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...h new location is valid for one year, unless earlier revoked for cause by the board under section 3332.09 of the Revised Code. Any other certificate of registration is valid for two years, unless earlier revoked for cause by the board under that section. (B) The board shall issue program authorization for an associate degree, certificate, or diploma program to an applicant holding a certificate of registration issu...

...uitment agents. The board shall adopt rules for the administration of surveys and shall include provisions to ensure student anonymity. Surveys shall be administered prior to the end of each school year. Completed surveys shall be collected by the holder of the certificate of registration or the director or administrator of the school and shall be compiled by the school. Each school shall retain the surveys and the c...

... master's, or doctoral degree program unless it has received a certificate of authorization from the Ohio board of regents and program authorization from the state board of career colleges and schools. (2) No institution receiving a certificate of registration after July 28, 1989, shall call itself a "university" unless it meets all of the following conditions: (a) It also holds an equivalent certificate issued by...

...al or renewal is denied. (B) Fee schedules for the issuance and renewal of certificates of registration, for the issuance and renewal of program authorization, for issuance and renewal of agent's permits, and for any other service specified by the board shall be established by rule adopted by the state board. The fee for a one-year certificate of registration shall be one-half the fee for a two-year certificate. (C...

...A college or school that holds a certificate of registration under this chapter shall pay any fee required by the state board of career colleges and schools for a new student disclosure course fee. No college or school shall charge a student for the fee paid under this section, either directly or through any increase in fees or tuition charged to a student to pay the disclosure course fee.

...sh, a certificate of deposit, letter of credit, or government bonds in the amount established by the board. The deposit is subject to the same terms and conditions as are provided for in the surety bond required herein. Any interest or earnings on such deposits are payable to the depositor.

...stered by the state board of career colleges and schools from prepaid tuition loss for the academic term due to a school closure. The authority shall consist of five members as follows: the executive director of the state board of career colleges and schools, the executive director of the Ohio association of career colleges and schools, the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's designee, the chairpers...

...ts made under this section shall be deposited into the fund.

...nvestment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The treasurer of state shall disburse money from the fund on order of the chairperson of the student tuition recovery authority or the chairperson's designee. All moneys and other assets acquired by the authority shall be held in trust to carry out its powers and duties and shall be used and reused to provide for the services described in this chapter.

...lf of students who are determined eligible by the authority; (D) Reduce contributions to or utilize excess money in the fund, as provided in division (C) of section 3332.085 of the Revised Code.

...istered by the state board of career colleges and schools shall pay into the student tuition recovery fund in the following amounts: (1) Schools initially registered or sold on or after July 28, 1989, for the first five payments $500; (2) Any other school, according to its prior year's tuition receipts: Up to $400,000 $ 200 $400,001 to $700,000 400 $700,001 to $1,000,000 800 Over $1,000,000 1,00...

...e board, any information, records, or files pertaining to the operation of the school or recruitment and enrollment of students. (B) The board shall not refuse to issue a certificate of registration to an applicant because the applicant was found guilty of or pleaded guilty to an offense unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (C) If the board modifies or adopts additional minim...

...he board or its designee may conduct on-site inspections and reviews of a school and its courses of instruction. The board shall conduct such visits and reviews, including visits without prior notice to the schools, as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter. All books, records, and files of a school shall be open for inspection by the board, its designees, or staff during on-site inspections, or whenever r...

...ermined by the state board of career colleges and schools to be ineligible under such section because the program in which the student is enrolled does not lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree, shall be liable to the state for the amount specified in section 3333.122 of the Revised Code. The state board of career colleges and schools shall suspend the certificate of registration of a school receiving money un...

...licit students therefor in this state unless the individual is an employee of the school. Any individual whose primary duty, whether on or off school premises, is to solicit prospective students shall first secure a permit as an agent from the state board of career colleges and schools. If the agent represents more than one school, a separate permit shall be obtained for each school represented by the agent. An agent...

...ication by the state board of career colleges and schools. If the board has not completed its determination with respect to the issuance of a permit within such thirty-day period, it shall issue a temporary permit to the applicant, which permit is sufficient to meet the requirements of section 3332.10 of the Revised Code until such time as such determination is made.

...revoked by the state board of career colleges and schools if the holder of the permit solicits or enrolls students through fraud, deception, or misrepresentation, upon a finding that the permit holder has violated any provision enumerated in division (A)(1), (2), (6), (8), (10), (11), or (13) of section 3332.09 of the Revised Code, or upon finding that the permit holder is not of good moral character. Upon receipt ...

... any right of recovery otherwise available pursuant to law, nor is the amount of such bond relevant in determining the amount of damages or other relief to which any plaintiff may be entitled.

...No recovery shall be had on any contract for or in connection with a program by any person selling or administering such program if the agent of such person was not the holder of an agent's permit as required by section 3332.10 of the Revised Code at the time he negotiated the contract for or sold the program.

... otherwise administering the program, unless such person holds the certificate of registration and appropriate program authorization required by section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. Any representation contrary to this section or tending to imply that a permit issued pursuant to sections 3332.10 and 3332.11 of the Revised Code constitutes such approval is misrepresentation within the meaning of this chapter.

...Consumer transactions entered into with schools subject to this chapter are subject to Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code. As used in this section, "consumer transaction" has the same meaning as in section 1345.01 of the Revised Code.

...Each college or school that holds a certificate of registration under this chapter annually shall certify to state board of career colleges and schools, on a date and in the form and manner determined by the state board, a plan to preserve student records indefinitely if the college or school is to cease operations. The plan shall include the designation and signed confirmation of an official custodian of student rec...

...f the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...lowing, as elected by the student: (1) Credit tuition and fee charges toward a subsequent academic term in an amount that is one hundred per cent of what the student paid the institution for the academic term in which the student withdraws; (2) Refund tuition and fees paid for the academic term, provided the student withdraws before the withdraw date established by the institution. The refund shall equal one hundre...

...lowing: (1) Verification of current accreditation status and a copy of the most recent institutional report from the school's accrediting organization; (2) A plan to preserve student records indefinitely in the event of closure of the school or discontinuation of service. The plan shall include a method by which students and alumni of the school may retrieve student records by request. The plan also shall include...