Some students with payment plans discover that Kickstarter Grant money has disrupted their fall term payment plans.
Lane Community College issued Kickstarter Grants to students earlier in the fall term. These grants ranged from $500-$1500 and were granted to students who experienced financial hardship because of the pandemic.
The form for the grant gave students the option to receive the funds in their student account, directly deposited to a bank account or mailed by check. Unfortunately, some students saw the money placed into their LCC accounts and then immediately removed. Once the money was put into the payment plan system, it saw it as being paid in full.
This means that the payment plan has technically ended, even though tuition wasn’t actually paid. There is no way to re-enroll into a payment plan at this point in the term. Payment installments can still be paid through Mylane. Contact the bursar’s office to cancel any payment plan fees.
The LCC bursar team is working on a solution so students aren’t negatively affected for the next Kickstart Grant, application due by Jan. 9, 2022. Students who had their payment plans disrupted will have to pay the full amount by Dec. 15 or risk being dropped from winter term classes. The Torch has an active poll asking whether students’ payment plans were disrupted by the kickstarter grant.
