GPA Tiers Definition Window

Use this window to manage GPA tiers. Tiers are career credit-hour milestones, such as 0, 30, 60, and 90 hours. To each tier, you assign a minimum GPA the student must maintain to qualify for the scholarship.

In this example, a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required at each tier in order for the student to qualify for the scholarship. However, your school could require a different minimum GPA at some tiers.

GPA tier definitions are used behind the scenes in calculations. For example, on the Scholarship GPA Update window, the definitions are used when you run the update.

For schools with a Georgia College HOPE Eligibility Calculation Service (Georgia HOPE) license, the definitions are used to evaluate a student's eligibility for the Georgia Hope Scholarship.

Columns

This column is available only for schools with a Georgia HOPE license.

The Checkpoint Code is used to translate the values from the CHECS Import file (that you receive from the state) into the tiers defined here in this J1 Desktop window.

Make sure that

· your GPA tiers map to the correct CHECS Checkpoint Code and

· each Checkpoint Code from the state is mapped to one of your GPA tiers.

When you import the CHECS data, only the J1 values (Tier Code, Description, Hours, and GPA) are updated in the Scholarship GPA History table. The Checkpoint Code is simply mapped to the Tier Code; it isn't updated individually in the Scholarship GPA History table.

This code is up to 4 alphanumeric characters. It must be unique. It is editable, so you can change, add, or remove a Checkpoint Code for an existing row.

Tier Code	Description	Hours	GPA
T1	Tier 1: At least 0 but less than 30 hours	0.00	3.0
T2	At least 30 but less than 60 hours	30.00	3.0
T3	At least 60 but less than 90 hours	60.00	3.0
T4	At least 90 but less than 120 hours	90.00	3.0
T5	At least 120 hours	120.00	3.0