gradscap.gif (2252 bytes)

TOPS College Academic Year Grade Report File Definition

LOUISIANA STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Bulletin
TOPS BULLETIN NUMBER:
T99-5
DATE ISSUED:
March 5, 1999
EFFECTIVE DATE:
As Indicated
DISTRIBUTION: Louisiana Colleges and   Universities, Technical Colleges, Board of Regents, Department of Education and Louisiana Officials
TOPIC: TOPS College Academic Year Grade Report File Definition

To assure that your Scholarship and Grant Policy and Procedure Manual remains current, please record this document on your TOPS Bulletin index and retain it with your manual.

The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) requests that at the conclusion of the Spring semester or term 1999, each institution forward the TOPS ACADEMIC YEAR GRADE REPORT to LOSFA for all students who received TOPS funding during the 1998-1999 Award Year. File format and definitions are attached.

The TOPS ACADEMIC YEAR GRADE REPORT will be accepted by LOSFA beginning 5/24/99, as TPYGR01 plus the user ID.

If you have questions concerning this report, please contact John Bell, Scholarship Manager, at the above address; or at 1-800-259-5626, ext 1113 or e-mail: jbell@osfa.state.la.us.

 

SSN PIC 9(09) Student’s Social Security Number
INSTITUTION-CODE PIX 9(09) Institution Code

First 6 Digits are The OE Code

Last Three Digits are 000

CUMULATIVE-GPA PIC 9V99 Student’s Cumulative Grade Point Average at Conclusion of Academic Year
ANNUAL-HOURS PIC 9(3) College Credit Hours
CUMULATIVE-HOURS PIC 9(03) Cumulative Credit Hours at Conclusion of Academic Year
DEGREE-TYPE PIC 9 Type of Academic Degree Awarded

1 = Associate Degree

2 = Baccalaureate Degree

3 = Masters Degree or Higher

DEGREE-DATE PIC 9(06) Date Degree Awarded

Format CCYYMM

ACADEMIC-STANDING PIC X(02) Academic Standing at Conclusion of Spring Semester

00 = Continuous Good Standing

01 = Academic Probation

02 = Good Standing. Previously on Academic Probation

ACADEMIC-STANDING-DATE PIC 9(06) Date Student Acheived the Academic Standing Reported

Format CCYYMM