You can receive New York State student financial assistance while enrolled in noncredit, remedial courses.
For TAP and other general awards, the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education permit a full-time student to carry up to the equivalent of six credits in noncredit remedial courses as part of the minimum full-time course load of 12 credits. Additionally, in the first semester of college level study, the regulations permit a student to carry a full-time course load that includes as few as three degree credits and up to nine hours in remedial courses.
A part-time student who enrolls for a minimum course load of at least six semester hours can include three credit equivalent hours of remedial study. However, for certain award programs that require a minimum of only three credits, a student who enrolls for the minimum would not be able to enroll in a remedial course.
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