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Academic Regulations

Progress Probation Appeals
Students who are dismissed may file an appeal to contest
A. Placement on Progress Probation the requirement of sitting out a primary semester with the
A student shall be placed on progress probation for the Vice President, Student Services, or designee if extenuating
following reason: circumstances exist which caused the substandard grades.
1. A student has attempted at least 12 total semester To appeal, students complete the Readmit After Dismissal
units and received transcript entries of “W”, “I”, petition and indicate on it that they are appealing the
or “NP” representing 50% or more of all units requirement of sitting out a primary semester.
attempted.
B. Removal from Progress Probation ACADEMIC RENEWAL WITHOUT COURSE
1. A student will be removed from progress probation REPETITION– STUDENT SERVICES PROCEDURES
when the student has received transcript entries 5110
of “W”, “I”, or “NP” for less than 50% of all units Pursuant to regulations established by the Board of
attempted. Governors of the California Community Colleges (Title 5,
Section 55764), students may, under the provisions outlined
Dismissal below, petition for the elimination of past substandard
Dismissal prohibits the student from enrolling until one coursework (D, F, or NP) in the calculation of the student’s
primary semester has passed and the student has met grade point average (GPA).
with a counselor and/or attended a probation/dismissal
workshop. 1. Coursework eligible for consideration under this
regulation shall be:
A. Placement on Dismissal a) No more than thirty (30) units;
A student will be dismissed for one or more of the b) Clearly sub-standard coursework, defined as those
following reasons: courses in which the student earned grades of D, F
1. A student achieves a cumulative GPA of less than or No Pass;
2.0 for three consecutive primary semesters. c) Courses taken at Solano Community College and
2. A student receives 50% or more of transcript entries d) Courses taken two or more semesters (not
as “W”, “I”, of “NP” for three consecutive, primary including summer session) prior to petitioning.
semesters. 2. Students are not eligible for relief under the academic
B. Removal from Dismissal renewal policy until they have:
A student will be removed from Dismissal for any of a) Completed at least fifteen (15) units, with a
the following reasons: grade of “C” or better at a regionally accredited
1. A student’s cumulative GPA is 2.0 or better and a post-secondary institution subsequent to the
student’s transcript entries of “W”, “I”, or “NP” are coursework to be alleviated;
less than 50% of all units attempted. b) Met the two semester (not including summer
2. Satisfactory Progress After Dismissal: A student session) time requirements; and
who meets the requirements for readmissions after c) Filed an Academic Renewal Petition with the Office
dismissal and achieves a semester GPA of 2.25 or of Admissions and Records.
greater, but does not have an overall cumulative 3. Courses eliminated under this policy may not be
GPA of 2.0 or greater, shall remain on academic applied toward any degree or certificate requirement.
probation until the cumulative GPA is 2.0 or better. Academic Renewal actions are irreversible.
(This condition only overrides A.1. above.) 4. If the request is approved, the student’s academic
record will be annotated to reflect the change, but all
If semester GPA falls below 2.25 and/or student qualifies work will remain legible.
for Progress Probation, student will be academically and/ 5. Solano Community College may honor the Academic
or progress dismissed. Renewal Policy of other regionally accredited
institutions in disregarding previous academic work.
6. Students should understand that other colleges may
not honor the Academic Renewal Regulations of Solano
Community College.

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