Tex. Occ. Code § 1603.3602 · Subchapter H-1. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS
REFUND POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The holder of a private postsecondary school license shall maintain a refund policy to provide for the refund of any unused parts of tuition, fees, and other charges paid by a student who, at the expiration of the cancellation period established under Section 1603.3601:
(1) fails to enter the course of training;
(2) withdraws from the course of training; or
(3) is terminated from the course of training before completion of the course.
(b) The refund policy must provide that:
(1) the refund is based on the period of the student's enrollment, computed on the basis of course time expressed in scheduled hours, as specified by an enrollment agreement, contract, or other document acceptable to the department;
(2) the effective date of the termination for refund purposes is the earliest of:
(A) the last date of attendance, if the student is terminated by the school;
(B) the date the license holder receives the student's written notice of withdrawal; or
(C) 10 school days after the last date of attendance; and
(3) the school may retain not more than $100 if:
(A) tuition is collected before the course of training begins; and
(B) the student does not begin the course of training before the cancellation period established under Section 1603.3601 expires.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 3.29, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1603.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 0683609f57d729621eb2e8c95589622ed5103b058f655e19be475635d740ec8b
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 1603.3602. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.