OAR 715-045-0008: Advanced Deposits

Prior to the beginning of classes, no private career school shall require from an enrollee an advance deposit in excess of twenty (20) percent of the total tuition and fees: (1) Schools that offer short term programs designed to be completed in one (1) term or four (4) months, whichever is less, can require payment of all tuition and fees on the first day instruction begins; (2) For those programs designed to be four (4) months or longer, a school cannot require more than one (1) term or four (4) months of advanced payment of tuition at a time. When fifty (50) percent of the program has been offered, the school can require payment of all tuition; (3) This limitation shall not apply to federal and state financial aid payments received by the school; (4) At the student's option, a school may accept payment in full for tuition and fees after the student has been accepted and enrolled and the date for commencement of classes is specifically disclosed on the enrollment agreement; and (5) The Executive Director of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may grant a waiver to this limitation if sufficient evidence is submitted indicating that a larger advance deposit would be more appropriate and not compromise the intent of ORS 345.115(4).