Financial Aid Bookstore Purchases
The Financial Aid Office makes every attempt to assist you in getting the books and supplies that you need for your classes. We do not want to create barriers to your success. When your financial aid package is complete, the bookstore may already have an account created for you and the need for a voucher may not be required.
Bookstore charges for Financial Aid students will begin Monday, December 14th, 2009 for the spring 2010 semester. You must take a photo ID with you in order to utilize your financial aid. It helps to print out your schedule and take it with you to the Bookstore. You will also want to make sure you have a FA award. Check your account online to make sure you have been awarded.
There are times when you may not have an account at the bookstore already set up for you and you may need a bookstore charge authorization. For example, you may have to take out a loan for additional funding and have just applied for the loan. It may take up to two weeks to certify the loan, therefore creating an authorization application. In order to be eligible to apply for an authorization charge, the following must be applicable:
- You must have a valid Student Aid Report (SAR).
- You must have a complete file financial aid file. For instance, if selected for verification, the documents must be complete, signed, etc.
- You must have enough money on your account to cover all tuition/fees and potential bookstore charges.
- If you are a Colorado resident, you must have your Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) applied and authorized. If you were just authorized that same day, your application voucher needs to state that fact.
- You must be in good standing with Satisfactory Academic Progress & Measurable Academic Progress (SAP/MAP).
- You have enough funds to cover additional costs at the bookstore such as art supplies, have more than $700 in books to purchase, a lap top computer, etc.
- Vouchers are for essential books and supplies that you need for class so as to not prohibit you from success.
There are many reasons the Financial Aid office is not able to authorize a charge. Some examples may be:
- Your residency has not been resolved and you do not have enough funds to cover all of your expenses. At this point, the Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) would not apply towards your account.
- You are waiting for the results of a Financial Aid appeal.
- You have not even applied for the FAFSA.
- Your financial aid file is incomplete and/or you have conflicting data that needs resolution.
- You are military and/or a dependent and you have not turned in your Green Sheet. Therefore, you do not have enough aid to cover tuition/fees, supplies, etc.
- You may have a balance due from a prior term.
- You may have used financial aid funding at a prior school and there is not funding left over to use at PPCC to cover your current term.
- You may have already charged the bookstore this term.
Ultimately, you need to get your financial aid complete in a timely manner and cannot expect to enroll and get your books using financial aid funding in a matter of days. You need to allow the financial aid office no less than four weeks to process your financial aid application.
If you have all of your documents in by the deadline dates and you are still not able to charge books, please e-mail: finaid@ppcc.edu or call 719.502.3000. If you choose to email, you must do so using your college assigned email account.
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