Summer Financial Aid

Notice: Financial Aid will offer in-person assistance only on June 17 from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. No virtual assistance will be available that day.

Pell Grant eligible students can receive up to 150% of their scheduled Pell award each year. What does this mean for you? If you were a Pell eligible student in fall and/or spring, you may qualify for a Pell Grant for summer too! In order to be considered for both the Federal Pell Grant and the California College Promise Grant (formerly known as the BOG Fee Waiver), students must apply for both the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years.

Summer Pell Grant 

If you received a Pell Grant in 2024-2025, you may qualify for a Pell Grant in summer 2025, even if you attended full time in both semesters. Eligible students may receive up to three Pell Grant awards between fall, spring and summer. Note: One full-time semester of Pell Grant equals 50% of your scheduled Pell Grant award.  If you enrolled part-time fall 2024 or spring 2025, there is no minimum unit requirement to receive a summer Federal Pell Grant (unless required by your SAI). You can use the remainder of your annual Federal Pell Grant amount during summer with no minimum
unit requirement.

To be eligible to receive a Summer 2025 Pell Grant, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• You must have a completed financial aid file for 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 award year at Chaffey College.
• Meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). You must not be Ineligible or Disqualified based on the Satisfactory Academic Progress standards for Financial Aid.
• Have lifetime Pell Grant eligibility remaining

       

 

Important facts:

• Every student’s eligibility is different. Your actual Summer Pell Grant may vary depending on your SAI, your remaining Pell Grant eligibility, your summer enrollment intensity and your Pell Lifetime Eligibility Used (PLEU).

• Eligible students may receive up to three Pell awards in one academic year.
• The maximum timeframe that students may receive Federal Pell Grant is the equivalent of twelve full-time semesters, or 6 years; one full-time semester of Pell equals 50%.
• Important: The amount of Federal Pell Grant funds students may receive is limited to be the equivalent
  of six years of Federal Pell Grant funding. Since the amount of a scheduled Pell Grant award
  you can receive each award year is equal to 100%, the six-year equivalent is 600%. You can
  check your remaining eligibility level online by logging on to https://studentaid.gov/ using your FSA
  ID. View your Lifetime Eligibility Units (LEU) on the Financial Aid Review page. 

 

Pell Grant Amount Depends on Enrollment

Your summer Pell Grant amount will depend on the number of credits you are registered in, as well as your Pell Lifetime Eligibility Units (LEU).

Federal Pell Grant awards will be divided in two payments each semester. The first disbursement will be issued during the first week of the semester. Disbursements will be made to eligible students who have Pell awarded and are enrolled in courses. Payment is based on the number of units at the time of calculation (calculations are made approximately 5-10 days before disbursement). Although you may be registered, you must be in attendance and your classes must have already started. Late start classes must begin for units to be included in first disbursement; otherwise they will be included on subsequent disbursements. Payment will be adjusted according to enrollment status.

All Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policies and return to Title IV (R2T4)/withdrawal Repayment Policies and repeatability of coursework policy still apply for the summer 2025 term. Failure to make Satisfactory Academic Progress during Summer 2025, could result in a loss of eligibility for Fall 2025.

Students who are on Warning status, Monitoring, Appeal approved (Academic Plan) status may experience a financial aid disbursement delay in their next semester until grades are posted and SAP is evaluated for the next term.

Enrollment Status

Students are not necessarily required to enroll in full-time to receive aid. If students are enrolled in less than full-time (12 or more) for the semester, disbursements will be adjusted in accordance with the enrollment status.

Credit Hours	Enrollment Category (Old)	Enrollment Intensity (New)
12 (or more)	Full-Time	100%
11	Three-Quarter Time	92%
10		83%
9		75%
8	Half-Time	67%
7		58%
6		50%
5	Less-than-Half-Time	42%
4		33%
3		25%
2		17%
1		8%

 

Important facts:

• Every student’s eligibility is different. Your actual Summer Pell Grant may vary depending on your EFC/SAI, your remaining Pell Grant eligibility, your summer enrollment status and your Pell Lifetime Eligibility Used (PLEU).
• Payment will be adjusted according to enrollment status.
• Failure to make Satisfactory Academic Progress during Summer 2025, could result in a loss of eligibility for Fall 2025.
• Withdrawing from classes will result in paying back funds, please review our Repayment Policy and Return to Title IV (R2T4)/withdrawal policies.