Sec. 132.065. SCHOOLS NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE ATTENDANCE. (a) A career school or college that is eligible to participate in student financial aid programs under Title IV, Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 1070 et seq.), is not required to take attendance.

(b) Before a student begins a program offered by a career school or college to which Subsection (a) applies, the school or college shall provide to the student written notice of all policies related to program interruption occurring before the student's completion of the program. The career school or college shall also notify each student in writing that if the student withdraws from the program, it is the student's responsibility to inform the school or college of the student's withdrawal.

(c) A student attending a program offered by a career school or college to which Subsection (a) applies may not be required to pay tuition to the school or college during the first week of the program. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the career school or college shall verify the student's enrollment in the program by documenting the student's participation in an academically related activity of the program at the end of the first week of each semester or other academic term of the program, at the end of the first month of each semester or other academic term of the program, at the midpoint of each semester or other academic term of the program, and at the end of each semester or other academic term of the program. If the career school or college is unable to verify the student's enrollment in the program at any of those times, the student is considered to have withdrawn from the program. The date on which the career school or college was first unable to verify the student's enrollment in the program is the date of the student's withdrawal for refund purposes, and the school or college is not required to verify the student's enrollment in the program after that date.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 747 (H.B. 2806), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.