All withdrawals that effect the VA benefit rate a student is entitled to must be reported. All DCP and other nonstandard course withdrawals must be reported. Termination Dates Withdraws from all courses during the drop period, terminate the last date of attendance. Withdraws from all courses and receives a nonpunitive grade and mitigating circumstances are not found, terminate the first date of the term. Mitigating circumstances are circumstances beyond the student's control that prevent him or her from continuing in school or causes him or her to reduce credit.
Examples are illness or injury to the student or a death in the student's immediate family.
The 6-credit exclusion grants mitigating circumstances the first time a student withdraws when mitigating circumstances would be considered. The exclusion is a one time exclusion. If punitive grades lead to unsatisfactory progress, the student must be terminated for unsatisfactory progress according to your academic policy. A nonpunitive grade is a grade that is not calculated into the student's grade point average. The effective date should be reported as the ending date of the quarter or module.