- (a) The representative shall not begin solicitation of students until the school receives notice of approval for the school and registration of the representative from the Commission.
- (b) Employees and other agents of recruiting firms shall not serve as representatives.
(c) A representative shall not:
- (1) solicit in public places other than educational settings, job fairs, or organized meetings;
- (2) offer as an inducement or enticement any material consideration to a prospective student prior to enrollment, such as cash, food, housing, or gifts;
- (3) administer the entrance test;
- (4) advise students about financial aid, other than informing the students of the general availability of financial aid;
- (5) give false, misleading, or deceptive information about any aspect of the school's operation, programs, completion or employment rates, examination success rates, job placement, or salary potential;
- (6) concurrently solicit for or represent more than one school, unless the owner of each school being represented is informed that the representative is also soliciting for or representing other schools;
- (7) engage in acts or practices that have a tendency to intimidate, coerce, or mislead a prospective student into accepting an enrollment;
- (8) represent that a school or program has sponsorship, credentials, approval, characteristics, credit transferability, uses, benefits, or qualities that it does not have;
- (9) discredit another school or its programs by false or misleading representation of facts;
- (10) solicit enrollments in a program that has not been approved by the Commission;
- (11) solicit students for a school through an employment agency; or
- (12) violate any legal requirement or prohibition contained in the Act or this chapter.
Source Note:The provisions of this §807.53 adopted to be effective August 16, 1998, 23 TexReg 8479.