Students’ Rights and Responsibilities

• You have the right to know… 

  • What financial aid programs are available at Dallas College

  • The deadline for submitting applications for each of the programs

  • How financial aid will be distributed, how decisions on distributions are made, and the basis for those decisions

  • How your cost of attendance or financial aid budget was determined

  • What resources (your current assets, parental contribution, other financial aid, etc.) were considered in calculating your need

  • How much of your financial need, as determined by the college, has been met

  • The details of the various programs in your student aid package

  • What portion of the financial aid you received must be repaid and what portion is grant aid

  • For any aid that is a loan, the interest rate, the total amount that must be repaid, the repayment options and procedures

  • How Dallas College determines if you are making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and what happens if you are not meeting the requirements

• As a financial aid recipient, you must… 

  • Complete all required forms accurately and submit them on time to the proper office

  • Be responsible for reading, understanding and complying with the information that appears on all forms that you sign

  • Read and understand the published Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy for federal financial aid recipient requirements

  • Read and understand the published Texas Satisfactory Academic Progress policy for state financial aid recipient requirements

  • Read and understand the Return of Title IV Funds regulations

  • Report changes in name, postal mailing address, email address and phone number to the Financial Aid Office and Admissions and Student Records/Registrar’s Office