At PCC we have a pretty clear policy on refunding. There are three main criteria: left1) Check payments applied to the student account are refunded to directly to the student 2) Bankcard payments are refunded to the card number used in payment, and 3) Scholarships and third party payments are refunded to the sponsor. At 04:52 PM 2/15/00 -0500, Jenny Getsinger wrote: >dcaraway@antioch-college.edu writes: >> >>It is becoming increasingly difficult to determine who should be the >>payee >>on the refund checks when the account is overpaid due to a reduction in >>charges . The parent or the student. In some cases we have divorced >>parents that are both paying plus the student is receiving aid. >> >>I would like some feedback from other private schools that bill parents. > >We do all our business with the student unless we have a FERPA release >signed by the student. Even then, we bill the student at their home >address and it's up to the student to allow the parent to open their mail >or not. For refunds, unless we have a signed authorization, we never issue >refunds to anyone other than the student. When credits are the result of a >PLUS Loan, we are free to issue the refund to the parent but it's not >mandatory since the feds. consider their dollars the first dollars spent. > >Jenny Getsinger >Associate Director of Student Accounts >George Fox University > > > `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'``'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' Dee Wilson, Bursar Portland Community College voice mail: (503) 533-2844 Accounts Receivable (WCWTC 1513) facsimile: (503) 533-2901 P O Box 19000 internet: dwilson@pcc.edu Portland, OR 97280-0990 web: <http://www.pcc.edu/finance/ `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' "It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise." - Nancy Thayer