Full Text of HB4641 95th General Assembly
HB4641 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4641
Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail
Technology Act of 1985. In a provision concerning school refund policies, removes a reference to the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 16643 RAS 42674 b |
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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 | 6 |
| 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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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 | 10 |
| Section shall
issue refunds based on the following schedule. | 11 |
| The refund policy shall provide
that:
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| (1) Schools shall, when a student gives written notice | 13 |
| of cancellation,
provide a refund in the amount of at least | 14 |
| the following:
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| (a) When notice of cancellation is given within 5 | 16 |
| days after the date of
enrollment, all application and | 17 |
| registration fees, tuition, and any other
charges | 18 |
| shall be refunded to the student.
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| (b) When notice of cancellation is given after the | 20 |
| fifth day following
enrollment but before the | 21 |
| completion of the student's first day of class
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| attendance, the school may retain no more than the | 23 |
| application and registration
fee, plus the cost of any |
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| books or materials which have been provided by the
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| school and retained by the student.
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| (c) When notice of cancellation is given after the | 4 |
| student's completion of
the first day of class | 5 |
| attendance but prior to the student's completion of 5%
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| of
the course of instruction, the school may retain the | 7 |
| application and
registration fee and an amount not to | 8 |
| exceed 10% of the tuition and other
instructional | 9 |
| charges or $300, whichever is less, plus the cost of | 10 |
| any books or
materials which have been provided by the | 11 |
| school.
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| (d) When a student has completed 5% or more of the | 13 |
| course of instruction,
the school may retain the | 14 |
| application and registration fee and the cost of any
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| books or materials which have been provided by the | 16 |
| school but shall refund a
part of the tuition and other | 17 |
| instructional charges in accordance with the
National | 18 |
| Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and | 19 |
| Sciences and rules that
the Department shall | 20 |
| promulgate for purposes of this Section.
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| (2) Applicants not accepted by the school shall receive | 22 |
| a refund of all
tuition and fees paid.
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| (3) Application and registration fees shall be | 24 |
| chargeable at initial
enrollment and shall not exceed $100.
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| (4) Deposits or down payments shall become part of the | 26 |
| tuition.
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| (5)
The school shall mail a written acknowledgement of
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student's
cancellation or written withdrawal to the | 3 |
| student within 15 calendar days of
the date of | 4 |
| notification. Written acknowledgement is not necessary if | 5 |
| a
refund has been mailed to the student within the 15 | 6 |
| calendar days.
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| (6) If the school cancels or discontinues a course, the | 8 |
| student shall be
entitled to receive from the school such | 9 |
| refund or partial refund of the
tuition, fees, and other | 10 |
| charges paid by the student or on behalf of the
student as | 11 |
| is provided under rules promulgated by the Department.
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| (7) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all | 13 |
| student refunds shall be
made by the school within 45 | 14 |
| calendar days after the date of notice of the
student's | 15 |
| cancellation or the date that the school determines that | 16 |
| the student has officially or unofficially withdrawn.
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| (8) A student shall give notice of cancellation to the | 18 |
| school in writing.
The unexplained absence of a student | 19 |
| from a school for more than 30 consecutive
calendar days | 20 |
| shall constitute constructive notice of cancellation to | 21 |
| the school. For
purposes of cancellation, the cancellation | 22 |
| date shall be the last day of
attendance.
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| (9) A school may make refunds which exceed those | 24 |
| required by this Section.
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| (10) Each student and former student shall be entitled | 26 |
| to receive from the
school that the student attends or |
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| attended an official transcript of all
hours completed by | 2 |
| the student at that school for which the applicable | 3 |
| tuition,
fees, and other charges have been paid, together | 4 |
| with the grades earned by the
student for those hours, | 5 |
| provided that a student who withdraws from or drops
out of | 6 |
| a school, by written notice of cancellation or otherwise, | 7 |
| shall not be
entitled to any transcript of completed hours | 8 |
| following the expiration of the
7-year period that began on | 9 |
| the student's first day of attendance at the
school. A | 10 |
| reasonable fee, not exceeding $2, may be charged by the | 11 |
| school
for each transcript after the first free transcript | 12 |
| that the school is required
to provide to a student or | 13 |
| former student under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-451, eff. 12-31-05; 95-343, eff. 1-1-08.)
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