These regulations became effective on July 1, 2000. Pre-withdrawal charge adjustments, however, are allowed to be considered. The answer to question 3 deals with the issue of tuition and fee waivers and the guidance states that any waivers used in the calculation must be consistent with treatment of the waiver in computing the student's cost of attendance. A number of new policies for standard term-based programs using modules are contained in the guidance to question 4 .
Students can begin attendance at the beginning of any one of the modules in a term.
Students may skip one or more modules within the term. Students enroll up-front for courses in all of the modules they plan to attend for the entire term but subsequently add or drop a course in a later module. Under this new guidance, a student in a standard term-based program is not considered to have withdrawn if they complete at least one course in a module. However, the institution may have to recalculate the student's award because of a change in enrollment status. If a student does not complete at least one course in a module, the student is generally considered to have withdrawn, unless the student formally notifies the school of his or her intent to continue and to take a subsequent course in the term.