Express Classes

Taking Express Classes

 

For students who are enrolled in express classes, also called mini-sessions, your financial aid money WILL NOT DISBURSE until ten days after the class has started.  This is generally applicable regardless of the type of aid you are receiving.

• For example: If a student registers for 12 hours or 4 classes at the beginning of the semester, but only 3 of those classes start at the beginning of the semester and the final class begins two months later, the student would only receive his financial aid grant for the 3 classes when the first refund date occurs. The money for the last class would disburse on the first disbursement date AFTER the census date of that mini-session.

• Using the same example above, if the student was receiving student loan funds, the first disbursement would go out on time because students only need to be enrolled half-time in order to receive student loan funds.  So, in this case, the late starting class would not affect the student loan funds.
  
  
• Let's look at one more example:  If a student enrolls in only 2 classes, or 6 hours, and one of those classes starts at the beginning of the semester, but the other one doesn't start until a month and a half later and the student is receiving student loan funds, the first disbursement would NOT go out until after that second class begins.  This is because the student would not be half time until that mini-session begins.

 

Caveat: For those students who were awarded prior to the census date and who are receiving federal grant funds, they MUST BE ENROLLED in all mini-session class(es) BY the CENSUS DATE of the 16-week semester to be eligible for that award. 

 

Student's receiving student loans and other types of aid however (other than grants), can enroll in mini-sessions at any point in the semester. In these cases, the student needs to keep the Financial Aid Office informed so that we can ensure timely disbursement of their student loan or other funds.