[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR668.34]

[Page 457]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 668--STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Student Eligibility
 
Sec. 668.34  Satisfactory progress.

    (a) If a student is enrolled in an program of study of more than two 
academic years, to be eligible to receive title IV, HEA program 
assistance after the second year, in addition to satisfying the 
requirements contained in Sec. 668.32(f), the student must be making 
satisfactory under the provisions of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this 
section.
    (b) A student is making satisfactory progress if, at the end of the 
second year, the student has a grade point average of at least a ``C'' 
or its equivalent, or has academic standing consistent with the 
institution's requirements for graduation.
    (c) An institution may find that a student is making satisfactory 
progress even though the student does not satisfy the requirements in 
paragraph (b) of this section, if the institution determines that the 
student's failure to meet those requirements is based upon--
    (1) The death of a relative of the student;
    (2) An injury or illness of the student; or
    (3) Other special circumstances.
    (d) If a student is not making satisfactory progress at the end of 
the second year, but at the end of a subsequent grading period comes 
into compliance with the institution's requirements for graduation, the 
institution may consider the student as making satisfactory progress 
beginning with the next grading period.
    (e) At a minimum, an institution must review a student's academic 
progress at the end of each year.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1091(d))