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SECTION 602: TRANSCRIPTS AND REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS FOR DELINQUENT LOANS AND CHARGE ACCOUNTS

SOURCE: NDSU President

1. A student in default on a loan granted under the federal educational lending acts or other student financial assistance programs may not register and grade transcripts and diplomas for that student shall be withheld unless the student is granted a waiver according to this policy. Default status is determined by the lending agency or institution. If the default resulted from failure to file a timely deferment or postponement of cancellation form, the proper form and certification of enrollment or service must be completed and returned to the institution.

2. A student who is delinquent in payment of tuition and registration fees, student activity fees or other student fees, room and board charges, library fees or fines, parking fees or fines, or any other debt owed the institution may not register and grade transcripts and diplomas for the student shall be withheld until the debt is paid unless the student is granted a waiver according to this policy.

3. A waiver by the Vice President for Finance and Administration or the Vice President's designee from the provisions of subsections 1 or 2 may be granted in the discretion of the institution upon application by the student to the institution showing:

   a.

   The student has agreed to a reasonable repayment plan or made other arrangements satisfactory to the agency or institution to whom the debt is owed, which plan must be documented with a letter or other document signed by an official of the agency or institution to whom the debt is owed: or

   b.

   The student is approved for Job Training & Partnership Act, vocational rehabilitation, or other training or educational program to pay tuition and fees and other current expenses, if the waiver is sought to permit registration.

4. This policy shall not be enforced in connection with debts discharged in bankruptcy or if the student debtor has an action pending in bankruptcy court to discharge the loan or other debt.

   HISTORY: June 1994, October 2007