REFUND POLICY

TUITION REFUND POLICY

The refund policy of American Heritage University of Southern California, for the unused portion of tuition, follows the appropriate guidelines of the Veteran's Administration and the California Education Code. The student has a right to a full refund of all charges, less the $50.00 non-refundable application fee per course and other non-refundable charges provided the student cancels prior to the first day of instruction by filing an Add/Drop form with the Registrar. A student who has attended classes and wishes to withdraw from a class and receive a partial refund of tuition must file an "Add/Drop” form and a "Request for Tuition Refund” form with the Registrar within 30 days of the last class attended, as determined by the Instructor’s attendance records. Refunds will be made available within 30 days of receipt of this written notice. If the University cancels or discontinues a course or program, it will refund all charges and fees associated with the course or program. American Heritage University of Southern California will refund tuition on a pro-rata basis unless the class is more than 50% complete, in which cases there will be no refund. The university’s refund will be pro-rated weekly.

Refund Policy: Assuming a 12-15 Week Semester

Tuition will be refunded 100% through the end of the third week of classes (refund deadline). There will be no refund for classes cancelled after the deadline. American Heritage University of Southern California School Catalog 2011 – 2014 15

SCHOOL OF LAW REFUND POLICY:

Refund Information

The student has a right to a full (100%) refund of all monies paid, if student withdraws or cancels WITHIN 5 DAYS after midnight (Pacific Time zone) of date the Agreement was signed.In addition, the student may withdraw from a course after instruction has started and receive a pro rata refund for the unused portion of the tuition and other refundable monies.

Example: a student pays $4,000 tuition plus a $50 registration fee and a $50 WestLaw Membership fee, for a total payment of $4,100 for the 48 week program. If the student then decides to withdraw after 12 weeks, then the student would be entitled to a refund calculated in the following manner: 48 (total weeks of the program) -12 (weeks of tuition used) = 36 (weeks of tuition that was paid but not used); 36 / 48 = .75 or 75% (the percentage of the unused tuition to the full tuition); $4,000 (cost of tuition only, the application fee and the WestLaw Membership fee are nonrefundable fees) x .75 = $3,000; $3,000 would be the amount refunded to the student.

The period of given instruction is counted on a weekly basis, regardless of the actual day that a particular course begins. Each week starts every Sunday at 12:00am and ends on Saturday at 11:59pm (Pacific Time zone). If notice is received after a particular week starts, then, that week is counted as a week of given instruction.

If the school cancels a course, the school will make a full refund of all charges.

You may withdraw or cancel this agreement and receive a refund by providing notice to the Director of Admissions by either email sent to: DirectorofAdmissions@ahulaw.com, or sent by U.S.P.S. Certified Mail, addressed to: Director of Admissions, American Heritage University of Southern California, School of Law, 255 North D street, Ste. 401, San Bernardino, CA 92401. All such notices will effective on the date received.

All refunds will be paid within thirty (30) days of cancellation or withdrawal and the student will receive a clear explanation o f the method calculation within thirty (30) days of cancellation or withdrawal.

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 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.

2. The school failed 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.

3. 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.

4. The school's breach or anticipatory breach of the agreement for the course of instruction.

5. 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. American Heritage University of Southern California School Catalog 2011 – 2014 16

6. The school committed fraud during the recruitment or enrollment or program participation of the student.

You may also be eligible for STRF if you were a student who was unable to collect a court judgment rendered against the school for violation of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989.

You are not eligible for STRF if:

1. You are not a California resident who attended a Bureau approved or registered school.

2. All of your tuition is paid by a third party-payer (such as employer, government program, or other payer) and you have no separate agreement to repay the third party.

Questions regarding the STRF may be directed to the:

Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education 

2535 Capital Oaks Drive, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95833

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 980818, West Sacramento, CA 95798-0818

Phone: (916) 574-7720

www.bppe.ca.gov