Student Attendance Requirement; a Message From Registrar Kim Taylor

Welcome to the Spring 2020 Semester at the University of Kentucky!

We hope you are excited and ready to get off to a great start in your classes. Please know that at the University of Kentucky, your success is our top priority.

One requirement by federal law that we must manage at the start of the semester is establishing that students are attending, participating or engaged in the classes for which they are registered. This process will ensure that after the start of classes, Federal Student Aid funds are not disbursed without the University confirming that recipients have begun attendance.

Specifically, attendance, participation, and engagement in each class will be confirmed by the instructor during the second week of the spring semester and reported during the third week of the semester.

If you, as a student, aren’t attending/participating/engaging in any registered class or classes, you will be dropped with an “N” grade and charged 50 percent of tuition and fees.

Any dropped class for non-attendance/non-participation/non-engagement will not appear on your transcript.

Any previously disbursed federal financial aid may need to be adjusted for students who fail to begin attendance/participation/engagement in a class or classes.

This may result in less aid and/or payback of previously disbursed aid.

So please be sure to attend your classes and should you have any questions about this process, please contact the Office of the University Registrar or visit www.uky.edu/registrar.