SANTA ANA COLLEGE el Don/eldonnews.org • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
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E-Funds
For the first time since financial
aid has been awarded at Santa Ana
College, students now have the
option of either receiving their disbursement awards by direct deposit,
through a debit card or by traditional paper checks.
“Being able to disburse funds electronically will allow Santa Ana College to distribute financial aid funds
to students more quickly and more
securely,” Associate Dean of Financial Aid Robert Manson said.
The new system takes effect in
Spring 2016.
SAC will begin notifying students
who are currently receiving aid via
email by the end of November, Manson said. An information page will
be posted online as well.
The move comes in an effort to help
students who don’t have a bank account to receive funds without having to pay check-cashing fees.
“Using electronic disbursements
has been encouraged by state and
federal governments for the past
few years in an effort to speed up
student financial aid disbursements,” Manson said. / JORGE CAMPOS
LAW / Scott Dekraai is flanked by his public defenders during arraignment at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. Dekraai is charged with the
shooting deaths of eight people in a Seal Beach salon. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. / Don Bartletti / TNS
JUSTICE / BY LAURA GARCIA
MISCONDUCT JEOPARDIZES MURDER CASE
T
he Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange
County Sheriff ’s Department are accused of prosecutorial misconduct in the effort to obtain a death penalty conviction in the
case of Scott Dekraai.
Dekraai killed eight peo