OKLAHOMA CITY - Lida Wade's son, Jeffery, is so close to getting his degree.
“He deserves this,” she said. “He's been working for this for almost four years.”
The 21-year-old with autism is going to school to become a computer repair technician, but now he says there’s an issue with his financial aid.
Back in September, Jeffery withdrew from Wright Career College and enrolled at a second vocational college, Metro Technology.
The problem is Metro Tech says it tried processing Jeffery's financial aid but couldn't, because he was still receiving aid at Wright Career College.
That's important because a student cannot receive assistance at more than one school at the same time.
Jeffery says he can’t get a hold of anyone at Wright to explain what’s going on.
“I've left messages,” he said. “I've contacted the front desk to try to get a hold of the financial director at wright. They say that person's not in right now.”
We alerted Wright Career College President, John Mucci, about Jeffery’s situation.
Mucci claims his people did everything right following proper federal guidelines that give the institution 45 days to calculate and report a refund to the Department of Education.
So, it makes sense that, when Jeffery tried processing financial aid at a second school, he couldn't because it was still within that 45 day window.
We asked Metro Tech to review Jeffery's file.
Because of privacy laws, they wouldn't release much information but say they are working with him to secure and process his financial aid.
We'll let know just as soon as his money shows up.
The important thing is Jeffery is still enrolled in school and working towards his degree.
