SAN ANTONIO – The fallout continues for Career Point College. A lawsuit has been filed by attorney Aric Garza on behalf of 52 former students for damages exceeding $1 million.
According to an email obtained from one of the plaintiffs, Judge Karen Pozza granted a temporary restraining order, prohibiting Career Point from destroying any student information.
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The order also demanded that the college, which shut its doors on Sunday, provide all students with the information they need to transfer credits and discharge debts.
The for-profit college abruptly closed it doors over the weekend. Student and staff found out in an email from the school's president/CEO.
According to the Department of Education, the college failed to pay credit balances and required returns of unearned Title IV program funds totaling more than $4.6 million.
Many have spent the past week in limbo.
According to the Texas Board of Nursing, the board will determine if an applicant for a nursing license meets all the eligibility requirements.
The board determines that eligibility if it receives an online affidavit from the program dean/director. However, the board will work with students to allow review of an official transcript sent to them by a third party.
The board also said it received no advance notice that Career Point College was closing its doors. Board rules state that schools must notify it of their closure four months prior to closure.
The college has 48 hours to comply with this order. A hearing is set for Nov. 1 at 9 a.m.