POLICIES (cont.) Students who withdraw, are dismissed, or terminated within 60% of their assigned optional course delivery dates, will receive a prorated refund of moneys paid for tuition and fees for optional courses less the STRF and tuition and fees for educational services rendered for scheduled optional course delivery dates through the last date of attendance. • Students who withdraw after 60% of their scheduled optional course delivery date has been completed will receive no refund. • To take advantage of this policy, students must start their optional course training hours prior to the conclusion of the ELP term they are enrolled in. Students who withdraw from an optional course after their ELP term ends, regardless of optional course hours attended, will receive no refund. • If a student is allowed to attend optional course training hours prior to commencement of the ELP term they are enrolled in, this optional course refund policy (based on days of attendance) overrides the cancellation policy. The student will be charged and be responsible for charges for all educational services rendered as part of the optional course. • Any refund amounts due a Student shall be refunded within 45 days of the last date of attendance. • STRF is nonrefundable after the assessment is paid to NLC and the enrollment agreement is signed. • The NCCCO testing fee for CRA 1005 Crane Operator Certification Training is nonrefundable within 7 business days of the scheduled test date. Prior to this, if testing fee payment has been issued to NCCCO, 90% of the fee may be refunded if a valid reason is provided and accepted by NCCCO. • The drug testing fee for CDL 1006/1106 Class A CDL Training Course is nonrefundable after the drug test has been administered. • Information regarding any applicable third-party funding agency refund or
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return of funds policy may be obtained from the respective office where the funds were obtained. • Refunds of amounts paid via state funding agency, or scholarship will be issued to the respective entity. • Refunds of amounts paid by a private entity will be issued to the student. • Refunds of amounts paid by a Student’s employer directly to NLC will be issued to the respective employer. • If a Student obtains a loan to pay for ELP tuition and related costs/fees, the Student bears sole responsibility for repaying the loan and any associated costs, interests, or fees. • If a Student is eligible for a loan guaranteed by a governmental agency and the Student defaults on the loan: (a) the governmental or the loan guarantee agency can take action against the student, including applying any income tax refund to which the person is entitled to reduce the balance owed on the loan and/or (b) the student may not be eligible for any other government assistance for education at a different school until the loan is repaid. The Student should refer to the specific loan documents for all rights and responsibilities of the Student and lender. • If the student receives federal student financial aid funds, the student may be entitled to a refund of moneys not paid by federal financial aid funds.
Student Tuition Recovery Fund
The State of California established the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic loss suffered by a student in an educational program at a qualifying institution, who is or was a California resident while enrolled, or was enrolled in a residency program, if the student enrolled in the institution, prepaid tuition, and suffered an economic loss. Unless relieved of the obligation to do so, you must pay the state-imposed assessment for the STRF, or it must be paid on your behalf, if you are a student in an educational program who is a California resident or are enrolled in a residency program and prepay all or part of your
tuition. You are not eligible for protection from the STRF, and you are not required to pay the STRF assessment, if you are not a California resident or are not enrolled in a residency program. It is important that you keep copies of your enrollment agreement, financial aid documents, receipts, or any other information that documents the amount paid to the school. Questions regarding the STRF may be directed to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education at: Address: 1747 North Market Blvd., Suite 225, Sacramento, California, 95834, (916) 574-8900 or (888) 370-7589. Website: www.bppe.ca.gov Telephone and fax numbers: By phone at 888-370-7589 or 916-574-8900 or by fax at 916-263-1897 To be eligible for STRF, you must be a California resident or are enrolled in a residency program, prepaid tuition, paid or deemed to have paid the STRF assessment, and suffered an economic loss as a result of any of the following: 1. The institution, a location of the institution, or an educational program offered by the institution was closed or discontinued, and you did not choose to participate in a teach-out plan approved by the Bureau or did not complete a chosen teach-out plan approved by the Bureau. 2. You were enrolled at an institution or a location of the institution within the 120 day period before the closure of the institution or location of the institution, or were enrolled in an educational program within the 120-day period before the program was discontinued. 3. You were enrolled at an institution or a location of the institution more than 120 days before the closure of the institution or location of the institution, in an educational program offered by the institution as to which the Bureau determined there was a significant decline in the quality or value of the program more than 120 days before closure.
