Student Rights and Responsibilities
Student Rights
Students have the right to ask Coastal Pines Technical College:
- the names of its accrediting and licensing organizations. You also have the right to ask for a copy of the documents describing the institution’s accreditation or licensing
- about its programs, its instructional, laboratory, or other physical facilities, and its faculty.
- what the cost of attending is, and what its procedure is on refunds to students who drop out.
- what financial assistance is available, including information on all Federal, State, local, private, and institutional aid programs.
- who financial aid personnel are, where they are located, and how to contact them for information.
- what the procedures and deadlines are for submitting applications for each available financial aid program.
- how it selects financial aid recipients.
- how and when you will receive your financial aid.
- to explain each type and amount of assistance in your financial aid package.
- to reconsider the aid package offered if you believe a mistake has been made, or if your enrollment or financial circumstances have changed.
- how the school determines whether you are making satisfactory progress, and what happens if you are not.
- what special facilities and services are available to the handicapped.
Student Responsibilities
It is the student responsibility to:
- review and consider all information about the college’s program before enrolling
- pay special attention to your application for financial aid, complete it accurately, and submit it on time to the right place. Errors can delay or prevent your receiving aid.
- know all the deadlines for applying and reapplying for aid, and be sure to meet them.
- provide all documentation, corrections, signatures, and /or new information requested by either the Financial Aid Office or the agency (processing center) to which you submitted your application.
- notify the school of any information on your application that has changed since you applied for financial aid.
- read and understand all forms you are asked to sign.
- notify the Financial Aid Office of any change in your name, address, or attendance status.
- understand the College’s refund procedure.