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The State of California
created the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF)
to relieve or mitigate economic losses suffered
by California residents who were students attending
schools approved by, or registered to offer Short-term
Career Training with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary
and Vocational Education (Bureau).
You may be eligible for STRF if you are a California
resident, prepaid tuition, paid the STRF fee,
and suffered an economic loss as a result of any
of the following : |
| 1. |
The school closed
before the course of instruction was completed. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The school's breach or anticipatory
breach of the agreement for the course of instruction. |
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There was a decline in the quality
of the instruction within 30 days before the school
closed, or if the decline began earlier than 30
days prior to closure, a time period of decline
determined by the Bureau. |
| 6. |
The school committed fraud during
the recruitment or enrollment or program participation
of the student. |
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may have to pay the state-imposed fee for the STRF if
all of the following applies to you : |
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You are a student,
who is a California resident and prepays all or
part of your tuition either by cash, guaranteed
student loans, or personal loans |
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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. |
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You are not eligible for protection from the STRF and you are not required to pay the STRF fee if any of the above condition is not applied to you. The STRF
rate for students signing enrollment agreements is $2.50 per $1,000 of tuition paid.
A sample calculation is as follows: For tuition paid of $1,499 or LESS, it is rounded down to $1,000; and the assessment is $2.50. If the tuition paid is GREATER THAN $1,500, the amount paid will be rounded up to $2,000, hence, the STRF fee to be charged is $5 ($2000 x .0025) |
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Questions regarding the STRF may be directed to:
Bureau for Private
Postsecondary and Vocational Education
P.O. BOX 980818
West Sacramento, California 95798-0818
(916) 445-3427 |
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