Students are responsible for their financial obligations to the College.

Students must register during the registration period to ensure proper billing and/or administration of financial assistance and scholarship awards.

Students must make their semester payments at the beginning of each semester or in accordance with payment plans issued by the College.

Students must have all documentation submitted in a timely fashion to the Registrar’s Office to ensure timely disbursement of scholarships and financial as­sistance, evidence of registration, and file completion. Students should keep their most up-to-date billing ad­dress on file. Please notify the Registrar’s Office of any address changes. Changes can also be made via Populi, the online student information system. Students must immediately notify the Registrar’s Office of any course or College withdrawal. Fail­ure to do so, will result in financial consequences.

The Illinois Student Debt Assistance Act (110 ILCS 66/30) states:

Past-due debt policy.
(a) Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, each institution of higher education shall adopt a policy that outlines the process by which a current or former student may obtain a transcript or diploma that has been withheld from the student because the student owes a debt. At a minimum, the policy must include:

(1) a reasonable process for the verification of
conditions a current or former student may demonstrate to receive an exemption pursuant to Section 15 of this Act; and

(2) identification of the point at which a student
may be subject to a transcript, diploma, or registration hold, including the time frames and amounts for which the holds are to be used and the lowest amount of debt at which the institution will assign debt to a third-party collection agency.

The College and the student will work together to create a reasonable and doable repayment plan to assist students who are in debt to the College for completed courses.

If after 6 months of failed attempts to secure payment and a minimum debt of $500, the College will send what is past due to a third-party collection agency. The past due debt may not be reported to any credit reporting agencies or used against that student in a credit report or credit score.

Students may file a complaint with the registrar at registrar@aicusa.edu or with the Illinois Attorney General Student Loan Ombudsperson by completing an online form at www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov