Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. A licensee
shall allow a student or prospective student to cancel an enrollment agreement
with the licensee if the student or prospective student submits a written
notice of cancellation to the licensee within three days, excluding Saturday,
Sunday, and state and federal holidays, of signing the enrollment
agreement.
B. No later than 30
calendar days after a licensee receives a written notice of cancellation
described in subsection (A), the licensee shall provide to the student or the
person that paid the student's tuition and student fees a refund of 100 percent
of all student fees and tuition paid.
C. A licensee offering an accredited program
shall develop and implement policies and procedures for cancellations and
tuition refunds that:
1. Are published in the
catalog that meets the accreditation standards established by each accrediting
agency named in
R4-39-103(D)(3)
and the enrollment agreement required under
R4-39-401;
2. Are applicable to all students;
and
3. Comply with:
a. Accreditation standards established by
each accrediting agency named under R4-39-103(D)(3) or (F)(1)(a); and
b. DE requirements governing each federal
student financial aid program in the agreement under
R4-39-103(D)(6)
or (F)(1)(b).
D. A licensee offering a non-accredited
program shall develop and implement policies and procedures for cancellations
and tuition refunds that:
1. Are published in
the catalog required under
R4-39-301 and enrollment
agreement required under
R4-39-401;
2. Are applicable to all students;
3. Are based on an established time period
for each program that:
a. Has a prescribed
student tuition obligation and tuition refund calculation; and
b. Does not exceed the full length of the
program or one calendar year, whichever is less;
4. Allow the licensee to retain an
administrative fee or registration fee not to exceed $200.00 if the fee is
published in the catalog required under
R4-39-301 and enrollment
agreement required under
R4-39-401;
5. Provide the following refunds for a
student who withdraws from or is terminated by the licensee:
a. Before beginning classes in a time period,
a refund of 100 percent of the tuition charges for the time period;
b. If 10 percent or less of the time period
used under subsection (D)(3) has expired, a refund of at least 90 percent of
the tuition charges for the time period;
c. If more than 10 percent but less than or
equal to 20 percent of the time period used under subsection (D)(3) has
expired, a refund of at least 80 percent of the tuition charges for the time
period;
d. If more than 20 percent
but less than or equal to 30 percent of the time period used under subsection
(D)(3) has expired, a refund of at least 70 percent of the tuition charges for
the time period;
e. If more than 30
percent but less than or equal to 40 percent of the time period used under
subsection (D)(3) has expired, a refund of at least 60 percent of the tuition
charges for the time period;
f. If
more than 40 percent but less than or equal to 50 percent of the time period
used under subsection (D)(3) has expired, a refund of at least 50 percent of
the tuition charges for the time period; and
g. If more than 50 percent of the time period
used under subsection (D)(3) has expired, no refund or a refund in an amount
determined by the licensee.
E. When calculating a refund under subsection
(D)(5), a licensee offering a non-accredited program shall:
1. Use the last date of attendance as the
date of withdrawal or termination to determine the percentage of time in the
program that expired;
2. Determine
that a student has withdrawn from an institution if the student has not
attended any class for 30 consecutive scheduled class days; and
3. Using the date established under
subsection (E)(1), base the percentage of the time expired on either clock
hours elapsed for a program measured in clock hours or the number of days
elapsed since the start of the period established under subsection
(D)(3).
F. A licensee
offering a non-accredited program is exempt from the requirement in subsection
(D)(5), regarding refunding tuition and fees, for a program that:
1. Is less than 50 clock hours
2. Has a total cost of less than $1000,
and
3. Is provided by a private
non-accredited vocational institution or a private non-accredited
degree-granting institution.
