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Rights and Responsibilities of Federal Student Aid Recipients

As a student financial aid recipient, it is your responsibility to:

  • Complete and submit application materials to the appropriate agencies within required or recommended time frames.

  • Read all materials sent to you from the Financial Aid Office and other agencies awarding you aid. Read, understand, and keep copies of all forms you sign.

  • Know and comply with the rules governing the aid you receive. These rules include but are not limited to:

    • You must not be in default on any prior educational loan.

    • You must not owe a refund on a , , or due to repayment.

  • Provide additional documentation, federal tax returns, W-2s, and other information if requested by the Financial Aid Office.

  • Comply with the provisions of any promissory note and all other agreements you sign.

  • Complete the registration process each quarter by the end of the drop/add period in order to ensure availability of all student aid funds you have been awarded.

  • Use student financial aid proceeds solely for direct educational costs and related living expense.

  • Know the implications that dropping a course or withdrawing from Â鶹´«Ã½ will have on your student financial aid.

  • Students who are receiving federal financial aid funds must make satisfactory academic progress towards completing their degree in a timely manner. You must meet these minimum requirements in order to participate in the federal aid programs.

  • Report private sources of student financial aid to the Financial Aid Office and submit a copy of your outside scholarship award letter to the Financial Aid Office.

  • Reapply for financial aid on an annual basis.

  • Keep your local and permanent addresses current with the Records Office.

  • Complete Federal Loans Exit Counseling and/or Exit Counseling for Perkins, Nursing, and Institutional Loans.

 

As a student financial aid recipient, you have the right to:

  • Know the correct procedures for applying for student financial aid, your cost of attendance, and the types of aid available.

  • Know how financial need is determined, what the criteria are for awarding aid, how academic progress is determined, and what you will have to do to continue receiving aid.

  • Know the type and amount of assistance you will receive, how much of your need has been met, and how and when you will receive your aid funds.

  • View the contents of your student financial aid file, in accordance with the .

  • Know the conditions of any loan you accept.

  • Know the terms, conditions, and pay rate for any student job you accept under the Federal Work Study Program.

  • Request a review of your aid award if you believe a mistake has been made or if your enrollment status, or family and/or financial circumstances have changed.

 

Additional Information Links:

Eligibility - The qualifications a student must fulfill in order to be eligible for financial aid.

Disbursement of Financial Aid - Method by which financial assistance disbursements are made to the student and the way the school provides for Pell-eligible students to obtain or purchase required textbooks and supplies by the seventh day of the payment period.

Terms and conditions for Direct Loan and Perkins Loan programs:




Federal Perkins Loan Provisions
Federal Perkins Loan Addendum
Nursing Student Loan Provisions
Fisher Special Loan Provisions
Walla Walla Institutional Loan Provisions