Financial Aid Priority Deadlines
| SEMESTER |
CLASSES BEGIN |
PRIORITY DEADLINE |
| Fall and Fall I |
August 24, 2020 |
June 24, 2020 |
| Fall II |
October 19, 2020 |
August 19, 2020 |
| December Mini |
December 11, 2020 |
October 11, 2020 |
| Spring and Spring I |
January 19, 2021 |
November 1, 2020 |
| Spring II |
March 22, 2021 |
January 22, 2021
|
| Summer and Summer I |
June 1, 2021 |
April 1, 2021 |
| Summer II |
July 6, 2021 |
May 6, 2021 |
Submitting all required documents prior to these dates ensures that we will have your financial aid file completed, and packaged, prior to the payment deadline. Failure to provide the required documents including the FAFSA, tax documents (if required), and other documents requested by the Financial Aid Office by the above deadline could result in your aid not being ready to pay towards your bill on the payment deadline. Students must also have applied for admission to Vernon College prior to these deadlines. Failure to meet these requirements will mean you must make other financial arrangements such as cash, credit card, etc. with the business office or use the installment payment plan available on My VC.
Submitting the FAFSA by the deadline is NOT considered a complete file because more information is required beyond the FAFSA application. Students turning in documents after the deadline dates must be prepared to pay their tuition and fees, books and other educationally related expenses using personal funds. Once files are complete, eligible students will receive payment in accordance with the VC disbursement of financial aid policy. Since funds are limited in each program and offers are assigned as applications are completed, early application for aid is essential.
Students should apply for scholarship aid by completing the Vernon College Scholarship Application and by accessing web search engines for outside scholarships. Beware of companies that charge a fee for this service.
Undocumented students, thru HB 1528, may be eligible to receive state financial aid if the Admissions Office determines that the student qualifies for Texas residency. Undocumented students should contact the Financial Aid Office and complete the FAFSA or the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA).
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects the privacy of all student educational and financial aid records. A student’s rights under FERPA transfer from the student’s parent to the student when the student attends a postsecondary institution. This includes distance learning, dual credit or concurrent enrollment. In addition, FERPA does not recognize spouses; therefore, spouses have no rights to a student’s educational or financial aid records. A student must provide written consent each year before an educational agency or school may disclose personally identifiable non-directory information from the student’s educational and financial aid records. The Vernon College FERPA waiver is available at www.vernoncollege.edu/financial-aid-forms.
The Department of Education publishes financial aid application and verification deadlines for each award year. Students who fail to meet these deadlines are not eligible for financial aid.