Moving a Student to a New Location and/or Start Date
Moving a Student to a New Location and/or Start Date
Assigned To: Dan Tietz, Karen Morgan, Regina Pruett, Carly Cavagnoli, Jessica Myers, Manuel Gorostiaga
Category: Student Life Cycle
Department: Academic Advisor, Admissions, Finance
SOP Rule: Trigger
Status: Approved and Implemented
Purpose
Defines the process for updating a student’s location or start date to support retention and ensure accurate enrollment records.
Scope
Applies to Academic Advisors and Admissions teams managing enrollment updates for pre-class and in-class students.
Trigger
- Student requests a change in school location or start date
- Retention effort requires enrollment adjustment
Process Overview
1. Retention Evaluation
- Follow initial steps from drop prevention process
- Conduct meeting with student to assess alternatives
- Attempt to retain student before proceeding
2. Pre-Class Student Process
- Open student enrollment deal in HubSpot
- Add new location/start date ticket
- Remove previous ticket association
- Update Start Date Association to "Yes"
- Update enrollment agreement template
- Set auto-sign enrollment agreement to "Yes"
- Verify updates across Contacts, Deals, and Company records
3. In-Class Student Process
- Process drop request in HubSpot
- Turn off payment system (Paycove)
- Ensure transfer agreement is signed
- Finance processes refund and determines transfer credit
- Reenroll student with new deal and start date
- Apply refunded amount to new enrollment
4. Finance Coordination
- Review drop ticket and required documents
- Process refunds within policy guidelines
- Ensure correct transfer credit limits are applied
5. Reenrollment
- Admissions creates new deal
- Set new start date and payment plan
- Apply transfer credit as initial payment
- Mark payment as completed
Key Rules
- Always attempt retention before processing transfer
- Transfer agreement must be signed for in-class students
- Maximum transfer credit is 50% of new tuition
- Ensure all HubSpot records are updated consistently
Completion Criteria
- Student successfully transferred or rescheduled
- Enrollment records updated in HubSpot
- Financial adjustments completed
- New enrollment confirmed
Tools and Systems
- HubSpot (Deals, Tickets, Contacts)
- Payment system (Paycove)
- Transfer Agreement documentation
Revision History
- Version 1: 03/10/2025
- Version 2: 06/04/2025
- Version 3: 06/17/2025