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State of California Student
Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF)
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 Post Secondary
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:
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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 course of
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. |
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The School committed fraud during the recruitment of
enrollment of the program participation of the student. |
You may also be eligible for STRF if you were a student that
was unable to collect a court judgment rendered against the school for violation
of the Private Post secondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989.
You must pay the state-imposed fee for the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (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, and |
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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. |
You are not eligible for protection from the STRF and you are
not required to pay the STRF fee if either of the following applies:
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You are not a California resident, |
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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. |
STRF Application
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