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A student, by the act of registration, automatically incurs a financial obligation to the College requiring full payment of tuition and fees and accepts responsibility for complying with all College policies and procedures. In the same manner, a student incurs a debt to the College for room and board at the moment of check-in into a Fort Lewis College residence hall. All such charges are due and payable in full at the time specified by the College. Personal expenses, such as clothing, travel, social activities, books and supplies, depend on the individual and are in addition to the scheduled expenses. In the event that financial aid is delayed, students are encouraged to come prepared to purchase their books and supplies for those first important days of class. TUITION AND FEES FOR FALL AND WINTER TRIMESTERS Students registering for eight credits or less will be charged by the credit hour plus part-time fees. Students who take over 8 credits, up to and including 18, during either the Fall or Winter Trimester will be charged full tuition and fees. Students registering for more than 18 credits will be assessed an additional charge per credit hour. TUITION AND FEES FOR SUMMER SESSIONS For each session, students will be charged tuition by the credit hour plus student fees. Part-time student fees will be assessed for three credit hours or fewer per session. Full-time student fees will be assessed for more than three credit hours per session. Students who initially register after the first day of the term will be assessed a $25.00 late registration charge. A Matriculation Fee of $55, which includes the Student ID Card Fee, will be added to the bill when the student registers for classes. If the student withdraws on or before the first day of the term, the Matriculation Fee is refundable. If the student withdraws on or after the second day of the term, the Matriculation Fee is non-refundable. Certain courses may have "Course Specific Fees" for students enrolled in those courses. Course fees are specified in the College Course Schedule and also are listed here. Any student presenting to the College a check dishonored by the bank for any reason will be charged a redeposit fee of $20.00 per check. A notice of the dishonored item will be sent by mail to the student's local mailing address on file with the Records Office. The student must then present payment to the Cashier's Office in cash or certified funds for the dishonored check and the redeposit fee within two weeks from the date of the notice. Failure to do so may result in termination of student status at Fort Lewis College. For additional information, including housing charges, please consult the appropriate Tuition and Fees Brochures available from the Admission and Development Office, Financial Aid Office, Cashier's Office, and the Accounts Receivable Office, or here. The State Board of Agriculture, governing body for Fort Lewis College, reserves the right to change any fee at any time without formal notice whenever conditions warrant such change. STUDENT BILLING AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS The student will receive a bill and is responsible for the payment of all charges, including tuition, fees, room, and board. If parents wish to accept this responsibility, then the STUDENT must FORWARD a copy of the bill to their parents. Similarly, payment of the final bill must reach the Cashier's Office by the published Census Date. Census Date is approximately two weeks after the start of the Fall and Winter Trimesters and the fifth day of each Summer Session. A financial statement for students who early register will be mailed to their permanent address approximately four weeks prior to the start of Fall and Winter terms. Statements for Summer terms will be sent to the local address approximately two weeks prior to the term. Accounts can be paid by check, VISA, Master Card or Discover at the Cashier's Office, located in 140 Berndt Hall, or paid electronically on WEBOPUS using a credit card. Also available is a monthly Prepayment Budget Installment Program established by the Fort Lewis College Foundation for payment of tuition, fees, and on-campus room and board. For additional information, call and ask for Student Alternative Financing at (970) 247-7184. Only under special circumstances will a request for delayed payment of any charges be considered. Requests for delayed payment must be submitted to the Accounts Receivable Office located in 140 Berndt Hall. Failure to make payments when due will subject the student to a late payment fee and termination of student status at Fort Lewis College. For those students who cannot make full and complete payment at the scheduled time, the College will consider exceptions to the general policy only in individually documented cases of hardship in which the student's financial resources become available subsequent to the payment due date. Fort Lewis College will not register a student nor provide a transcript for any student or former student with a past due financial obligation to the College. All students who have outstanding balances after the final payment date and who have not made satisfactory arrangements with the Accounts Receivable Office will be required to clear all balances by CASH or CERTIFIED FUNDS ONLY. A student with a past-due obligation to Fort Lewis College is subject to a late payment charge as follows:
A notice of pending financial termination of student status will be sent by mail to the student's local address on file with the Records Office (a student is required to promptly notify the Records Office of any change in the permanent or local mailing address). If payment is not received, nor a payment plan approved, by the Accounts Receivable Office within two weeks of the notice date, the student's enrollment for that trimester may be terminated. To be eligible for re-enrollment in subsequent terms, the student must pay the outstanding obligation to the College, and if two subsequent trimesters have passed, the student must submit an application for readmission to the Admission and Development Office. If fewer than two trimesters have elapsed, then the student is eligible to register without reapplying to the College. In this case, the student must first reactivate his/her student status at the Records Office. If the student subsequently pays the bill and requests reinstatement of course credits and grades after financial termination, then that student will be required to pay, or provide proof of approved financial aid, for future tuition and fees before being permitted to register for any future classes. Fort Lewis College is required by the State of Colorado to submit all delinquent accounts to Central Collections at 60 days past due or 30 days past the registration period for the next trimester for current students. Should this become necessary, reasonable collection costs will be added to the amount due and shall be paid by the debtor. If the State of Colorado obtains judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction, the debtor shall be liable for the collection agency fee as well as reasonable court costs and attorney's fees. TUITION ADJUSTMENT: ADDING AND DROPPING CLASSES A student is permitted to change course loads by adding or dropping courses with no grade records during a designated period at the beginning of each trimester. A student's tuition and fees will be adjusted according to the net number of credits for which he or she is registered on the final date for adding courses. If an exception is made that allows a student to add or drop classes subsequent to the designated period, tuition and fees will be assessed for the net credits added but will not be adjusted for the net credits dropped. Policies, procedures, fees, and deadlines for adding and dropping courses are published in the Schedule of Courses for each term. Important Reminders:
OFFICIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM COLLEGE This information is available electronically under "Withdraw from Current Term" in the Registration Menu in WEBOPUS and also here on Fort Lewis College's web site. Important Reminders:
STATE RESIDENCY CLASSIFICATION FOR TUITION PURPOSES A student is classified as an in-state or out-of-state student for tuition purposes at the time of admission. This classification is based upon information supplied by the student on the application for admission and is made in accordance with the Colorado Tuition Classification Law, CRS Section 23, Article 7, revised May 1995. (The Colorado Revised Statutes are available in the reference section of the John F. Reed Library at Fort Lewis College.) Colorado institutions of higher education are bound by the provisions of this statue and are not free to make exceptions to the rules set forth. Once determined, a student's tuition classification status remains unchanged unless satisfactory evidence that a change should be made is presented. Satisfactory evidence would be a Petition for In-State Residency and should be submitted to the Admission Office for first-time students, or to the Records Office for continuing students. The deadline for submission of a Petition for In-State Residency is the first day of the term for which the student is petitioning. It is preferred that petitions be received 30 days prior to the beginning of the term. Petitions received past the deadline will not be considered until the following term. Students may contact the Admission or Records Office for additional information about the petitioning process. The statute provides that an in-state student is one who has been a legal domiciliary (resident) of Colorado for exactly one year or more immediately preceding the first day of the term for which the in-state classification is being sought. Persons over 22 years of age or who are under 22 and emancipated establish their own legal domicile. Those who are under 22 years of age and are unemancipated assume the domicile of their parent or court-appointed legal guardian. An unemancipated minor's parent, therefore, must have a legal domicile in Colorado for one year or more before the minor may be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes. Emancipation, as defined by Colorado State Statute, is the intent of the parent to cease all financial support of the student. Financial support includes, but is not limited to, daily expenses, tuition, medical insurance, automobile insurance, and automobile ownership. Domicile is established when one has a permanent place of habitation in Colorado and the intention of making Colorado one's true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation. The tuition statute places the burden of establishing a Colorado domicile on the person seeking to establish the domicile. The question of intent is one of documentable fact and needs to be shown by substantial connections with the state sufficient to evidence such intent. Legal domicile in Colorado, for tuition purposes, begins the day after connections with Colorado are made sufficient to evidence one's intent. The most common ties with the state are: (1) ownership or rental
of residential real property in Colorado Caution: payment or filing of back taxes in no way serves to establish legal domicile retroactive to the time filed. To qualify for in-state tuition for a given term, the 12-month waiting period (which begins when the legal domicile is established) must be completed by the first day of classes for the term in question. If one's 12-month waiting period expires after the beginning of the term, in-state tuition cannot be granted until the next term. A student who, due to subsequent events, becomes eligible for a change in classification from resident to non-resident or vice-versa must inform the Records Office within 15 days after such a change occurs. An adult student or emancipated minor who moves outside of Colorado must send written notification to the Records Office within 15 days of the change. If a student who has been denied in-state residency in the past wishes to be reconsidered for in-state residency, the student must submit to the Records Office an updated Petition for In-State Residency form with any additional documentation. The final decision regarding tuition status, within statute stipulation, rests with the College. Questions regarding residence (tuition) status should be referred only to the Records Office. Opinions of other persons are not official or binding upon the College. Additional information (including the "Petition for In-State Classification" form) is available from the Records Office in 160 Miller Student Center. RESIDENT TUITION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL The Colorado Legislature has authorized resident tuition for active duty military personnel on permanent assignment in Colorado and for their dependents (as defined by military regulations). ELIGIBLE STUDENTS MUST BE CERTIFIED EACH TERM. Students obtain a completed verification form from the base education officer and submit the form with their military ID to the Records Office prior to registering for classes. Students who have military certification remain classified as non-residents for tuition purposes and must petition to change their status once they establish permanent ties to Colorado. NEW MEXICO RECIPROCAL STUDENT PROGRAM The Colorado Commission on Higher Education and the New Mexico Board of Educational Finance have signed an agreement allowing a limited number of selected New Mexico resident students, usually from San Juan county, to enroll at Fort Lewis College at the in-state rates. Each year a fixed number of students will be allocated to Fort Lewis College under this program. For details, consult the Admission and Development Office. Rooms in residence halls and apartments are reserved, if space is available, upon receipt of a signed Housing Agreement and a $100 security deposit. This deposit and Housing Agreement will reserve accommodations for the fall and winter trimesters of each academic year (eight months), or the remaining portion thereof if the entering date occurs after the opening date of the fall trimester. The $100 deposit, less any damages or obligations owed the College, will be returned approximately sixty (60) days after the close of the winter trimester unless the student has applied for the following trimester, in which case the security deposit will be carried over and no additional deposit will be required. For details of the refund policy for room and board charges, contact the Student Housing and Conference Services Office. Residents living in the apartment complexes will be permitted to remain in their units during official College vacation periods provided they will be continuing residence during the eight-month contract period. College residence halls are closed during official vacation periods. Residents withdrawing from school and terminating occupancy at the end of the fall or winter trimester must vacate residency prior to the last calendar date of the particular trimester. The College provides on-campus housing in apartments during the summer months. If new to campus housing, a $100 security deposit is required when making a housing application for the summer months. For more information, contact the Student Housing Office. |
The
class-drop process may not be used to withdraw from college after
the first day of the term. Please refer to section on Official Withdrawal.