COMMITTEE:           Student Academic Appellate

MEETING DATE:    Wednesday, November 1, 2006

PERSON PRESIDING:     Tom Durham

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Victor Aeby, Mike Brown, Tom Durham, Dee-Dee Glascoff, Jeni Parker, Cindi Putnam-Evans, Mario Rey

REGULAR MEMBERS ABSENT: none

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Elizabeth Layman, Henry Newkirk, Chris Grymes

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ABSENT:  Charles Owens (for Cole Jones)

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Jerry Clayton, Elvis Jones

ACTIONS OF MEETING:

Agenda Item: Financial Aid Appeals

Discussion: One of the granted appeals is pending the students’ satisfactory achievement of the minimum GPA to enter into upper division classes. On one of the denied appeals the committee will reconsider if the student raises their GPA to a 2.5 overall.

Action Taken: 2 – Granted, 3 – denied

Agenda Item: Drop Policy Exceptions

Discussion: One of the denied appeals was tabled at this meeting, but has since been denied by the committee after reviewing further information. The tabled appeal is pending receipt of further documentation.

Action Taken: 9 – granted, 19 – denied, 1 – tabled

Agenda Item: Retroactive Drop

Discussion: The committee is waiting on further information to make a decision on the tabled appeal.

Action Taken: 1 – granted, 2 – denied, 1 – tabled

Agenda Item: Retroactive Forgiveness

Discussion:

Action Taken: 1 – granted

Agenda Item: Retroactive Withdrawal

Discussion:

Action Taken: 2 – granted

NEXT MEETING:  Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 3:00 pm in Rawl Annex 142.