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Student Tuition
Recovery Fund
Student Tuition Recovery Fund
Disclosures (a) A qualifying institution shall
include the following statement on both its enrollment
agreement and its current schedule of student charges:
‘You must pay the state-imposed assessment for the
Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) if all of the
following applies to you: You are a student, who is
a California resident, or are enrolled in a residency
program, and prepay all or part of your tuition either
by cash, guaranteed student loans, or personal loans,
and Your total charges are not paid by any third-party
payer such as an employer, government program or other
payer unless you have a separate agreement to repay the
third party. You are not eligible for protection
from the STRF and you are not required to pay the STRF
assessment, if either of the following applies: You
are not a California resident, or are not enrolled in a
residency program, or Your total charges are paid by a
third party, such as an employer, government program or
other payer, and you have no separate agreement to repay
the third party.
(b) In addition to the statement
described under subdivision (a) of this section, a
qualifying institution shall include the following
statement on its current schedule of student charges:
‘The State of California created the Student Tuition
Recovery Fund(STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic
losses suffered students who are California residents,
or are enrolled in a residency program attending certain
schools regulated by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education(BPPE). You may be eligible
for STRF if you are a California resident or are
enrolled in a residency program, prepaid tuition, paid
the STRF assessment, and suffered an economic loss as a
result of any of the following: The school closed
before the course of instruction was completed. The
school's failure to pay refunds or charges on behalf of
a student to a third party for license fees or any other
purpose, or to provide equipment or materials for which
a charge was collected within 180 days before the
closure of the school. The school's failure to pay
or reimburse loan proceeds under a federally guaranteed
student loan program as required by law or to pay or
reimburse proceeds received by the school prior to
closure in excess of tuition and other costs. There
was a material failure to comply with the Act or this
Division within 30 days before the school closed or, if
the material failure began earlier than 30 days prior to
closure, the period determined by the Bureau. An
inability after diligent efforts to prosecute, prove,
and collect on a judgment against the institution for a
violation of the Act.’
Questions regarding STRF
may be directed to:
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State of California
Department of Consumer Affairs Physical Address: 2535
Capitol Oaks Drive, #400, Sacramento CA, 95833
Mailing address: P. O. Box 980818, W. Sacramento, CA
95798-0818 Telephone Number: (916) 431-6959, Fax
Number: (916) 263-1897
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