in baseball, basketball orsotball. Students selected by the SFCC Athlet-ics Department must meet state athletic schol-arship guidelines or eligibility and renewal.Full-time enrollment is required.

Contact the Athletics Department at (352)395-5535 or more inormation.

Creative ArtsThis one-year renewable award is oered

through SFCCs Creative Arts Department tostudents who excel in art, dance, debate, musicor theater. Consideration o candidates is basedon auditions, portolio, interview and recom-mendation. Students must enroll in coursesrelating to award, and ull-time enrollment isrequired.

Contact Creative Arts Chairperson AloraHaynes at (352) 395-5310 or more inorma-tion.

College Achievement ProgramThis award is oered each year to out-

standing participants in the College Achieve-ment Program. Students have three years to usethis award. Full-time enrollment is required.

Contact the Oce o Diversity at (352)395-5058 or more inormation.

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Barry GoldwaterAwarded to college students who intend

to pursue careers in math, natural sciences andengineering elds. For more inormation pleasecontact Dr. Mcleod at (352) 395-5010.

Jack Kent CookeAwards approximately 50 scholarships to

undergraduate students attending communitycolleges or two-year institutions in the USand planning to transer to our-year institu-tions. For more inormation please contact Dr.

Mcleod at (352) 395-5010.

Hispanic Scholarship FundOered to community college students

who plan to transer and enroll in a degree-seeking program at a our-year U.S. accreditedinstitution in the U.S. For more inormationplease visit http://www.hs.net/Scholarships.aspxNative American / Morris K. Udall Scholarship

Oered to Native Americans and Alaskanative students who have demonstrated com-mitment to careers related to the environment,tribal public policy or Native health.

For more inormation please visit http://www.udall.gov.

The Foundation of the National StudentNurses Association UndergraduateScholarship Program

Oered to students currently enrolled inone o the nursing programs.

For more inormation please visithttp://www.nsna.org/

Phi Theta Kappa International HonorSociety

Over $35 million in local, regional, andinternational scholarships are available to PhiTheta Kappa Members only. For more details,please contact the Phi Theta Kappa Scholar-ship Committee in S-154 or [email protected]. To nd out when the scholarshipcommittee meets, please call (352) 395-4105.

Transfer Scholarshipshttp://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/scholarc.

htm

Other Scholarshipshttp://admin.scc.edu/~nancialaid/scholarc.

htm#other

State of Florida Programshttp://www.foridastudentnancialaid.org/

The Florida Department o Educationoers various student nancial assistance pro-grams which are administered by the Oce oStudent Financial Assistance (OSFA) http://www.foridastudentnancialaid.org/in Tallahas-see. These programs include: Florida BrightFutures, Florida Student Assistant Grant, JoseMarti Scholarship Challenge Grant and more.

Florida Bright Futures ScholarshipProgram

This is a state scholarship awarded to

Florida high school graduates who demonstratehigh academic achievement. Awards are issuedby the State o Florida directly to the eligiblestudent. The program has three levels. You mayreceive only one o these:

1. Florida Academic Scholars Award (pays100% o collegelevel tuition plus abook allowance), requires 3.0 cumulativeGPA to renew; or

2. Florida Medallion Scholarship (pays100% o college-level tuition or associ-ate degree programs or 75% o college-level tuition or certicate programs),

requires 2.75 cumulative GPA to renew;or

3. Florida Gold Seal Vocational ScholarsAward (pays 75% o vocational programtuition), requires 2.75 cumulative GPAto renew

Renewal also requires completion o atleast 6 credit hours o collegelevel courseworkeach term. Each award level has dierent aca-demic criteria or eligibility. The toprankedscholar rom each county will receive an addi-tional award o up to $1,500. Applications andeligibility criteria are available rom your highschools guidance oce or rom the FloridaDepartment o Education web site: foridastu-dentnancialaid.org. SFCC receives electronicinormation about eligible scholars rom theFlorida Department o Education. You mustenroll or at least 6 hours o collegelevelcoursework each term. Initial award amountsare estimated or purposes o SFCCs nancialaid award planning.

Actual payment depends upon the pro-gram regulations and the amount o tuitionand ees assessed or the term. The scholarships

will cover the designated percentage o instatecollegelevel tuition and ees or up to 45

credit hours o coursework each year. Paymentwill be based on your actual tuition charges.

Bright Futures awards are available or all andspring terms only. For additional details aboutthe Bright Futures program and program regu-lations, visitforidastudentnancialaid.org.

Books cannot be charged against FloridaBright Future Scholarships. Students eligibleor a book allowance rom Bright Futures willbe disbursed a check when unds are receivedrom the State o Florida.

Documents

Santa Fe College Financial Aid Handbook 2008-09