New Dropped Class Repayment Requirement
Senate Bill 1696 - Conforming Bill - requires the repayment of disbursed Bright Futures scholarship funds for course drops and/or withdrawals after the end of Drop/Add. Repayment for drops and/or withdrawals is perhaps the most significant change to the Bright Futures Progam for 2009-10. Repayment means that if you drop and/or withdraw from a class after Drop/Add, you will have to repay the Bright Futures award you received for that course. To illustrate, if you are an Academic Scholar and enroll for 15 semester hours in the Fall, you will receive $1,890.00 from the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. If after the fourth day of class (Thursday, August 27), you decide to drop a three hour class, you will have to repay the $378.00 you were disbursed for this class!
When you drop a class after the end of the fourth day of class (Thursday, August 27), you will have the appropriate charge added to your student account in Student Financial Services. This charge must be paid prior to registration for future terms.
The legislation allows for exceptions in the case of "verifiable illness or other documented emergency". If you believe you have reason for an appeal, follow the process outlined in the State Programs Appeal Form available in the Forms section of the Office of Financial Aid website.