Porterville College

PORTERVILLE COLLEGE

Petition for Academic Renewal (maximum of 20.0 )

(See reverse side for policy statement)

Name ______Date ______

Student ID Number @______

Mailing Address ______Phone Number ______

City, State, Zip Code ______

Years in attendance at Porterville College ______

How many semester credits of college credit have you earned following the semester(s) in which grades of “D”, “F” and/or “NC” were received? ______Credit earned at a college other than Porterville College must be verified by an official transcript from the college attended.

Please state the reasons that you believe your permanent record at Porterville College should indicate forgiveness of the “D”, “F” and/or “NC” grades:

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______

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Student Signature: ______

COURSES IN WHICH THE SUBSTANDARD GRADES WERE RECEIVED

Course and Number

Sem/Yr

Office use

Course and Number

Sem/Yr

Office use

For office use only:

Registrar Signature ______Date ______

Permanent records: Date ______By ______Cum credits discounted ______

(maximum of 20.0 allowed)

Comments: ______

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PORTERVILLE COLLEGE

Petition of Academic Renewal

I.  POLICY

ACADEMIC RENEWAL:

Under certain circumstances, the college may disregard previous courses in which a “D”, “F” or “NC” grade was received. The following conditions regulate the process.

4C3E – (Title 5, Sections 55764 and 55765) -- A maximum of twenty (20) credits of substandard grades previously recorded may be alleviated and disregarded for the purpose of the determination of satisfactory grade point average (GPA) if all of the following conditions exist:

4C3E1 - At least five (5) years have elapsed since the coursework to be alleviated was recorded; at least twelve (12) credits of satisfactory coursework (2.0 GPA) have been completed subsequent to the coursework to be alleviated; and the student petitions in writing to the Office of Admissions and Records stating the reasons why alleviation is requested.

Evidence showing the above requirements have been met shall be included in the petition submitted to the Office of Admissions & Records. Once the petition is approved, the grade will no longer be counted in the calculation of the GPA even though it still will be listed on the transcript.

II.  PROCEDURE

Read the policy statement to be sure you qualify.

After a written petition has been presented, it usually takes about 3-4 weeks for a final decision. It may take longer before approved petitions result in actual corrections being recorded depending on the workload in the Office of Admissions & Records at the time.

Approved by the President’s Cabinet, CLC, Academic Senate 6/04 Revised 11/06