| Standards of Progress for Veteran Students |
Palm Beach Community College has established the following standards of progress for all veterans or eligible persons receiving VA benefits to comply with Veterans Administration regulations:
1. Complete academic records are maintained on each veteran who is certified as eligible for benefits under the public laws. The records must show continuous pursuit of a degree and the rate at which progress is being made. They include final grades in each subject for each term, record of withdrawal from any subject to include the last day of attendance for a course and record of enrollment in subjects from which there was a withdrawal.
2. Complete academic records are maintained on previous college-level academic training, and these records indicate the amount of credit accepted that proportionately shortens the training period. The record is cumulative in that it shows the results of each term of enrollment, subjects taken and grades earned.
3. Students receiving VA benefits should note that excessive absences would result in termination of benefits. A veteran or other eligible student will be subject to the attendance criteria covered in this catalog. PSAV students with absences totaling more than the equivalent of 10 percent of the total hours for the enrollment period will result in the student being terminated from receipt of VA benefits due to unsatisfactory attendance.
4. Policies relative to standards of conduct and progress required of the student are enforced. These include, but are not limited to, placing students on academic probation when their grade point average is below that indicated in the following table. PSAV students who fail to maintain satisfactory progress are not permitted to continue enrollment in the program and would not, therefore, be certified as eligible to receive benefits.
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2.0 (or higher) |
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5. If the appropriate GPA has not been attained after one semester on probation, the Veterans Administration will be notified that the student is making unsatisfactory progress and that educational benefits should be discontinued. Notice of changes in enrollment status is also sent when a student withdraws during a term or changes status.
6. Unsatisfactory progress will be reported when a student accumulates punitive grades (Fs) equivalent to more than the minimum number of credit hours considered to be full time (12).
7. PSAV students are expected to complete a program within the number of training hours approved by the State Approving Agency for Veterans Training. Likewise, the state requirement for Basic Skills must be met for the particular program. If at any point it is determined that a student cannot successfully complete the program within the approved number of hours, the student’s VA benefits will be terminated because of unsatisfactory progress.
8. PSAV students at the end of any evaluation period who have not attained and maintained satisfactory progress (70 percent or above on written exams and passing or above on all skills and technical requirements) will be placed on academic probation for the next evaluation period. Should the student not attain and maintain satisfactory progress by the end of the probationary period (one evaluation period), the student’s VA benefits will be terminated due to unsatisfactory progress.
Note: It is the responsibility of the veteran to advise the Veterans Affairs Office of any changes in status, i.e., address, withdrawal from class, etc. The coordinator of Veterans Affairs is located in the Financial Aid Office.
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