Step 4: Maintain Your Eligibility

Step 1: File Your FAFSA Step 2: Watch Your Email Step 3: Get Paid Financial Aid Forms
Title IV Federal School Code: 003196

Now that you have been offered you need to make sure that you stay in good standing with your financial aid. This sounds easy, but there are a lot things that you have to keep in mind to be a successful financial aid student. 

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Limits, Limits, Limits!

Financial aid is a game of limits. There are limits on the amount of Pell Grant you can get. There are limits on the amount of loans you can receive. These limits are both annual and lifetime. There are limits on state programs like Oregon Promise and Oregon Opportunity Grant. If you plan to get a bachelor’s degree at a four-year university, you will need to be very mindful of your financial aid use, or you will run of money before you get that bachelor’s degree. There are even limits on the number of credits financial aid will pay for, even if you still have eligibility.

Making the Grade!

As a financial aid student you are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0 and pass at least 67% of the credits you attempt. Please note, that this is 67% of the credits you attempt, not 67% of the number of classes you attempt. Passing means earning at least a ‘D-’ in a class. Also, a student must be able to complete his or her program within the Maximum Attempted Credits Allowed (150% requirement). This maximum time-frame cannot exceed 150% of the published program length and does not count developmental credits. Learn more about Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards (SAP).

To make sure you are making the grade, you can use our handy SAP Calculator 

Student Rights

As a student applying for or receiving financial aid, you have the right to know: 

  • The financial aid programs available to you
  • The procedures and deadlines for applying
  • The cost of attendance (Student Budget)
  • The criteria used in offering aid and how Student Need is determined
  • The terms and conditions of any aid accepted
  • How and when aid will be disbursed
  • The College's refund policy
  • The repayment consequences of withdrawing from the College
  • How Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is evaluated and what happens if it is not maintained
  • How to appeal decisions concerning aid

Student Responsibilities

As a student applying for or receiving aid, it is your responsibility to: 

  • Monitor your ExpressLane, myFinances account weekly
  • Complete applications accurately and on time
  • Read and follow all instructions when submitting information
  • Read and retain copies of all forms you submit
  • Choose an academic program and understand the requirements for your program
  • Comply with the terms of any Federal Work Study job accepted
  • Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Standards
  • Notify us if you receive educational funding from sources that do not appear on your offer letter
  • Borrow wisely

At Lane, there are a few courses that you can take over and over, but they are the exception and not the rule. Typically, these repeatable courses are in PE, arts, and music.

Most courses are subject to the financial aid repeat rule. The repeat rules for financial aid mean that the Department of Education will pay for you to retake a class if:

You have failed it and earned an ‘F,’ ‘W’ or a ‘NP’ you can repeat the class as many times as you want, until you pass it or your run out of financial aid.
If you pass a class with at least a ‘D-’ you will get one more repeat ever.
If you transfer in a course that you have already passed, you will get one repeat of that class.

Be aware, that even if you can repeat a course that you have not passed it will affect your Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards and continue to use your lifetime financial aid eligibility.

The Department of Education assumes that students "earn" their financial aid over the course of a term by attending and participating in classes. You cannot "earn" all of your funds unless you attend and/or academically participate for more than 60% of the term. This calculation counts all calendar days, including the first and last day of each term, weekends and holidays.
If you withdraw or stop attending before 60% of the term has passed, you do not "earn" all of your financial aid funds. 

Federal regulations require the college to return the unearned portion of your tuition and fees to the Department of Education. The college will re-assess the tuition and fees no longer paid by the returned financial aid. 

Any amount of financial aid returned to the Department of Education as a result of a withdrawal will result in a charge on your student account and must be repaid under the conditions set by the College.

  • Late fees are assessed monthly.
  • Your account may be sent to collections for non-payment.
  • Registrations for future classes may be dropped.
  • Ability to register for classes and/or make changes to your schedule may be suspended.

Please know that unearned aid must be returned to the Department of Education, even if you have documented extenuating circumstances. There are no exceptions.

Contact Financial Aid

Title IV Federal School Code: 003196

If you need to submit documentation, please use our secure digital dropbox. You will be asked to log in with your L Number and myLane password.

Lane Community College
Financial Aid Office Bldg 1
4000 East 30th Ave.
Eugene, Oregon 97405
Hours:
Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday 8:30am-5:00pm, Thursdays 10:30am-5:00PM and Friday 8:30am-2:00pm.
LCC is closed on Fridays during Summer term.