Federal Financial Aid Policy when a Student Receives No Passing Grades
If a student who began attendance and has not officially withdrawn fails to earn a passing grade in at least one course during the semester, UTRGV will assume, for Title IV purposes, that the student has unofficially withdrawn, unless UTRGV can document that the student completed the semester. UTRGV is required to calculate the amount for Return of Title IV funds based on the last day of a student's last date of attendance at an academically related activity, as documented by the school, as the withdrawal date.
UTRGV requires faculty to report a "last date of attendance" for all students awarded a non-passing grade. The "last date of attendance" may consist of the last date of the student attended class or the last date the student submitted an academic assignment for the class. Therefore, UTRGV will use the reported last date of attendance submitted by the professor(s), as the student's withdrawal date. If not date is provided, the midpoint of the period will be used as the students's withdrawal date. A student that attended past the 60% point in the semester, will have earned 100% of the federal aid funds received. The student will be notified of the responsibility to repay unearned funds to the appropriate program and/or to UTRGV. The balance must be paid within 45 days or the student's account will be reported to the U.S.Department of Education for collections.