Section 83.74 - Responsibilities-Withdrawal, Termination, Transfer, School Closure(a) A student desiring to transfer from one school to another must withdraw from the first school prior to the transfer. Enrollment in two or more schools at the same time is prohibited.(b) A student transferring to a school who desires to claim credit earned must inform the school transferred to prior to enrollment of the student's prior attendance and must furnish to that school and the department a record of credit claimed. This record may be in the form of a transcript from the prior school or an extract from records of the department.(c) Upon withdrawal, and provided that the agreed tuition and fees have been tendered, a student is entitled to an official transcript of credit earned at the school withdrawn from. The transcript must be ready for pickup or, if mailed, postmarked within ten calendar days of the school's receipt of notice of withdrawal. A copy of the transcript must be kept in the student's file for 48 months and the copy must be made available at the request of the department.(d) A student who withdraws from a school is entitled to a refund in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1603 and this chapter.(e) Withdrawal or termination must be defined by the number of hours scheduled according to the enrollment agreement or contract the student has signed with the school or other document acceptable to the department and not the clock hours the student has earned during class attendance.(f) If a school closes or ceases operation before the class credit is earned, the student is entitled to a tuition refund in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1603.(g) Any student of an out-of-state private or public school may submit a request to the department to transfer the completed credit to a Texas school. A transcript must be submitted on the prescribed form and certified by the school in which the instruction was given. Portions of the curricula of the department not taught in another state must be taken in an approved Texas school prior to taking the Texas examination.(h) A student enrolled for a class A barber, operator, or specialty course may withdraw and transfer hours acquired to another course not to exceed the amount of hours of that subject in the applicable curriculum standards.16 Tex. Admin. Code § 83.74
The provisions of this §83.74 adopted to be effective August 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5952; amended to be effective February 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 681; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 10, March 6, 2020, TexReg 1693, eff. 3/15/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 51, December 23, 2022, TexReg 8654, eff. 1/1/2023