Quantitative and Qualitative Factors

Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements

Factors for measuring the student’s progress toward satisfactory completion of the program include maintaining:

1. A minimum cumulative theory grade level of 80% or higher.
2. A minimum cumulative academic level of 80% on practical worksheet completion.*
3. To determine whether a student meets the academic requirements for Satisfactory Academic Progress, theory and practical grades are averaged together to give a minimum cumulative academic grade of 80% is required.
4. A minimum cumulative attendance level of 80% of scheduled hours.

*To meet the state practical requirements for graduation, students must eventually complete monthly practical worksheets 100%. See LEARNING PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES.

**To determine your rate of attendance, divide the cumulative number of hours completed by the scheduled hours to date.

A student who has not achieved the minimum cumulative GPA of 80% and/or who has not successfully completed at least a cumulative rate of attendance of 80% is not eligible for Title IV assistance, if applicable, unless the student is on warning or has prevailed upon appeal of the determination that resulted in a status of Financial Aid Probation.