Finding Text
Criteria: The Institution must verify that the student remains eligible to receive financial aid prior to
disbursement of funds. From appendix A of compliance supplement: Student must maintain good standing,
or satisfactory academic progress (34 CFRs 668.16, 668.32(f), 668.34, 690.75, 675.9, 676.9, 685.200, 686.11,
20 USC 1070h; 42 CFR 57.306; 42 USC 293a(d)(2)). Satisfactory academic progress (SAP) is defined as
Maintenance of satisfactory progress (2.0 GPA).
Condition: For two of the 49 student files tested receiving financial aid during FY23, the GPA was below
two out of 10 students with unsatisfactory academic progress were allowed to continue to receive federal aid
with no evidence of obtaining a waiver.
Cause: Weak internal control processes over SAP for students as well as the student appeal process.
Effect: For students with a GPA < 2, the University failed to meet its obligation to assist the students with
the appeals process.
Questioned costs: $24,794
Perspective information: See table below: Identification of repeat findings: Yes, See FA-2022-004.
Recommendation: The University should work with the Financial Aid Director to determine the root cause
of why students with unsatisfactory academic performance students had no documented appeal process for
students to continue to receive aid and develop corrective action as soon as possible to avoid future issues.
Views of responsible officials: See Client’s Corrective Action Plan.