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This assessment outlines the eligibility requirements for students and parent borrowers and your responsibilities to ensure that recipients qualify for their aid awards.

To view student eligibility concepts we recommend that you start with the Student Eligibility At-A-Glance document that outlines Student Eligibility statutory and regulatory requirements.

For Satisfactory Academic Progress, we recommend that you review the policies and procedures template Satisfactory Academic Progress Policies and Procedures Template.

If you identify areas requiring corrective action, we recommend that you complete an Action Plan.

Activity Bar:

Student Eligibility Activity 1: Student Eligibility File Review Worksheet

Student Eligibility Activity 2: SAP File Review Worksheet

Additional Links:  

2012-13 FSA Handbook, Student Eligibility, Chapters 1-6, 2012-13 FSA Handbook, School Eligibility and Operations, Chapter 3, Program Integrity Questions & Answers - Satisfactory Academic Progress 

Please note the regulatory citations are referenced in the first column of the assessment. To link to any of the regulatory references, click on the link in the regulatory link column and scroll down to the applicable section.

|Foreign Schools Student Eligibility Issues |Regulatory Link(s) |Activity |

|Student Eligibility 34 CFR 668.32 |34 CFR 600.55 |Student Eligibility Activity |

| | |1: Student Eligibility File |

| |34 CFR 668.16 |Review Worksheet |

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| |34 CFR 668.18 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.19 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.32 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.33 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.34 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.35 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.36 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.37 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.40 | |

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| |34 CFR 668.130 through | |

| |668.139 | |

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| |34 CFR 685.200 | |

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|Citizenship and Residency Requirements 34 CFR 668.32(d), 34 CFR 668.33, 34 CFR| | |

|668.130 through 668.139 | | |

|Regular Student In An Eligible Program 34 CFR 668.32(a)(1); 34 CFR 668.18 | | |

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|Academic Qualifications 34 CFR 668.32(e); 34 CFR 668.32(e)(1) and (e)(4) | | |

|Student Debts/Financial Aid History 34 CFR 668.35, 34 CFR 668.19, 34 CFR | |  |

|668.32(g)(1), 34 CFR 668.32(g)(2), | | |

|DCL GEN 96-13; DCL GEN 98-6; DCL GEN 01-9 | | |

|Valid Social Security Number Federal Register 2/12/01 34 CFR 668.36, 34 CFR | |  |

|668.32(i) | | |

|Selective Service 34 CFR 668.37, 34 CFR 668.32(j) | |  |

|Drug Related Offense GEN 99-16, GEN 99-39, GEN 99-40, GEN 00-23, GEN 01-05, 34| | |

|CFR 668.40, 2012-2013 Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet | | |

|Financial Need 34 CFR 685.200(a)(2)(ii) | |Student Eligibility Activity |

| | |1: Student Eligibility File |

| | |Review Worksheet |

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|At Least Half-Time Enrollment Status 685.200(a)(1)(i) | | |

|Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) 34 CFR 600.55(g)(1) and (g)(2), 34 CFR | | |

|668.32(f), 34 CFR 668.16(e), 34 CFR 668.34 | | |

|Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy 34 CFR 668.34  | |Student Eligibility Activity |

| | |2: SAP File Review Worksheet |

|SAP Policy required elements | | |

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|The policy is at least as strict as the policy the institution applies to a | | |

|student who is not receiving assistance under the title IV, HEA programs | | |

|The policy provides for consistent application of standards to all students | | |

|within categories of students, e.g., fulltime, part-time, undergraduate, and | | |

|graduate students, and educational programs established by the institution | | |

|GPA or other comparable assessment measured against a norm | | |

|The pace at which a student must progress to complete the program within the | | |

|maximum timeframe | | |

|Process for Incompletes, Withdrawals, Repetitions, and transfer of credit from| | |

|other schools | | |

|Frequency of SAP evaluation | | |

|SAP Warning (applicable only if school’s policy places student on Financial | | |

|Aid Warning) | | |

|SAP Probation (applicable only if school’s policy places student on Financial | | |

|Aid Probation) | | |

|SAP Appeal (applicable only if school’s policy places student on Financial Aid| | |

|Probation. Student must appeal before probation granted) | | |

|Process for Schools that evaluate SAP at the end of each payment period | | |

|Process for Schools that evaluate SAP annually or less frequently than the end| | |

|of each payment period | | |

|SAP Notifications | | |

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|Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for Foreign Graduate Medical Schools 34 | | |

|CFR 600.55(g)(1) and (g)(2) | | |

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