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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail
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| Technology Act of 1985 is amended by changing Section 3B-13 as |
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| follows:
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| (225 ILCS 410/3B-13)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 3B-13. Rules; refunds. Schools regulated under this |
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| Section shall
issue refunds based on the following schedule. |
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| The refund policy shall provide
that:
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| (1) Schools shall, when a student gives written notice of |
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| cancellation,
provide a refund in the amount of at least the |
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| following:
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| (a) When notice of cancellation is given within 5 days |
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| after the date of
enrollment, all application and |
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| registration fees, tuition, and any other
charges shall be |
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| refunded to the student.
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| (b) When notice of cancellation is given after the |
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| fifth day following
enrollment but before the completion of |
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| the student's first day of class
attendance, the school may |
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| retain no more than the application and registration
fee, |
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| plus the cost of any books or materials which have been |
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| provided by the
school and retained by the student.
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| (c) When notice of cancellation is given after the |
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| student's completion of
the first day of class attendance |
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| but prior to the student's completion of 5%
of
the course |
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| of instruction, the school may retain the application and
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| registration fee and an amount not to exceed 10% of the |
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| tuition and other
instructional charges or $300, whichever |
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| is less, plus the cost of any books or
materials which have |
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| been provided by the school.
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| (d) When a student has completed 5% or more of the |
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| course of instruction,
the school may retain the |
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| application and registration fee and the cost of any
books |
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| or materials which have been provided by the school but |
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| shall refund a
part of the tuition and other instructional |
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| charges in accordance with the
National Accrediting |
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| Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences and rules that
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| the Department shall promulgate for purposes of this |
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| Section.
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| (2) Applicants not accepted by the school shall receive a |
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| refund of all
tuition and fees paid.
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| (3) Application and registration fees shall be chargeable |
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| at initial
enrollment and shall not exceed $100.
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| (4) Deposits or down payments shall become part of the |
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| tuition.
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| (5)
The school shall mail a written acknowledgement of
a
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| student's
cancellation or written withdrawal to the student |
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| within 15 calendar days of
the date of notification. Written |
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| acknowledgement is not necessary if a
refund has been mailed to |
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| the student within the 15 calendar days.
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| (6) If the school cancels or discontinues a course, the |
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| student shall be
entitled to receive from the school such |
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| refund or partial refund of the
tuition, fees, and other |
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| charges paid by the student or on behalf of the
student as is |
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| provided under rules promulgated by the Department.
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| (7) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all student |
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| refunds shall be
made by the school within 45
30 calendar days |
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| after
from the date of notice of the
student's cancellation or |
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| the date that the school determines that the student has |
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| officially or unofficially withdrawn.
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| (8) A student shall give notice of cancellation to the |
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| school in writing.
The unexplained absence of a student from a |
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| school for more than 30 consecutive
calendar days shall |
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| constitute constructive notice of cancellation to the school. |
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| For
purposes of cancellation, the cancellation date shall be |
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| the last day of
attendance.
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| (9) A school may make refunds which exceed those required |
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| by this Section.
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| (10) Each student and former student shall be entitled to |
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| receive from the
school that the student attends or attended an |
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| official transcript of all
hours completed by the student at |
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| that school for which the applicable tuition,
fees, and other |
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| charges have been paid, together with the grades earned by the
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| student for those hours, provided that a student who withdraws |
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| from or drops
out of a school, by written notice of |
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| cancellation or otherwise, shall not be
entitled to any |
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| transcript of completed hours following the expiration of the
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| 7-year period that began on the student's first day of |
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| attendance at the
school. A reasonable fee, not exceeding $2, |
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| may be charged by the school
for each transcript after the |
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| first free transcript that the school is required
to provide to |
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| a student or former student under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-451, eff. 12-31-05.)
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