Financial Responsibility & Tuition/Fee Refunds

Financial Responsibility – By registering for classes at DACC, the student accepts full financial responsibility for payment of all amounts due by the applicable deadlines.  A student may view their account summary by logging into the myDACC student portal to view their Self Service (student records online).  Financial Aid and scholarships applied to a student’s account may also be viewed through Self Service/Pay for College card.  Click-by-click instructions may be found on the Current Students webpage (https://dacc.edu/currentstudents) under General Information.

With registration, the student understands that failure to pay past-due debt may result in referral of the account and will result in restrictions on the student's ability to register for future classes.  DACC actively pursues outstanding balances and uses all means necessary as allowed by state and federal law to collect amounts due to the College.

Tuition and course fee refunds are handled through the DACC Business Office, located in Vermilion Hall.  If a student drops before completing 10% of the total class, tuition and course fees paid or payable will be refunded.  After 10% of the total class is completed, no refund will be issued.  Students should always check with Financial Aid and their Counselor before dropping from a class to determine the impact. The exception to this policy is when the Department of Education Federal Refund Rule must be applied to those students whose costs are paid by student financial aid funding.

State and/or Accrediting Agency Refund Rule – The State of Illinois has not established a mandated refunding rule for community colleges.  The Higher Learning Commission as an accrediting agency has not established a refund rule.

Federal Refund Rule (Return of Title IV Funds) – The Department of Education mandates that unearned federal financial aid funds are returned to the specific programs if a student withdraws from a semester.  The amount of the refund is determined by the days of the semester that the student was “in attendance” versus the remaining days (after withdrawal) until the semester ends.  Students are notified by mail of their debt to the Department of Education.  This debt MUST BE PAID in a timely manner in order for the student to receive future financial aid.