RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AFT

PLACEMENT TESTS

  • A free placement test will be offered to all new students and to returning students who have not participated in a course in some time in order to ensure that they are placed in the correct level.
  • AFT reserves the right to request that a student repeat a course if it is deemed necessary.

PAYMENT

  • Students are requested to pay the full tuition and book fees (where applicable) prior to the start of the session (no GST is applied to tuition fees).
  • The cost of course material and books is separated from the tuition fee.

METHOD OF PAYMENT

  • Payments may be made by personal cheque or using Interac, Visa or MasterCard.
  • A $25 surcharge will be levied on all N.S.F. cheques.
  • Where a student's employer pays course fees, a purchase order is required. If, three weeks after being invoiced, an employer fails to pay the cost of a student's tuition fees and course material, the student shall agree to pay for such costs within one week of notice from AFT.

CANCELLATIONS

  • AFT reserves the right to cancel any course or reduce the number of instructional hours should there be fewer than five students registered for the course.
  • In the event that a course is cancelled, AFT will offer students registered in the cancelled course the option of a) transferring to another class or b) a full refund.

REFUNDS

  • Tuition fees (for collective, private or corporate courses) are non-refundable unless a student provides AFT with written notice that he or she intends to withdraw from a course at least three business days prior to the start of the applicable session.
  • An administration fee of $50 will automatically be deducted from the refund amount.

CREDIT NOTES

  • Credit notes may be granted to a student who wishes to withdraw from a course only when the student provides AFT with written notice of his or her intent to withdraw within the first two weeks of the session.
  • Please note that absence from class does not constitute notice of withdrawal.
  • Credit notes are valid for a period not exceeding six months from the last attended class.
  • Credit notes will be processed based on the number of remaining hours in the course once written notice of intent to withdraw is received by AFT.
  • All classes up to and including the date of the credit note request will be deducted from the remaining instructional hours. Credit will not be granted for missed classes.
  • An administration fee of $50 will automatically be deducted from the value of the credit note.
  • Students are not entitled to a credit for a course where a previous credit was used as full or partial payment of course fees.

WAITING LIST

  • If a class is full, you can request to be placed on the waiting list. You will be contacted as soon as a space in the original class is opened up due to a withdrawal, or when numbers of students require an additional class to be created.

TRANSFER OF SESSIONS

  • A student may transfer classes, conditional upon availibility of space, as follows:
     - 1 month before the new session: transfer without administration fees,
     - 15 days before the new session: transfer with administration fees ($25),
     - The day of the new session: no transfers will be allowed.
        A credit note will be issued (refer to 'Credit Notes' above).
  • 2 weeks after the start of the new session: no transfers, credit notes or refunds will be issued.

MAKE-UP CLASSES

  • For an additional fee of $39 per hour, make-up classes are available for students who miss classes, or for whom the teacher thinks it is necessary before starting the next level.
  • Students will not be permitted to substitute missed classes with regular classes in other courses offered during the week.

PRIVATE TUITION

  • A ten hour contract should be taken within three months. All cancellations require 24 hour notice.

INCOME TAX RECEIPT

  • Tuition fees are tax deductible according to Revenue Canada; therefore a tax receipt will be issued by AFT at the end of each fiscal year.