Program Duration Rules (SFACPLR) page

The Program Duration Rules (SFACPLR) page is used to create and maintain rules for the data to be reported to Common Origination & Disbursement (COD) in Banner Financial Aid and NSLDS and NSC enrollment reporting in Banner Student. These rules must be defined so Banner Financial Aid can use the data for reporting.

The rules include the following data:

length of a program in years, weeks or months
number of weeks in the academic year
credential level
special program code
program required hours

This data is determined using curriculum and student data as the basis for the rule.

The curriculum data includes: level, college, campus, degree, program, catalog start term, catalog end term, field of study type, and field of study code.
The general student data includes: student type, class, cohort, and attribute.

The rules allow the institution to use multiple field of study types and field of study codes to allow for variations in program lengths, based on specific combinations of majors, minors, and concentrations.