Financial aid regulations require that a student must make satisfactory progress to remain eligible for financial aid. Financial aid programs affected by this policy include the following:
The following policy is the minimum
requirement for all types of
financial aid; however, there are
some types of aid with more stringent
requirements (see scholarship
requirements).
Every student must maintain a
minimum grade point average
(GPA) of 2.0 each semester to
remain in good academic standing.
Students not meeting the standard
will be placed on academic probation
for one semester. Students may
be granted a second probationary
semester, however, students
with 19 credits or more will not
be granted a second probationary
semester if their cumulative GPA is 1.60 or less.
This standard is enforced by the
University’s Scholastic Standards
Committee each semester. Students
who do not meet the academic
standard will not be eligible for aid
after their probationary period. To
petition the Scholastic Standards
Committee for readmission, students
must follow the guidelines
listed at www.lssu.edu/advising/handbook/index.
Students who are notified by the
Scholastic Standards Committee
about their academic standing
should not assume that financial
aid will automatically be reinstated
if their petition is granted. Financial
aid requirements are more
stringent in some cases and include
quantitative standards. Quantitative
standard appeals must be sent separately to the Financial Aid Committee (see link below).
NOTE: Semester hours include transfer credit hours.
