Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IX - Regents. › Chapter 3 - Criteria and Requirements for Licensure › Section IX-319 - Procedures for Tuition and Fee Refunds [Formerly Section 317]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Pricing and Refund Policy
1. The institution must fully disclose all
				charges and fees in writing to prospective students. The parent or guardian of
				prospective students under legal adult age must be notified in writing of all
				charges and fees prior to enrollment.
2. Prospective students shall not be required
				to make a nonrefundable tuition payment until it has been determined that the
				prospective student has been accepted for enrollment.
3. The institution's refund policy must be
				disclosed in any contract to be signed by the prospective student or the
				student's legal adult guardian.
4.
				Institutions are required to follow the minimum standards for tuition refunds
				as set forth herein. These guidelines are:
a.
				students who withdraw prior to the first day of classes are entitled to a full
				refund of tuition and fees. Institutions may, however, require a nonrefundable
				application fee;
b. any
				administrative fees retained by the institution upon the early withdrawal of a
				student shall not exceed 15 percent of the total cost of tuition and fees paid
				by the student;
c. institutions
				which financially obligate students on a quarter, semester, or similar basis
				will be subject to the following tuition and fee refund policy:
i. students withdrawing during the first 10
				days of classes shall receive a minimum refund of 75 percent of total tuition
				and fees paid, excluding any nonrefundable application fees, less the
				maximally-allowable administrative fees retained by the institution;
ii. students withdrawing from day 11 through
				day 24 of classes shall receive a minimum refund of 50 percent of total tuition
				and fees paid, excluding any nonrefundable application fees, less the
				maximally-allowable administrative fees retained by the institution;
iii. students withdrawing from day 25 through
				the end of the quarter, semester, or similar time period may be ineligible to
				receive a refund;
d.
				institutions which financially obligate students for longer periods of time,
				i.e., periods exceeding six months, shall be subject to the following tuition
				and fee refund policy:
i. students completing
				up to 25 percent of the course of study shall receive a minimum refund of 50
				percent of total tuition and fees paid, excluding any nonrefundable application
				fees, less the maximally-allowable administrative fees retained by the
				institution;
ii. students
				completing more than 25 percent but less than 50 percent of the course of study
				shall receive a minimum refund of 25 percent of total tuition and fees paid,
				excluding any nonrefundable application fees, less the maximally-allowable
				administrative fees retained by the institution;
iii. institutions are not allowed to keep the
				full amount of tuition and fee charges until at least half the program of study
				has been completed;
iv. refund
				policies for programs offering tuition/fee payments on an installment plan or
				programs offered through distance learning will be examined by the Board of
				Regents on an individual basis. Refund policies for installment programs are
				expected to conform generally to refund policies which appear in Subparagraphs
				A.4.c.i through iii and d.i through iv of this Section;
e. refunds must be paid within 45 days of the
				date of withdrawal of the student from the institution.