Financial Responsibility

Returning Students
Prior to registering for a semester, students are required to pay or clear any outstanding financial balances with UTB/TSC by contacting the Business Office. These are some examples of outstanding financial balances that will prevent a student from registering for a semester.

• Balance on Installment Plan
• Balance on Emergency Loan
• Balance on Student Account
• Balance on Financial Aid Repayment
• Parking Citation
• Library Fines

For All Students
Failure to pay any amount owed within the allotted time can result in the withholding of registration privileges, official transcripts, grades, degrees, and other penalties and actions allowed by Law.

Students are expected to pay for tuition and fees within the specified payment period (refer to Fall 1999 Course Calendar for additional information). Students are not entitled to enter classrooms or laboratories until payment for tuition and fees has been made or that a payment option was selected by the student. All tuition and fees payments must be received at the Business Office before the payment deadline date (refer to Fall 1999 Course Calendar for deadline date).

Types of payments accepted at the Business Office:

• Cash, Personal Checks made payable to: The University of Texas at Brownsville or UTB (include ID#), Money Order (include ID#), Credit Card Checks (include ID#)
• VISA and Master Card only.

For your convenience, a check payment drop box is located next to the Business Office at Tandy Hall #107. All payments must be received before deadline plus your payment must be the full amount of tuition and fees. Also include student identification number on checks. Check payments may be mailed and must be postmarked on or before payment deadline.

Mail checks to:

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
Business Office
P.O. Box 3640
Brownsville, TX 78520-3640

When a check is returned by the bank for whatever reason, a $25.00 nonrefundable return checks service charge is assessed. The student is given ten days from the date of notice to make full payment by cash, money order, or cashier’s check. Once a student has had a returned check, then for future payments we reserve the right not to accept any personal checks from the student. Returned checks not paid will be submitted for collections. Students will be liable for any court costs and attorney fees.

For your convenience, VISA and Master Card payment information may be faxed to the Business Office at (956) 983-7981 and must be received before the payment deadline. It is the student’s or cardholder’s responsibility to verify that sufficient balance is available in the account to process payment. The following is the information required in order to process payment. Forms are available at the Business Office for this information.

• Student’s name, Student’s ID#, Type of credit card, Credit #, Expiration Date; Print name of credit card holder, and Signature of credit card holder.

Payment by Installment
The Installment payment plan is only available during the Fall and Spring semesters. The Installment plan is only for tuition and fees. Who qualifies and how does it work?

To qualify a person must:

• Be a current student at UTB/TSC
• Be free of any outstanding financial balance with UTB/TSC
• Have no form of financial aid including any scholarship programs
• Be registered for a minimum of six credit hours or more
• Pay a non-refundable fee of $22.50 for the installment plan ($7.50 per installment)
• Fill-out and sign installment plan promissory note in order to complete process

How does it work?
Once the student is qualified for an Installment plan then the student is required to pay for one-half (50%) of their tuition and fees and the other one-half will be equally divided in to two payments due at a later date. For example: Tuition and Fees are $800.00; under installment initial payment will be 50% or $400.00 plus $22.50 fee and total initial payment is $422.50. The other half of tuition and fees is divided equally $200.00 and $200.00 which are due at a later date.

For the 1999 Fall semester, the second installment payment is due on or before September 29, 1999 and the final payment is due on or before November 3, 1999. Once the student selects the installment plan and then student drops below the required six credit hours then the balance of tuition and fees must be paid in full. Once the student selects the installment plan, it will not be increased during the add/drop period.

Late payments on installment:
For any late payments on installments, there is a five-day grace period after which a non-refundable late payment charge of $5.00 will be assessed in addition to the installment payment due. If the second installment payment is not made until the final payment is due and if it is after the five-day grace period then a non-refundable reinstatement charge of $25.00 will be assessed in addition to the installment payment due. In this instance, a student would be charge a total of $35.00 in addition to the installment payment due.

Failure to Pay Installment Plan:
Students who fail to fully pay tuition and fees, including any late charges, when the payments are due are subject to one or more of the following actions at the University's option:

• Prevent from readmission to the institution
• Withholding of grades, degrees and official transcripts
• All penalties and actions authorized by law

Note: Payment by Installment policy is subject to change without notice or obligation in keeping with the policies and actions of The University of Texas System Board of Regents and in conforming with the Laws of the State of Texas.

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