Institutional Refund Policy

1. Any monies due the applicant or student shall be refunded within 30 days of official cancellation or withdrawal. Official cancellation or withdrawal shall occur on the earlier of the dates that:
   1. An applicant is not accepted by the school. This applicant shall be entitled to a refund of all monies paid to the school.
   2. A student (or in the case of a student under legal age, his/her parent or guardian) cancels his/her contract and demands his/her money back in writing, within three (3) business days of signing the enrollment contract. In this case all monies collected by the school shall be refunded. This policy applies regardless of whether or not the student has actually started training.
   3. A student who cancels his/her contract within three (3) business days after signing the contract is entitled to a refund of all monies paid to the school or making an initial payment if the student has not commenced training.
   4. A student notifies the Financial Aid Office of his/her official withdrawal in writing.
   5. A student is expelled by the institution.
   6. For official cancellations as defined in paragraphs b, c, d, or e, the cancellation date will be determined by the postmark on written notification, or the date said information is delivered to the school administrator/owner in person.
   7. Monies paid for student kit is nonrefundable unless the student cancels within 3 (three) business days of signing the enrollment contract or the student cancels prior to entering class.
   8. A student on an approved leave of absence notifies the school that he/she will not be returning. That date of withdrawal determination shall be the earlier of the scheduled date of return from the leave of absence or the date the student notifies the institution that the student will not be returning.
2. Any monies due a student who unofficially withdraws from the institution shall be refunded within 30 days of a determination by the institution that the student has withdrawn without notifying the institution. Unofficial withdrawals are monitored every 30 days and a determination is made to withdraw a student who has been absent from school for 14 or more consecutive calendar days; the withdrawal date that will be used in this calculation is the student’s actual last date of attendance.
3. When situations of mitigating circumstances are in evidence, such as serious illness, a disabling accident, or death in the immediate family, the school may make a settlement that is reasonable and fair to both parties.
4. All extra costs, such as books, equipment, graduation fees, registration fee, rentals, and other such charges, are not considered in the tuition adjustment computation if the charges are itemized separately in the enrollment contract.
5. A full refund of tuition and fees paid in the event that the school discontinues a course or program of education during a period of time within which a student could have reasonably completed the same; except that this provision shall not apply in the event that the school ceases operations.
6. A student’s account may be sent to collections for nonpayment.
7. If a course and/or program is cancelled subsequent to a student’s enrollment, and before instruction in the course and/or program has begun, the school shall either provide a full refund of all monies paid or provide completion of the course and/or program.
8. If a course and/or program is cancelled and ceases to offer instruction after the student has enrolled and instruction has begun, the school shall either provide a full refund of all monies paid or provide completion of the course and/or program.
9. Granting of credit for previous training shall not impact the refund policy.

Refund Table

The following refund table distribution is used for all applicants/students due a refund. Upon withdrawal or termination, a student may owe tuition or be entitled to a refund based on his/her actual hours:

Postponement of the starting date, whether at the request of student or the school, requires a written agreement signed by both student and the school. The agreement must set forth: (a) whether the postponement is for the convenience of the school or the student and (b) a deadline beyond which the new start date will not be postponed.

If the course is not commenced, or the student fails to attend by the new start date set forth in the agreement, the student will be entitled to an appropriate refund of prepaid tuition and fees within 30 days of the new start date deadline date set forth in the agreement, determined in accordance with the school’s refund policy and all applicable laws and rules concerning the Private Occupational Education Act of 1981.