From June 2008 to June 2009 I attended a technical college in Provo, Utah. While signing up for school, it was explained to me, by the financial aid officer, that I would be receiving more than enough financial aid to cover tuition. We agreed to the terms and amounts and a contract was signed.

As part of my schooling, I was to enter an externship beginning in February 2009. Sometime at the end of 2008, I was called into the financial aid office and was told that I was $3800 short on tuition due, and that I needed to take care of this before I was allowed to go out on externship. Under the threat of not going to externship and therefore not graduating, I reluctantly signed a loan agreement with the school, for this new amount due.

When asked about this discrepency, the aid officer explained to me that the school had been audited early in 2008. The audit revealed that students were not considered enrolled in school, full time, during externship and the school could no longer accept financial aid for this time. The students whom this has affected had been told that thier tuition covered all of the necessary expenses (books, labs, etc.) and assumed that this meant from the beginning of classes till the end of externship.

So far this has affected two different classes (both in the same year, 2008) and at least four persons, totalling around $7700.

Do we, the students, have the obligation or responsibility to cover this shortfall of money that the school could no longer accept from financial aid?

My daughter was going to College and her husband joined the military, at that time they were giving money out for spouses to go back to school, but now they are not. He was not able to put in for it yet because he was not finished with boot camp and his tech training. So my daughter dropped out of school because they did not know how they were going to pay for school since he was no longer getting any money for her to go.

So now the school is wanting to demand payment in full, because she dropped out.

What options do we have to fight this?

The way the economy is they cannot afford the payments or be able to get a loan because they are still very new with their credit.

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I have no job and as a California teacher, white over 50 very hard of hearing not likely to get one in my district. I have defered my student loans, but I cannot pay them without a job. I am real close to being homeless. Any suggestions?

My 16 year old daughter is a high school junior, on the honor society and has played 4 sports for her school every year for 3 years. Last week her uncle died, they were extremely close and she was very upset, but she decided to honor her commitment to her basketball team and play in her tournament finals. It was a rough game with lots of elbows & bad calls, which is normal, but in her state of mind I believe she was taking it personal.

They lost and when the buzzer rang the students all started walking off the court when the girl that was the guiltiest of provoking my daughter�s team walked in front of my daughter, without thinking she just punched her.

There�s a video of it and you can see that it wasn�t planned and my daughter says she sort of blacked out right after it happened.

The next day the athletic director told her that the normal punishment was one game out, but a few days later we were called into a meeting with the principle and the AD and they showed us the video, like I said, it was completely spontaneous.

My daughter didn�t seek her out or run after her, the girl was right in front of her as she was walking and my daughter hit her just the once.

Believe me, I am not making light of it either, nor do I condone her action and we are willing to pay for any and all medical treatments that arise from this punch.

The school however has gone to the extreme over this because the girls jaw was fractured. They actually said that if it wasn�t fractured then her punishment would be less, like it was somehow a controlled punch intended to fracture and not bruise?

Anyway, their punishment is the rest of the year out of school suspension, summer school at an �alternative� school (set aside for drug users & behavior problem students) and then she can return to her school for her senior year with NO sports at all (we were counting on a scholarship)

They have totally wiped out her successful career of over 100 combined games, without incident I might add, and are ignoring the fact that she was dealing with a personal tragedy. We still have a hearing that we are going to in a week where we can present evidence to dispute the punishment, but what should we bring? Her school records are impeccable and I know that every teacher and coach she ever had would write a good character letter for her, but is there more we can do? I actually believe that the video helps us because it�s clear that it wasn�t planned, and should we bring up the normal punishments in the WBA, NBA and Colleges, which is game suspensions for fighting?

Please believe me when I say that this was an isolated incident.

Thank you

I have a child on an IEP, the school has failed to administer the program; she is dyslexic yet there is no remedial reading program. She sits in homework help. She has failed every MCATS and every test in the ciriculm, yet they say progress is being made. She has been removed from all electives, included PE to attend resource room, yet will be unable to graduate because she has never taken PE. The school refuses to answer emails, teachers, principal, special education director and superintendent. They simply respond " file a complaint." the DOE has been notified, the Special Ed Director forward a blantant lie, stating the parent denied eligiblity, we have a signed copy of the acceptance. However DOE closed the file, their interest is in their own cause. They hold IEP meetings without us, when we have meetings the principal has stoped teachers from talking, we have it recorded. They arrive unprepared without any tests scores or grades. My child spent three years at the Landmark School, was making effective progress when we could no longer afford to send her, the local public school said they could handle it, yet we have seen nothing but abuses. We have had education evaluators, evaluate my child and the school,including Dr. Sally Shaywitz, yet their recomendations have been completely ignored. Please advise. Unfortunately, at this time I cannot hire an attorney.

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but none of this is being done. My 11 year old son has difficult time with reading and comprenhending despite written agreement to be tested verbally and not spelling he is graded on written work and spelling .

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I was dismissed from my university because they found out that my transcript from junior college had two grades that were changed illegally. I was held responsible for the changes when it was not my fault. I was also criminally charged but later the DA dismissed my criminal charges. When I had my administrative hearings at my university, the university used my criminal complaint against me, showing the hearing committee [ie people who would decide on the punishment and if I am guilty] the criminal complaint. The committee took the criminal charges being true and dismissed me from the university. This was in 2007 and my criminal charges were dismissed in 2009. I would like to file a civil case showing that the university did not follow its own procedures in keeping the criminal case separate and dismissing me without any proof except for the criminal complaint. Do I have a case??

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