Sounds to me like he is on Academic Suspension. That same thing happened to me because I quit in the middle of a semester and they will take your financial aid away until you either pay for your own semester and get your GPA back up to a 2.0 or you write an appeal letter and let them know why you failed or quit or whatever the circumstance was. I wrote an appeal and received my financial aid back, but I did it before I knew it was time for school to start! Belive me if he has been going to school for a couple of years, he knows the drill. Sounds like a case of the lazies to me, better get started getting things situated before January semester. Also, financial aid is not to pay for you somewhere to live, that's called a JOB! :)