SECTION 807.53. Representative Limitations

(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 Agency.

(b) Employees and other agents of recruiting firms shall not serve as representatives.

(c) A representative shall not:

(1) offer as an inducement or enticement any material consideration to a prospective student prior to enrollment, such as cash, food, housing, or gifts;

(2) administer the entrance test;

(3) advise students about financial aid, other than informing the students of the general availability of financial aid;

(4) give false, misleading, or deceptive information about any aspect of the school's operation, courses, programs, completion or employment rates, examination success rates, job placement, or salary potential;

(5) 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;

(6) engage in acts or practices that have a tendency to intimidate, coerce, or mislead a prospective student into accepting an enrollment;

(7) represent that a school, course, or program has sponsorship, credentials, approval, characteristics, credit transferability, uses, benefits, or qualities that it does not have;

(8) discredit another school or its courses or programs by false or misleading representation of facts;

(9) solicit enrollments in a course or program that has not been approved by the Agency;

(10) solicit students for a school through an employment agency;

(11) omit advising students on the school's policies and procedures regarding granting of credit; 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; amended to be effective November 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7914