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New York State Eligibility Standards Satisfactory Academic Progress- New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) Undergraduate
Students receiving funding from New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) must also meet additional TAP satisfactory academic progress (SAP)
requirements. Note that the criteria for TAP satisfactory academic progress differs from the federal and College satisfactory academic progress
criteria listed in our SAP section.
Per the 2010 enacted New York State budget, there are new provisions for TAP set forth in Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2010:
For students receiving their first payment of TAP during the 2010-11 academic year, the following TAP SAP criteria will be used to determine academic
eligibility of NYS TAP.*** Beginning with the 2011-12 academic year, ALL students will need to adhere to the criteria listed in Table 1 below. *
***Students in the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) will need to adhere to the requirements in Table 2 found below.
Table 1- Baccalaureate, Associate & Certificate Programs
| Tap Payment Number |
Minimum Number of New Credits for Which You Must be Enrolled |
Number of Credits You Must Have Completed in the Previous Semester* |
Total Number of Earned Credits*** |
Minimum Cumulative GPA |
| 1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
1.5 |
| 3 |
12 |
6 |
15 |
1.8 |
| 4 |
12 |
9 |
30 |
2.0 |
| 5 |
12 |
9 |
45 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
12 |
12 |
60 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
12 |
12 |
75 |
2.0 |
| 8 |
12 |
12 |
90 |
2.0 |
| 9 |
12 |
12 |
105 |
2.0 |
| 10 |
12 |
12 |
120 |
2.0 |
Incomplete and failing grades are included in the number of credits completed per semester. Only passing grades are included in the number of
credits earned. For example, to receive your fourth TAP payment under the above standards, students must:
- be registered for at least 12 new credits
- have completed 9 credits in the previous semester
- have earned 30 credits
- have a cumulative 2.0 GPA
For students who received their first payment of TAP during or after 2007-08 and prior to 2010-11, and all HEOP students, the following TAP SAP
criteria will be used for 2010-11 TAP award eligibility.
Table 2-Baccalaureate Programs
| Tap Payment Number |
Minimum Number of New Credits for Which You Must be Enrolled |
Number of Credits You Must Have Completed in the Previous Semester* |
Total Number of Earned Credits*** |
Minimum Cumulative GPA |
| 1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
1.1 |
| 3 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
1.2 |
| 4 |
12 |
9 |
21 |
2.0 |
| 5 |
12 |
9 |
33 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
12 |
12 |
45 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
12 |
12 |
60 |
2.0 |
| 8 |
12 |
12 |
75 |
2.0 |
| 9 |
12 |
12 |
90 |
2.0 |
| 10 |
12 |
12 |
105 |
2.0 |
Table 3-Associate & Certificate Programs
| Tap Payment Number |
Minimum Number of New Credits for Which You Must be Enrolled |
Number of Credits You Must Have Completed in the Previous Semester* |
Total Number of Earned Credits*** |
Minimum Cumulative GPA |
| 1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
.5 |
| 3 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
.75 |
| 4 |
12 |
9 |
18 |
1.3 |
| 5 |
12 |
9 |
30 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
12 |
12 |
45 |
2.0 |
Incomplete and failing grades are included in the number of credits completed per semester. Only passing grades are included in the number of
credits earned. For example, to receive your sixth TAP payment under the above standards, students must:
- be registered for at least 12 new credits
- have completed 12 credits in the previous semester
- have earned 45 credits
- have a cumulative 2.0 GPA
Students who fail to meet the criteria for TAP for satisfactory academic progress will be notified by the Office of Financial Aid.
*Only students enrolled in the HEOP program or in approved five year bachelor's programs are eligible for ten TAP payments. The maximum
number of payments for all other students is eight.
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