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New York State Financial Aid

Tuition Assistance Program (TAP): New York State residents who attend college full-time at a New York institution may be eligible to receive a TAP grant of up to $5,000 per academic year. TAP awards are based on need. Submission of a TAP application (tapweb.org) and income verification (e.g. NYS tax returns) for student and parents may be required.

Regents Award for Children of Deceased or Disabled Veterans: This scholarship is awarded annually to New York State residents who can document their status to meet the criteria. Up to $450 is awarded each academic year without consideration of income.

Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS): New York State residents enrolled at a college in New York with four (4) but less than eight (8) credits per term may be eligible to receive an APTS grant. Awards are based on need.

New York State Financial Aid Academic Requirements

Students may only receive these New York State Financial Aid funds provided they meet New York State’s Good Academic Standing requirements.

A student is considered in “good standing,” meeting program pursuit standards, and making satisfactory academic progress to receive New York State Tuition Assistance Program grants, if the minimum requirements established below are maintained.

Pursuit of Program

Students must have and maintain a full-time enrollment status to receive a TAP award. “Full-time” is defined as 12 quarter credit hours per term (quarter).

A student may register for up to 18 credit hours in a term (or up to 21 with special approval by the Advisement Department); however, enrollment in more than 12 credit hours does not entitle the student to a TAP award that is greater than the per-term award maximum for 12 quarter credit hours.

New York State regulations allow a “medical/health waiver” if a student is unable to engage in full-time study due to health or medical reasons. Granting of this waiver is extremely rare, is not routine, and its use is not encouraged.

Full-time students pursuing an Associate's degree must complete these required credit hours, exclusive of College Skills courses, according to the following schedule to maintain “program pursuit:” 

Term/Payment	Must Receive a Grade For:
1st Quarter	at least 6 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [50% of FT]
2nd Quarter	at least 6 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [50% of FT]
3rd Quarter	at least 9 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [75% of FT]
4th Quarter	at least 9 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [75% of FT]
5th Quarter or more	12 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [100% of FT]

Full-time students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree must complete these required credit hours, exclusive of College Skills courses, according to the following schedule to maintain “program pursuit”:

Term/Payment	Must Receive a Grade For:
1st Quarter	at least 6 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [50% of FT]
2nd Quarter	at least 6 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [50% of FT]
3rd Quarter	at least 6 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [50% of FT]
4th Quarter	at least 9 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [75% of FT]
5th Quarter	at least 9 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [75% of FT]
6th Quarter	at least 9 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [75% of FT]
7th Quarter or more	12 Qtr. Credit Hrs. [100% of FT]

Satisfactory Academic Progress

The minimum standards of satisfactory progress for students attending Berkeley College, for federal financial aid purposes, contain both qualitative and quantitative measures that are different from the “Program Pursuit” and “Satisfactory Academic Progress” policy according to New York State regulations.

For New York State TAP requirements for satisfactory academic progress, see charts below.

TAP Academic Standing

If a student is unable to meet the “program pursuit” or “satisfactory progress” standards during any term in which a TAP grant was received, the student loses eligibility for a TAP award in the subsequent term.

When a student who has received a TAP award officially or unofficially withdraws from all scheduled classes during a term, the student automatically loses TAP eligibility for the subsequent term.

If a student successfully completes a term and is otherwise making satisfactory progress for both state and federal financial aid, but fails to enroll for the subsequent term, TAP eligibility upon re-enrollment at some later date is unaffected.

If a student is subject to dismissal under either the federal or state progress policy, and an appeal under the federal policy is granted by the College, the student remains ineligible for a TAP award during the subsequent term.

Reinstatement of Good Academic Standing: A student who loses good academic standing for TAP may have this standing restored in one of the following ways: (1) remedying academic deficiencies and meeting good academic standing requirements by completing one term of study without TAP program funds; (2) successful appeal to the Director, Financial Aid after readmission to the College after an absence of at least one calendar year; (3) transferring to another institution; or (4) applying for and receiving a one-time waiver based on extenuating circumstances. TAP appeals and waivers must be approved by the Director, Financial Aid.

One-Time Waiver of Good Academic Standing Requirement: A one-time waiver of the good academic standing requirement may be granted during a student’s period of enrollment. This waiver is permitted under New York State regulations for extraordinary or unusual cases where the student was unable to complete successfully the required academic coursework due to mitigating circumstances. For example, a waiver may be warranted for: a) death of a spouse or parent; b) divorce or separation; c) extreme illness documented by a physician; or d) other unusual or extraordinary reason beyond the student’s control that is documented and approved by the Director, Financial Aid. When applying for a waiver, students must demonstrate that the circumstances which impeded their academic performance have been resolved.

New York State has two sets of standards

Effective for the 2010-11 academic year and thereafter, New York State Education Law requires a non-remedial student, whose first award year is in 2010-11 and thereafter, must meet new standards of satisfactory academic progress (SAP). Non-remedial students whose first year is 2007-08 through 2009-10 must meet the SAP requirements enacted in 2006. Those meeting the definition of "remedial student" are not subject to the new SAP standards, but will use the requirements established in 2006. The law enacted in 2006 mandated minimum standards of satisfactory academic progress for students receiving their first State award in academic year 2006-07.

A “remedial student”, at Berkeley College and as accepted by SED, is defined as a student:
(a) whose scores on a recognized college placement exam or nationally recognized standardized exam indicated the need for remediation for at least three quarters, as certified by the college and approved by the State Education Department (SED); or
(b) who was enrolled in at least six quarter hours of non-credit remedial courses, as approved by SED, in the first term they received a TAP award.

TAP Accelerated Study

At Berkeley College any student attending four consecutive quarters is considered, by New York State, to be an accelerated student. To be eligible for an accelerated TAP payment (which is the fourth consecutive quarter receiving TAP) a student must have earned 36 credits in the prior three quarters. For this purpose, six credits of completed remedial work, over the three quarters, may be applied to the earned credits calculation. Students who do not meet the requirement lose their TAP eligibility for the "evaluated quarter" but regain it, with the counter set to zero, during the next attended quarter.  

Schedules for first time TAP recipients prior to the 2010-11 award year and remedial students

NYS Native American Education

For information, go to p12.nysed.gov/natamer/studentaidinfo.html.

 

 

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