Thread: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)

Edited to add: Texas A & M Commerce is one of the few schools to even offer students a chance to appeal the out of state tuition. Of the few Richland music students that have managed to transfer to other universities I have had it confirmed to me in writing that these students will be charged out of state tuition (which financial aid doesn't cover) as is clearly stated on their websites and that Derrick Logozzo and Melissa Logan have been made aware of numerous times from numerous sources including advisors and transfer specialist at Richland. Richland music advisors are defrauding federal financial aid and the students paying for classes (that they do not need and will not transfer) that are exhausting their financial aid and eating up their in-state tuition hours available.

Excessive hours:
State Rules - Texas A&M University-Commerce

Undergraduate Funding Limit Rules

This legislation is an attempt to offer a financial incentive to encourage students to complete degree programs in a timely manner. Students are then subject to penalty for excessive hours.
If you are a Texas resident and you enrolled in any Texas public institution of higher education BEFORE Fall 1999 you are exempt from the Undergraduate Funding Limit Rule.
If you are a Texas resident and you enrolled in any Texas public institution of higher education for the first time in Fall 1999 or later, the following provision applies to you:
Students affected by the 45 hour rule
Texas Education Code §54.014 provides that there is now a limit on the number of hours an undergraduate Texas resident may attempt while paying in-state tuition. Students who started Fall 1999 through Summer 2006 and attempt 45 or more semester credit hours beyond the hours required to complete their degree could be charged tuition not exceeding out-of-state tuition rates for these excess hours.
Students affected by the 30 hour rule
Students who started Fall 2006 and thereafter and attempt 30 or more semester credit hours beyond the hours required to complete their degree could be charged tuition not exceeding out-of-state tuition rates for these excess hours. Students who have not selected a major are considered, by state law, to have degree requirements of 120 hours.
Developmental courses are excluded from these rules.
For example: If your approved degree plan requires 120 semester credit hours, and you started your higher education between Fall 1999 and Summer 2006 then for every credit hour you attempt beyond 165 (120 + 45), you will be charged out-of-state tuition rates.
If you started your higher education Fall 2006 and thereafter, then for every credit hour you attempt beyond 150 (120 + 30), you will be charged out-of-state tuition rates.
{Please note that all hours in which a student was enrolled at any Texas public institution of higher education, community college or 4-year public institution, are counted for the 45 or 30 hour cap whether or not the hours are accepted for transfer at Texas A&M University-Commerce.}
You may appeal this rule by filling out the 30/45 Hour Appeal Form

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  • Limitation on In-State Tuition Rates for Some Undergraduates| 45 Hour Rule
  
  

New undergraduate students enrolled in an institution of higher education fall 1999 or afterward are subject to the conditions of Senate Bill 345 passed in the 76th Legislative Session. This law states that a resident undergraduate student whose attempted hours exceeds, by at least 45 semester hours, the number of hours required for completion of the degree program may be charged tuition at a higher rate. The higher rate will not exceed the rate charged to non-resident undergraduate students. A resident student is one who has met the requirements to be classified as a resident of the State of Texas for tuition purposes.

30 Hour Rule
First time undergraduate students enrolled in an institution of higher education fall 2006 and thereafter will be charged tuition at a higher rate if they exceed 30 semester credit hours over that required for a degree program. Courses dropped or withdrawn are counted as attempted hours and count towards the 30 and 45-hour rule.

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  • First Name
  • Middle Name
  • Last Name
  • CWID
  • Email Address
  • Semester Graduating
  • Indicate which rule hour you are appealing3045
  • Students may be granted a one semester waiver during their final semester of attendance if they are graduating by completing an appeal. Please provide an explanation of the extenuating circumstances that led to exceeding the 30/45 hour rule.
    
    Please include any appropriate documentation to support your appeal.
  • Optional Supporting Documentation
  
  
• Reason
• Upon approval of my appeal, I understand this request has been granted based on the extenuating circumstances I have presented. This is a one time waiver during the final semester of attendance and I understand if I do not graduate during this semester, I will be charged the higher tuition fees for subsequent semesters and will not be able to reappeal.

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I did an Open Records Request to see first hand what these advisors were doing. Forthcoming will be examples of the typical advising.