Withdrawal Policy

Georgia Virtual has a policy for withdrawals, and it is important for everyone to know what this policy says:

Dropping/Withdrawing from Class

Students enrolled in FTE, state-funded seats (HS only), have up to 10 days from their session start dates to drop courses. A student’s session is considered to have started when he/she successfully completes the student orientation course.

Drops must be initiated and approved by students' facilitators through the registration helpdesk.

Students enrolled in tuition-funded seats can drop courses up to 5 days before the end of their course sessions. However, as with FTE-funded seats, these drops must be initiated and approved by students' facilitators through the registration helpdesk.

Also, students wishing a refund must request this in writing at the registration helpdesk within 72 hours of completing the student orientation course. Please note: this is NOT 72 business hours, but 72 actual clock hours. No refunds will be given after this time or after the last start date of the session. Refunds will be subject to a $25 administrative processing fee.

Students taking a middle school class have 72 hours from their first login to class to preview the course and request a refund. All requests must be made in writing, online at the registration helpdesk. No requests will be considered after the 72 hour period has passed. Students completing the Student Orientation Course after the last start date are no longer eligible for a refund. For middle school students taking their second nine weeks session in the same semester, refunds for the second nine weeks must be requested through the registration helpdesk within 72 hours of of the course start date.

Have you tried your course management system on a netbook yet? I just had to know if Georgia Virtual's registration system and courses in Desire to Learn would work on the very low end Asus 900A running Linux, currently selling for as little as $175 including shipping. So far I've been able to do all of my support team work and have even participated in an Elluminate conference using the netbook.

If you have access to a netbook, please try using it in your summer school course. Post a comment to let us know your results. This might just the thing for schools to check out for one period at a time in their media centers so Ga. Virtual students can work in a quiet corner during their assigned class periods.