Financial Aid for Basic Law Enforcement Certification
Basic Law Enforcement Certificate operates as a non-term program that uses credit hours, and has its own academic calendar. The standard academic year for this program is defined as 30 weeks, and the course runs for 17 weeks totaling 42 credit hours. Since the program is less than 1 academic year, federal aid will be disbursed in 2 disbursements, with the first disbursement being between the first day of classes and week 9, and the second disbursement being after week 9 of the program. If a student is not able to progress in the program, the remaining classes with be no-showed with a tuition refund.
Since federal aid for a non-term program is based on the number of weeks in the term, students who are no- showed will only get credit for completing the weeks of the classes they remain registered for, and their federal aid may be reduced, or they may not receive the 2nd disbursement of federal aid. Students who only enroll in part of the program will receive federal awards that are based on the number of weeks they are in class for. The formula used for federal aid is formula 4 from the Department of Education FSA handbook.