Volume	3,	Chapter	1,	Appendix	A,	Example	2:	Non-Term	Credit-Hour	Program	Payment	Periods	3	Additional	Weeks
Completed	in	First	Academic	Year
A	non-term,	two-year	program	of	48	semester	hours	and	60	weeks	of	instructional	time	has	an	academic	year	of
24	semester	hours	and	30	weeks	of	instructional	time.	There	are	four	scheduled	payment	periods,	each	of	which
is	equal	to	one-half	of	the	defined	academic	year:	12	semester	hours	and	15	weeks	of	instructional	time.
Students	in	the	program	are	expected	to	complete	the	first	24	hours	over	36	weeks	of	instructional	time,	and	the
final	24	semester	hours	in	24	weeks	of	instructional	time.	Students	complete	each	of	hours	1-12	and	13-24	in	18
weeks	of	instructional	time	and	each	of	hours	of	25-36	and	37-48	in	12	weeks	of	instructional	time.
Scheduled	payment	periods
First	year	of	program Second	year	of	program
12	semester	hours	AND	15
weeks	of	instruction
12	semester	hours	AND	15
weeks	of	instruction
12	semester	hours	AND	15
weeks	of	instruction
12	semester	hours	AND	15
weeks	of	instruction
Progression	through	payment	periods	for	disbursements	(student	cannot	receive	next	disbursement
until	successful	completion	of	BOTH	hours	and	weeks	in	scheduled	payment	periods)
The	scheduled	payment	periods	are	12	semester	hours	and	15	weeks	of	instructional	time,	but	the	student	in	this
example	takes	18	weeks	to	complete	the	first	12	hours.	Therefore,	the	second	disbursements	of	the	first	Pell
Grant	award	and	the	Direct	Loan	for	the	first	academic	year	of	the	program	cannot	be	made	until	the	19th	week
of	instruction.	This	is	because	the	next	grant	or	loan	disbursement	cannot	begin	until	the	student	successfully
completes	both	the	credit	or	clock-hours	and	the	weeks	of	instruction	in	the	previous	scheduled	payment	period.
It	takes	the	student	another	18	weeks	to	complete	the	second	12	hours	in	the	program,	meaning	that	the	first
disbursements	of	the	second	Pell	Grant	award	and	the	Direct	Loan	for	the	second	academic	year	of	the	program
cannot	be	made	until	the	37th	week	of	instruction	(this	corresponds	to	when	the	student	officially	enters	the	3rd
scheduled	payment	period).	Based	on	the	scheduled	payment	periods	a	student	cannot	enter	the	4th	payment
period	until	the	student	has	completed	at	least	45	weeks	and	36	semester	hours	(12	semester	hours	and	15
weeks	within	each	payment	period).
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