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Student
Fee Payment and Refund Information
Effective: Fall
2002
Summary of Changes
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New
CSU fee refund rules have been established effective Fall 2002.
Please select the links below for additional information:
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To
receive a 100% refund of registration fees, students must withdraw
from the University before the beginning of the semester.
After this point refunds are prorated, beginning with the
first day of the semester and up to the 60% point of the semester. (Previously, students could withdraw up to 14 working days
into the semester and receive a 100% refund.)
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Require all students who register
prior to the beginning of a semester to pay their fees prior to the
beginning of the semester.
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Require all students who late
register to pay their fees at the time of registration for classes.
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Disenrollment would only occur
prior to the first day of instruction.
Reasons for Changes
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If
the campus continues to permit students to begin the semester
without paying for classes in which they have registered, such
students will have an unfair financial advantage compared to those
students who registered and paid before the semester begins.
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In
addition, students who late register but do not pay for their
classes by the end of the late registration period will have an
unfair financial advantage compared to those students who late
register, pay for their classes, and withdraw.
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In
order to eliminate the unfair advantage that non-paying students
would enjoy over paying students beginning with Fall Semester 2002,
changes are needed to the timeline for payment of fees.
Advantages of Changes
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Class rosters as of the beginning
of the semester will accurately reflect only those students whose
registration has been confirmed via payment.
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Seats will open up in classes for
paying students prior to the beginning of the semester.
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Subsequent additions to class
rosters will similarly include only students who will not be
disenrolled later on.
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It will be to the financial
advantage of students who have stopped attending classes to
officially withdraw from the University.
(Those students who “unofficially withdraw” will receive
no refund of fees paid; those who do withdraw will receive at least
some refund up to the 60 percent point of the semester.)
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The University will have accurate
information at its disposal from the beginning of the semester
onward regarding total headcount and FTES.
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There will no longer be a need
for a “reinstatement” process. Those students who are
disenrolled prior to the beginning of a semester would late register
to get back into classes.
Effects of Changes
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As an example for the Fall
semester, students who register after July
would need to pay their fees 16 days earlier than in previous
semesters. (Approximately 4 days before the start of the semester.)
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Any student that registers within
2 weeks of the start of the semester would not receive a bill.
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Students might wait until later
in the late registration period to add their classes, since they
would have to pay for them at the same time.
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