{"id":6884,"date":"2023-10-12T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/?page_id=6884"},"modified":"2025-08-18T09:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:13:42","slug":"students-rights-and-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/students-rights-and-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Rights and Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-gb6884-69e207423f669\"  class=\"panel-layout wp-block-siteorigin-panels-layout-block\" ><div id=\"pg-gb6884-69e207423f669-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-gb6884-69e207423f669-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-gb6884-69e207423f669-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<ul>\n<li>You must meet and maintain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/satisfactory-academic-progress-sap\/\">Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)<\/a> to be eligible for financial aid. View SAP details including our policy by selecting SAP link at the end of the email.<\/li>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2025\/08\/Palomar-Student-FA-Handbook-2025-2026-.pdf\">Financial Aid Handbook <\/a>is an essential resource for information regarding the Financial Aid process at Palomar.\u00a0 It includes important dates, program information, and other helpful resources at Palomar College.<\/li>\n<li>Let us know if you are receiving additional resources such as scholarships, 529 plans, or other 3<sup>rd<\/sup> party assistance to cover your college expenses.<\/li>\n<li>Initial awards usually assume full-time enrollment (enrolled in a minimum of 12 units) in full semester (17-weeks) courses.<\/li>\n<li>Aid is adjusted to reflect your actual payable enrollment level after the add\/drop deadline known as the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/freeze-date-information\/\"> financial aid freeze date<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Course changes (adds\/drops) and enrollment in late-start, short-term, or intersession courses may affect aid amounts and\/or delay disbursement.<\/li>\n<li>Withdrawal from classes prior to the freeze date or failing to begin attendance could require partial or full repayment of financial aid disbursed to you.<\/li>\n<li>If you were offered a Cal Grant, Palomar College staff will update the award to &#8220;accepted&#8221;\u00a0 once all eligibility criteria has been fulfilled.<\/li>\n<li>Aid may be reduced or cancelled if we determine there are eligibility changes such as changes in enrollment level, course applicability (enrollment in courses not required for your declared major), financial aid application data or SAP status.<\/li>\n<li>Pell Lifetime Eligibility (PLE) sets the maximum Federal Pell Grant a student can receive at twelve (12) semesters (or six years) of full-time equivalency.\u00a0You may decline or return your Federal Pell Grant funds to save PLE for future semesters using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/cancel-decline-online-form\/\">Cancel\/Decline Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Course Repetition Restrictions- you may only be paid once for repeating a course already taken with a passing grade.<\/li>\n<li>Cash your financial aid checks as soon as possible. Any check that is not cashed within three (3) months of being issued becomes a stale-dated check (cannot be cashed) and will be considered a decline of funds. We also offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/direct-deposit-information\/\">Direct Deposit<\/a> for most Financial Aid.<\/li>\n<li>Contact the financial aid office by <a href=\"mailto:finaid@palomar.edu\">email<\/a> (finaid@palomar.edu) or call (760) 891-7510 if you believe you have received a check in error, have lost or not received your check. <em>Please wait ten (10) business days from your disbursement date before inquiring about a returned check<\/em>. We will contact you by email if the check is returned to our office by the post office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must meet and maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) to be eligible for financial aid. 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