Counting repeated credits impacts which credits are "financial aid eligible."

Historically, each semester when determining each financial aid recipient's eligibility for financial aid, it is based on the classes in which the student is enrolled at Boise State. For determining the amount of Pell Grant a student received, repeated course credits were counted the same as any other course.

All of this is changing as of 2011-2012... as the result of laws passed by the U.S. Congress.

Now, when counting credits to determine aid eligibility for that semester, many repeated classes will be excluded from the financial aid eligible credit count. This may mean less Pell Grant if the eligible credits are less than 12 credits, or no subsidized/unsubsidized loans if the financial aid eligible credits are less than 6 credits for undergraduate students (less than 5 for graduate students). Repeated credits that are determined to be ineligible for financial aid will also impact eligibility for scholarships and work-study positions.

A student can be paid on a repeated class IF the class was never previously passed*.
A student can also be paid for repeating a previously passed course* as long it is the first repeat of the course.

	1st Attempt	2nd Attempt/ first repeat	3rd Attempt/ second repeat	Is Class FA payable for the Enrolled Semester?
Course 1	F	D	Enrolled	No
Course 2	C	Enrolled	--	Yes
Course 3	D	C	Enrolled	No
Course 4	D	F	Enrolled	No
Course 5	W	F	Enrolled	Yes

Explanation of the Above Examples:

Credits are excluded from the financial aid eligible credits because it is the second time the course is being repeated and it was previously passed.
Yes, these credits may be counted, even though it was previously passed, because it is the first time the class is being repeated.
No, this course was previously passed and this is the third attempt. Two attempts is the maximum attempts these credits can count towards financial aid eligibility, because the course has been passed.
No, the class credits are no longer considered for financial aid eligibility because it has been previously passed, (even though Boise State academic policy will replace the "D" with the "F") and this is the second time it is being repeated.
Yes, because this course has never been passed so may still be counted towards financial aid eligible credits.

* Previously passed courses are those with grades of D- or better. Boise State courses that are repeatable for credits are also countable financial aid credits, as opposed to most courses that replace previous credit earned. For example, some KIN-ACT courses are repeatable for credit, such as KIN-ACT 168, aerobic activities. Please review the university catalog course description if you have a question on an individual course. Courses that are repeatable for credit often have a limit on the number of allowable credits.

Posted: 03.02.2012