22 Pa. Code § 73.134

Section 73.134 – Refund and withdrawal policies

A. Refund and withdrawal policy-resident programs of 6 weeks or longer duration.

1. For a student cancelling after the fifth calendar day following the date of enrollment as
defined in § 73.132 (relating to application or registration fee) but prior to the beginning
of classes, monies paid to the school shall be refunded except the nonrefundable amount
of the application or registration fee as calculated in § 73.132.

2. If a student enrolls and withdraws or discontinues after the term, semester or quarter
has begun but prior to completion of the term, semester or quarter, the following
minimum refunds apply:

i. For a student withdrawing from or discontinuing the program during the first 7
calendar days of the term, semester or quarter, the tuition charges refunded by the
school shall be at least 75% of the tuition for the term, semester or quarter.

ii. For a student withdrawing from or discontinuing the program after the first 7
calendar days, but within the first 25% of the term, semester or quarter, the tuition
charges refunded by the school shall be at least 55% of the tuition for the term, semester
or quarter.

iii. For a student withdrawing or discontinuing after 25% but within 50% of the term,
semester or quarter, the tuition charges refunded by the school shall be at least 30% of
the tuition.

iv. For a student withdrawing from or discontinuing the program after 50% of the term,
semester or quarter, the student is entitled to no refund.

v. For refund computations, a term, semester or quarter may not exceed 18 weeks.

B. Refund and withdrawal policy-resident programs of less than 6 weeks duration. For
programs of less than 6 weeks’ duration, a formula for tuition refunds shall be based on the
total clock hours of the program using the following percentages:

1. For a student completing up to and including 10% of the total clock hours, the school
shall refund 90% of the total cost of the program.

2. For a student withdrawing from or discontinuing the program within the first 25% of
the program, the tuition charges refunded by the school shall be at least 55% of the total
cost of the program.

3. For a student withdrawing or discontinuing after 25% but within 50% of the program,
the tuition charges refunded by the school shall be at least 30% of the total cost of the
program.

4. For a student withdrawing or discontinuing after 50% of the program, the student is
entitled to no refund.

C. Refund and withdrawal policy-nonresident programs.

1. For a student canceling after the 5th calendar day following the date of enrollment as
defined in § 73.132 but prior to receipt by the school of the first completed home study
lesson, monies paid to the school shall be refunded except the nonrefundable amount of
the application/registration fee as calculated in § 73.132.

2. If a student enrolls and withdraws or is discontinued after submission of the first
completed lesson, but prior to completion of the program, minimum refunds shall be
calculated as follows:

i. Up to and including completion of the first 10% of the program, the school shall
refund 90% of the total tuition.

ii. Beyond completion of 10% of the program and up to and including completion of
25% of the program, the school shall refund 75% of the total tuition.

iii. Beyond completion of 25% of the program and up to and including completion of
50% of the program, the school shall refund 50% of the total tuition.

iv. Beyond completion of 50% of the program, a student is entitled to no refund.

3. The percentage of the program completed shall be determined by comparing the
number of completed lessons received for services by the school to the total number of
lessons in the program.

D. Refund and withdrawal policy-combined nonresident and resident program. For
cancellation and settlement of the student’s account with a school offering combined
nonresident training and voluntary resident training, this section and §§ 73.132 and 73.133
(relating to application or registration fee; and refund in the event of rejection) apply.

1. For a program which includes voluntary resident training, the tuition for the
nonresident training and the tuition for the resident training shall be separately stated on
each enrollment agreement. The total of the two is the total program price and shall
appear in both agreements.

2. Refund policies for both nonresident and resident training in a combination program
shall be separately stated in the school’s student information publication and on the
enrollment agreements.

22 Pa. Code § 73.134

Section 73.134 – Refund and withdrawal policies 22 Pa. Code § 73.134