Financial Aid Recipients Standards of Academic Progress (SAP)

The Danville Area Community College (DACC) Office of Financial Aid is required by federal regulation (HEA Subpart B, 34 CFR 668.16(e), Subpart C, CFR 668.32, 668.34, 668.42, 668.43) to monitor academic progress toward a degree or certificate for all degree seeking aid applicants.  As a result, the Office of Financial Aid reviews the academic history of all attempted credit hours of all applicants prior to the awarding of Title IV Federal Student Aid and/or Illinois State Student Aid. These standards must have components of a Quantitative Measure (the Pace at which the student must be completing their Program of Study) and a Qualitative Measure (the grades a student must be obtaining in their coursework) and be reviewed at stated intervals. At DACC SAP is reviewed at the end of each enrollment period.

Academic progress is evaluated the first time a student is awarded student financial aid and at the end of each term thereafter. If during the semester, a student withdraws from a class we will contact them and remind them of the SAP standards and ask that they review them again in the published College materials (Student Handbook, College Catalog and the DACC’s Financial Aid WEB page). This process may help the student remain in "good standing" with the Federal and State student financial aid programs criteria.

The Standards of Academic Progress (SAP) apply to the following programs:

• Federal Title IV Programs:  Pell Grant, Supplement Educational Opportunity Grant, College Work-Study, Direct Loan Program (Stafford Loan Program), and the Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students
• Illinois Student Assistance Commission Programs: Monetary Award Program, Veteran's Grant, National Guard and the MIA/POW Scholarship
• Veteran’s Educational Benefits: All Chapter’s and Post 9/11 Benefits