Student Financial Aid & Veteran's Educational Benefits

Important Information and Dates for the Student Aid Process in the 2022/23 Award Year

Summer 2022

6/3/22 Last Day to Submit a SAP Appeal for the 2022 Summer Term

6/6/22 First Day to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

6/17/22 Last Date to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

6/24/22 Earliest Date Direct Student (Stafford) Loans are released to students

6/18/22 Last Priority Date to Apply for a Direct Loan (Stafford) for the 2023 Summer term

6/24/22 Summer Student Aid Refunds (including Pell) for the Term Released (Credit Balance Remaining)

8/12/22 Last Day to Submit a SAP Appeal for Consideration for the 2022 Fall Term

 

Fall 2022

8/12/22 Last Day to Submit a SAP Appeal for Consideration for the 2022 Fall Term

8/15/22 First Day to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

9/23/22 Earliest Date Direct Student (Stafford) Loans are released to students

9/23/22 Last Priority Date to Apply for a Direct Loan (Stafford) for the 2022 Fall term

9/16/22 First Student Aid Refunds (including Pell) for the Term Released (Max $300)

10/14/22 Last Date to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

10/21/22 Last Student Aid Refunds (including Pell) for the Term Released (Credit Balance Remaining)

12/23/22 SAP status letters mailed to students

 

Spring 2023

1/6/23 Last Day to Submit a SAP Appeal for the 2023 Spring Term

1/9/23 First Day to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

2/17/23 Earliest Date Direct Student (Stafford) Loans are released to students

2/10/23 First Student Aid Refunds (including Pell) for the Term Released (Max $300)

2/17/23 Last Priority Date to Apply for a Direct Loan (Stafford) for the 2023 Spring term

3/10/23 Last Date to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

3/24/23 Last Student Aid Refunds (including Pell) for the Term Released (Credit Balance Remaining)

5/26/23 SAP status letters mailed to students

 

Summer 2023

6/2/23 Last Day to Submit a SAP Appeal for the 2023 Summer Term

6/5/23 First Day to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

6/16/23 Last Date to Charge at the DACC Bookstore using student aid

6/23/23 Earliest Date Direct Student (Stafford) Loans are released to students

6/16/23 Last Priority Date to Apply for a Direct Loan (Stafford) for the 2023 Summer term

6/28/23 Summer Student Aid Refunds (including Pell) for the Term Released (Credit Balance Remaining)

8/11/23 Last Day to Submit a SAP Appeal for Consideration for the 2023 Fall Term

If you have funding that covers your books and supplies you may visit the DACC Bookstore with your schedule and Student ID on or after the first date to charge in a semester (listed above).

Student refunds are released twice a semester (see dates above) but not all students will have a credit balance and be eligible for a refund. Tuition and fee costs are always deducted from student aid funding first, if books and supplies are charged at the Bookstore these too will be deducted prior to any refund calculations.

Students who have a Direct Student (Stafford) Loan will have funds credited to their account and any proceeds refunded 30 days after the start of the semester.

All refunds are mailed to your address on file with the Records office (no exceptions). Please keep your address current to avoid a delay in receiving your refund(s).

As a reminder: Changing your credit hours during the enrollment periods in a semester may change your student aid funding. Withdrawing from classes (initiated by you or the instructor) will change your eligibility for particular programs and for future student aid eligibility. Always check with DACC Financial Aid staff before dropping or withdrawing from a class.

Students must be achieving the U.S. Dept. of Education’s minimum Standards of Academic Progress (SAP) to receive Federal Student aid. Visit this page to review the SAP policy https://www.dacc.edu/finaid/standards

Remember to re-apply for the 2023/24 Award Year as early as possible. As part of an early awareness effort by the U.S. Department of Education the FAFSA for 2023/24 will be available beginning October 1 st of 2022. This Award year begins Fall of 2023.