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Attendance &Academic Policies SAP Failure: A student who fails to meet SAP standards while on SAP Warning will be required to meet with the director of education to discuss his/her status and create an academic plan to improve their academic standing. For either status above, the student must sign and receive a form detailing his/her status as SAP Warning or SAP Failure. The form will indicate the reason for the warning/failure status and the corrective action needed to achieve the minimum requirement(s) to meet SAP. A student's refusal to sign the form will not exemnt him/her from tha nnnriifinnc of cAP Hours Attempted: Defined as all courses for which a student receives a grade — whether passing or failing — and includes "W' (Withdrawn) and T' (Incomplete) grades. Therefore, any and all grades received will count toward the clock hour ratio detailed above in Standard 2 of the SAP requirements. Hours Completed: Defined as all courses for which a student receives a passing grade. Hours Included in Completion Calculation: In addition to courses in which the student is enrolled, challenged credits and transfer credits are included in the calculation of completed clock hours. However, any clock hours audited by a student do not count as either clock hours attempted or completed. Impact of Repeated Courses: Repeated courses count as hours attempted during each payment period in which the student is enrolled, and they may affect the pace (see Standard 2 above). However, a repeated course will count one time as hours completed the first time the student receives a passing grade for the course. Hours Completion Warning: Students placed on SAP Warning for lack of clock hour completion are advised that, if any other SAP standards have generated a "hold" on their record, those standards and conditions take precedence over the clock hour completion warning. PROBATION FOR ATTENDANCE AND CONDUCT Probation serves as a method for both students and staff to acknowledge a student's substandard performance in attendance or conduct. Probation will occur if the student's cumulative attendance is below the minimum standard when formally reviewed at the end of his/her payment period or if s/he is determined to have exhibited misconduct (e,g., foul language, disrespect to staff/students, etc.). The school director also has the discretion to place a student on probation at any time, if deemed necessary, for incidents such as repeated absences, tardies/early departures, disruptive attitude/bad behavior, or if found to be in violation of any other school policy. For all programs, a certain number of absences during a module may lead to automatic probation. Students placed on probation for attendance and/or conduct issues will sign and receive a written notice indicating the duration of and reasons for the probation, including corrective actions required to remain in good standing. If the student fails to comply with the stated corrective actions, s/he will be terminated. Exceptions may be made due to extenuating circumstances, at the discretion of the campus director, and only upon receipt and approval of applicable supporting documentation. A student's refusal to sign the Probationary form will not exempt him/her from the conditions of probation and may lead to further disciplinary action including termination Periods of an approved leave of absence (LOA) and periods of non -enrollment after voluntary or involuntary withdrawal do not count as time elapsed toward the probationary period. The length of probation is thirty (30) calendar days unless otherwise stated for a specific reason. At management's discretion, the student may be released from probation prior to the end of the documented probationary period if all conditions have been met. If the student has not satisfied the terms of probation but has made substantive improvement, the campus director may extend the probationary period for fifteen (15) calendar days. If the student fails to comply with the extended probationary conditions, s/he may be suspended or terminated. Incompletes become an "F" grade if not remedied within 15 days. When the grade average for a student is under 2.0 for a month, the student will be placed on Formal Warning. If the grade average for the next month is less than 2.0 or below, the student may be placed on Probation or terminated, or training interrupted at the director's discretion. If terminated, re -enrollment will be approved after evidence is submitted to demonstrate that conditions that caused the interruption have been rectified. American Trade Academy School Catalog Page 9