Policies & Procedures
Each aid year, the Cuesta College Financial Aid Department updates these policies and procedures. All students receiving financial aid at Cuesta are expected to comply with (and be familiar with) these policies and procedures.
Policies that affect your eligibility for financial aid
- Eligibility Criteria (who qualifies for financial aid)
- Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (what you need to do to retain eligibility)
- Ability to Benefit (how students who haven't completed high school can receive aid)
- Dependency Status (whether or not we have to consider your parents' income)
- Verification (how we make sure your eligibility/financial information is correct)
- Work-study (how any eligible Cuesta student can get a work study position)
- Course Program of Study (CPOS)
Policies about awarding and adjustments
- Cost of Attendance (how we calculate your cost of attendance)
- Repeat Course Policy (when can we pay financial aid for a class you are repeating)
- Student Loan Counseling Policy (what students have to do to acquire a student loan)
- Special Circumstances (how to ask for adjustments based on your specific living situation)
- FSEOG selection (how we choose who gets limited Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants)
Policies about disbursements and repayments
- Disbursement Policy (when and how you will get your money)
- Return of Title IV Funds Policy (what happens if you drop or fail all of your classes after receiving aid)
- Overaward and Overpayment Policy (what happens when you receive more aid than you are eligible for)
Other Financial Aid Office policies
- Communication Policy (how we will tell you about your aid)
- Student Rights and Responsibilities (what you can expect from us and what we expect from you)
- Consortium Agreements (how we treat concurrent enrollment at another institution)
- Foreign BA/BS Degrees (does it count as a BA/BS degree on the FAFSA)
- State Authorization and Distance Education Courses
This page is maintained by Financial Aid. Last updated September 16, 2022.