A student enrolled in Sam Houston State University may receive a refund of tuition and fees for dropping a class or resigning.
Dropping Courses - A student who drops one or more courses for any given semester/summer session, but remains enrolled in at least one course for the remainder of the semester as a student at this University may be eligible for refunds. There is a 100% refund for dropping classes for the first 12 class days (January 10 - January 26) for the Spring Semester. The last day to drop a class for a refund is Friday, January 26.
Refund policies were established by Senate Bill No. 604 of the 65th Legislature and adopted by the Board of Regents, Texas State University System, in August of 1977 and by the applicable federal regulations dealing with first semester financial aid students.
You cannot drop your only class. You must resign in person, by mail ( P.O. Box 2029, Huntsville, TX 77341), or by Fax (936/294-1737). Be sure to include your SAM ID or social security number and a written signature.
Refunds and credits from one department will be applied to any other outstanding balances in other departments. Any remaining refund will be available to you based on the preference you have selected through BearkatOne.com. The University may refund tuition and fees paid by a sponsor, donor or scholarship to the source rather than directly to the student who has withdrawn if the funds were made available to the University.
Counting Class Days For Refunds : Class days are University class days, not the number of days an individual class meets. Class days are to be counted from the first class meeting of on-campus daytime courses as indicated in the Academic Calendar.
Resignations/Withdrawals The student who officially withdraws from all of his/her courses for a given semester from Sam Houston State University may be eligible for a refund of tuition and the specified fees, based upon the highest number of hours in which he or she is enrolled for the semester. Refunds are made in accordance with the following refund schedule.
Spring Semester Resignation Refund Schedule
| Refund |
|
*100% |
Before January 10 |
80% |
January 10 - January 17 |
| 70% | January 18 - January 24 |
| 50% | January 25 - January 31 |
| 25% | February 1- February 7 |
| Thereafter | No Refund |
* Less $15 Matriculation Fee
*Class days are to be counted from the first class meeting of on-campus daytime courses as indicated in the Academic Calendar.
Students who receive Title IV aid in the form of a Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Stafford Loan or PLUS Loan and resign on or before completing 60% of the semester will be required to repay the percentage of unearned financial aid according to the federal "A Return to Title IV Aid* formula from the 1998 Re-authorization of the Higher Education Act. The percentage of aid to be repaid to SFA programs is equal to the number of calendar days remaining in the semester divided by the number of calendar days in the semester.
Refunds are to be returned to lenders or program accounts in the following statutorily specified order provided the student has received funds from the account:
| 1. Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan 2. Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan 3. Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loans 4. Subsidized Direct Stafford Loans 5. Federal Perkins Loans |
6. Federal PLUS Loans 7. Direct PLUS Loans 8. FSEOGs 9. Other federal, state, private or institutional sources of aid 10. The Student |
The above schedule assumes the student has paid his or her fees in full. A different schedule applies to the installment payment plan participants - the primary difference in the schedule being the requirement for the University to compute the refund based on the assumption that the full amount of tuition and fees has been collected. Therefore, it is possible, and probable, that a student in the installment plan could owe more in tuition and fees than already collected by the University. These extra amounts, if any, would be due and payable before the student would be allowed to resign from the University.
Students are responsible for making an additional tuition and/or fees payment if they:
Additional tuition/fees must be paid by Thursday, January 18.
If the additional tuition and/or fees are not paid by the stated deadline, course(s) will be dropped from the student's schedule. Students who still owe money when all but their last class has been dropped will be resigned. Fee statements will not be sent.
Students who received funds through the Financial Aid Office must check with that office to determine if funds are available to cover the additional tuition and/or fees due. If you drop and add the same number of semester hours, there may not be additional tuition/fees due, UNLESS a course requiring a lab or other fee was added, which must be paid by the deadline. Courses will not be dropped if all that is due is the $2.00 drop/add fee.
Students may determine their account balance via the Internet. They should select the "Financial Information" option from the SamInfo link at the home page. (www.shsu.edu)
The Tuition and Fee Schedule can be accessed at http://www.shsu.edu/~csh_www/tuitionfeessprsum2007/tuitionandfeeschedulespring2007.html
VERIFY YOUR SCHEDULE
After Registering for Classes and after Processing Schedule Changes (Drops/Adds). Failure to drop a course will result in a grade of "F" being recorded on the permanent record.
SAMINFO WEB: Click on Print Your Schedule
Undergraduate students initially enrolled after the Fall 1999 semester that exceed by more than 45 hours the number of hours required for their degree at a Texas public institution of higher education may be charged at a higher rate of tuition for those excess hours. For more information refer to "Tuition for Excessive Undergraduate Hours".
Section 50 of Article III, House Bill 1, 78 th Legislative Session (the General Appropriations Act) directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to delete semester credit hours for formula funding when the courses are attempted more than twice since September 1, 2002.
Effective with the Fall 2004 semester, The Texas State University System has authorized Sam Houston State University and all other components, to charge students the statutory tuition up to the non-resident rate as calculated by the Texas Higher Education coordinating Board if the student is attempting the course for the third time (or beyond).
Texas residents who attempted no more than three hours in excess of the minimum hours required for their degree may be eligible for a tuition rebate of up to $1000. Students must apply for the rebate prior to receiving their baccalaureate degree in the Office of the Registrar. For more information refer to "Tuition Rebates for Certain Undergraduates".
As of January 1, 1998, taxpayers (students or their parents) may be eligible to claim a non-refundable Hope Scholarship Tax Credit against their federal income taxes. The Hope Scholarship Credit may be claimed for the qualified tuition and certain related expenses (not housing/dining) of EACH student in the taxpayer's family (i.e., the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or an eligible dependent) who is enrolled at least halftime in one of the first two years of post secondary education and who is enrolled in a program leading to a degree, certificate, or other organized educational credential. The credit that may be claimed varies, depending on the family and student financial situation, but may be as much as $1,500 for a freshman or sophomore.
Another tax credit known as the Lifetime Learning Credit applies to junior, senior and/or graduate students enrolled at least halftime in an institution of higher education. Congress has established that the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit begins for payments made after July 1, 1998.
For more information, refer to Hope Scholarship Income Tax Credit And Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.