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Refunds

Financial Aid Refunds for Fall & Spring - Beginning the week of the Official Day of Record (ODR)* and continuing through the end of the term, current term refunds are processed weekly and distributed no later than each Friday afternoon.

Financial Aid Refunds for Summer - Beginning the week of the Official Day of Record (ODR)* and continuing through the end of the term, current term refunds are processed weekly and distributed no later than each Thursday afternoon.

For specific questions about your financial aid eligibility or disbursements please contact financial aid.

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Phone: 281.290.2700
Toll-Free: 855.290.2700
Mon-Fri: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Refunds for: Withdrawal Financial Aid Flex/Non-traditional

Non-Financial Aid Refunds for Fall & Spring – Refunds for the traditional (16 weeks) and non-traditional (less than 16 weeks) enrollment credits are processed from the Lone Star College System (LSCS), approximately 10 days after the Official Day of Record (ODR)* and continue weekly thereafter to the end of the current term. The Drop and Withdrawal Refund Schedules are published in the CREDIT SCHEDULE on the 'Refund Information' page, and in the LSCS Current Catalog on the 'Financial Information and Assistance' page.

Non-Financial Aid Refunds for Summer – Beginning the week after the Official Day of Record (ODR)** for the May start date (Mini-Mester) classes, summer enrollment credits are processed from the Lone Star College System (LSCS), and continue weekly thereafter to the end of the summer term. The Drop and Withdrawal Refund Schedules are published in the CREDIT SCHEDULE on the 'Refund Information' page, and in the LSCS Current Catalog on the 'Financial Information and Assistance' page.

Credit students who drop a course, or who totally withdraw, will have their tuition and standard semester-length fees (except registration fee and payment plan fee) refunded according to the Refund Schedule (see below).

Continuing Education Refunds are not provided after the class begins. A full refund is provided if a drop/add form is completed and submitted to the continuing education registration office before the class begins. Please see
CE Advising for more information on refunds and other questions.

* Official Day of Record – Refer to the CREDIT SCHEDULE

Refunds Involving Financial Aid

It is important that you consider very carefully the consequences of withdrawing from all of your classes.

If this is not your first enrollment period at Lone Star College System and you received Title IV financial aid, your refunds for course withdrawals are calculated according to the following procedures. (These procedures apply only to Title IV students who totally withdraw prior to the 60 percent refund date in the enrollment term.)

The percent of the term that you complete will be the percent of the amount of Title IV assistance that you will be permitted to keep.
The percent will be calculated and the remaining amount that you received must be returned to the Title IV funds as prescribed by law.
You will be notified by the financial aid office of the amount you owe to the Department of Education (ED). You will be allowed 45 days to pay in full to Lone Star College System the debt owed to ED. After the 45-day period, the debt will be referred to the Department of Education for collection.
You must either pay the debt in full to Lone Star College System or make payment arrangements with ED in order to maintain eligibility for Title IV funds.
If you receive Title IV assistance, you will need to carefully consider the ramifications of completely withdrawing from your classes. Examples and information are available in the financial aid offices.
Once your Title IV refund amounts are determined, they will be refunded to the Title IV programs in the following order:
- Unsubsidized Stafford student loans
- Subsidized Stafford student loans
- Plus Loan program
- Pell Grant program
- Federal SEOG grant program
- Federal SSIG/LEAP grant program
Prior Year Delinquencies - Current year financial aid disbursements may be reduced by up to $200 to cover a delinquent balance due to the college for charges from a prior year. This recovery will be posted to a student's account prior to the refunding of excess financial aid and may reduce the amount of the refund that a student receives.

Refund Schedule For Flexible and Non-Semester Length Classes
(Applicable to fall, spring and summer classes)

If you drop a class prior to the first scheduled session you will receive a 100 percent refund. After classes start, the following refund table applies:

Length of Class Term in Weeks	Last Day for 70% Refund	Last Day for 25% Refund
2 Weeks or less	2nd day of session	N/A
3 weeks	3rd day of session	4th day of session
4 weeks	4th day of session	5th day of session
5 weeks	5th day of session	6th day of session
6 weeks	5th day of session	7th day of session
7 weeks	7th day of session	9th day of session
8 weeks	8th day of session	10th day of session
9 weeks	9th day of session	11th day of session
10 weeks	9th day of session	12th day of session
11 weeks	10th day of session	14th day of session
12 weeks	12th day of session	15th day of session
13 weeks	13h day of session	16th day of session
14 weeks	13th day of session	17th day of session
15 weeks	14th day of session	19th day of session
16 weeks or longer	15th day of session	20th day of session