Effective July 1, 2024, Hampton University is complying with the U.S. Department of Education updated regulations for schools involved in federal student aid programs.  These regulations limit the ability of schools to withhold transcripts. Specifically, schools must release transcripts for any term (or clock hours) in which a student received federal aid (grants, loans, or work-study) and has fully paid all charges to the school. Schools can still withhold transcripts for credits or clock hours that have an outstanding balance. In essence, while student may not receive a completed transcript, the university must at least provide the credits for which Title IV aid paid for within a semester.  Hampton University will comply with this federal regulation by providing a one-time release of an official academic transcript once a student has completed, signed and returned the Request for Temporary Release of Official Academic Transcript form.  A confirmation email will be sent upon the form being received and processed by the Loans & Collections Office.

 

Upon request by a student, institutions must provide an official transcript that includes all the credits for payment periods in which the student received Title IV funds and for which all institutional charges were paid (or included in an agreement to pay) at the time the request was made. Institutions are also banned from withholding transcripts if they are at risk of closure or if the balance owed resulted from an error in administering a Title IV program or any fraud or misrepresentation by the institution or its personnel.

 

In order to assist students with their official academic transcript request, please complete, sign and return will all the information completed on the Request for Temporary Release of Official Academic Transcript Form. 

The instructions are noted on this form and once completed will help expedite the one-time release of an official academic transcript request.  Applicable charges for this service will still apply.