(1) GENERAL PROVISION. In this section, all
refund provisions may be superseded by federal law.
(2) COURSE CANCELLATION REFUNDS. A student
shall receive 100% refund of program fees, material fees and out-of-state
tuition for courses which are canceled by a district.
(2m) COURSE SECTION DROP/ADDS. A student who
drops one section of a course and, at the same time, enrolls in an equivalent
section of the same course shall not receive a refund of course fees for the
dropped section or be charged course fees for the added section. The student
may be charged a processing fee as allowed under sub. (3) (g). For the purpose
of this subsection, an equivalent section is one offered for the same credit
value, is subject to the same dollar amount of student fees and is at
substantially the same point in the course curriculum at the time of the
drop/add.
(3) STUDENT-INITIATED
REFUNDS.
(a) A student shall receive 100%
refund of program fees, material fees and out-of-state tuition for a course, if
application for refund is made by the student prior to the first scheduled
meeting of the course and the student does not add another course.
(b) A student who drops one or more courses
and prior to the issuance of a refund for the dropped course or courses adds
one or more courses shall have the program fees, material fees and tuition for
the dropped course or courses applied to the tuition and fee charges of the
added course or courses, subject to the following:
1. Where the fees for an added course or
courses exceed applicable fees for the dropped course or courses, students will
be assessed the additional amount.
2. Where the fees for a dropped course or
courses exceed applicable fees for an added course or courses, students will
receive a refund pursuant to par. (c).
(c) Except as provided under pars. (a) and
(b), refunds shall be:
1. 80% of program
fees, material fees and out-of-state tuition if application for refund is made
before or at the time 10% of the course's total hours of instruction have been
completed.
2. 60% of program fees,
materials fees and out-of-state tuition if application for refund is made after
10% but before more than 20% of the course's potential hours of instruction
have been completed.
(e)
No refund shall be granted if application is made after 20% of the course's
total potential hours of instruction have been completed.
(f) Districts may adopt policies to waive the
time limitations of this section for special circumstances involving unforeseen
student hardship.
(g) Districts may
adopt policies to establish a reasonable charge to defray processing costs
which may be deducted from the refund otherwise due under this
section.
Note: Higher Education Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-325, Title IV, Sec. 485 (a), July 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 619, codified at 20 USC 1091b(a)-(c) (1993).
(5) Districts shall establish procedures for
students to appeal refund decisions.
