THE RECORDS OFFICE
1200 W. Int’l Speedway Blvd. • Daytona Beach, FL. 32114
Fax: 386-506-4489 • Email: records@daytonastate.edu
Petition for Second Chance/Amnesty Appeal
STUDENT’S NAME
STUDENT’S ID# TELEPHONE #
FALCON EMAIL
After referring to the Second Chance Program criteria on the back of this form,
PLEASE INDICATE THE TYPE OF PETITION YOU ARE REQUESTING. (select only one)
This Academic Second Chance policy can only be used once in a lifetime. Courses that receive amnesty
will still count for the Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress policy with regard to attempted/earned credits
and 150% credit limit. Academic Second Chance has no effect on the calculation of course attempts
related to the multiple course attempts surcharge.
The Second Chance Program does not apply once a certicate or a degree (associate or bachelor’s) has
been earned.
Students need to clearly understand that other colleges may not use the Daytona State College GPA for
transfer purposes if any type of grade amnesty has been utilized.
All college response and correspondence regarding appeals will be sent to the FalconMail account.
A.
DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE RETURNING STUDENTS after earning 12 credit hours with a grade of “C” or bet-
ter.
Students returning to Daytona State College after a three year break in enrollment. Students must earn 12
credits consecutively with a grade of “C” or better.
B.
DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE CURRENT STUDENTS after earning 30 credit hours with a grade of “C” or bet-
ter. Please indicate below the three courses you are petitioning.
Students currently enrolled at Daytona State College, have not earned a certicate or degree and have
made a plan change.
Course #1 Course Prex / # Semester:
Course #2 Course Prex / # Semester:
Course #3 Course Prex / # Semester:
C.
DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS
Effective Fall 2009, DSC does not transfer grades of “F” and “W”. Transfer students who were enrolled at
Daytona State College prior to Fall 2009 and have transfer courses with “F” and “W” can appeal for trans-
fer grades of “F” and “W” can petition for amnesty.
All college response and correspondence regarding appeals will be sent to the FalconMail account.
STUDENT SIGNATURE DATE
(circle one): APPROVED DENIED
PROCESSED BY:
DATE:
Amnesty Appeal - Revised 06/2018
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Academic Second Chance Program Criteria
The Academic Second Chance Program does not apply to courses taken once a Certicate or a degree
(Associate or Bachelor) has been earned. The program will only apply to additional courses taken
toward a subsequent degree. The Academic Second Chance Program can only be used once in a
lifetime. After reviewing the criteria please select only one petition, on the other side of this appeal.
A. Academic Second Chance Program – Daytona State College Returning Students
The Academic Second Chance Program allows former students of Daytona State College, who return
to college after a three calendar year break in higher education enrollment to have all coursework
with grades of “F” be excluded from Daytona State GPA calculations once their appeal is approved.
Requirements:
return to Daytona State after a 3 year break from all higher education enrollment
complete 12 credits consecutively at Daytona State College (college preparatory courses are not
counted)
earn a “C” or higher in all courses attempted
submit a petition to the Records Oce for review (If a student petitions after completing
more than 12 credits, all credits attempted must have been completed with a C or better for
consideration for amnesty.)
Students who are repeating courses with grades of “F” will still use the current grade forgiveness
policy that uses the highest grade when calculating GPA.
The courses that qualify for this amnesty program will have a notation to indicate the amnesty was
applied. All courses remain on the transcript.
The following statement will be added to the student’s transcript when the petition is approved:
Academic Amnesty”.
Students planning to transfer to another college or university are cautioned that the receiving
institution may use all grades earned when computing a GPA for admissions eligibility or for other
purposes.
B. Academic Second Chance Program – Daytona State College Current Students
Many times students are unsure of their career goals, or may attempt courses and programs not
suited to their academic skills. For students who are successful after a career/program change,
the Academic Second Chance Program will allow a student to select up to 3 grades of “F” earned
previously at Daytona State for amnesty (not to be used in the GPA calculation) for courses required
(not electives) in the prior major at Daytona State College, if the student has earned 30 credits with a
2.0 GPA toward a major that does not have the 3 “amnesty” courses as a degree requirement.
For example
-- AA students changing to AS/AAS where the amnesty courses are not required in the new
program
-- AS/AAS students changing to AA where the amnesty courses are not required in the new
program
--
AS/AAS students changing to another AS/AAS where the courses are not required in the new
program.
C. Academic Second Chance Program – Daytona State College Transfer Students
Effective with the Fall 2009 semester, the Academic Second Chance Program for Transfer Students
program would cease to transfer in grades of “F” and “W” grades onto the Daytona State College
transcript. The college will continue to require the receipt of all prior college transcripts, even if no
credits are to be awarded in transfer.