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5 Business Schools Issued. AUSTIN, Tex. {AP) - Atty. Gen, .John Kill said Tuesday that a San Antonio court order granted a temporary injunction against business schools in live Texas cities because of. alleged state consumer law violations.In. his petition to. .the court \ Hill alleged that Carl D. Wehh \ing of San Antonio, owner of i the schools, “owes in. excess . of $250,000 in unpaid past due refunds to'students formerly enrolled in. the proprietary , schools identified;”| However, Hill said late Tuesday that an earlier re-Draughon's President 'Shocked' by Court OrderDraughon’s Business College president Dean Eubank said Tuesday he was “shocked” by a court order naming the Abilene school among those enjoined from continuing state consumer law violations.• nr\}lease from his office was inerror by saying that the .San Antonio court order directed Welding.to make the'refunds ! and adjustments,- •Hill said the order directed the .state.auditor to-.identify the students who are .entitled . to:refunds and the amount dueThe order, issued • Tuesday by San Antonio Dist. . Judge Franklin Spears, temporarily enjoins the listed owner, Carl P. Wehling Of San Antonio.iand report back lo the court in 45 days. ,IIIII said the temporary injunction prohibits violation of tire state consumer law by failing to give credit for prior education and training, failingThe school (Draughon’s of Abilene) was purchased by usin August,” - said- Fubank,“and we’ve gone through a Texas Education Agency audit.” .. . - ' ■ ,“Of course, this (the alleged violations), happened before we took over . and we are up for * accreditation at this time by the Association of In-depenudent Schools and Colleges.”to make refunds due within 30 days after a student withdraws, failing to notify lending institutions when students receiving federal loads have withdrawn, processing federal loans for students who havewithdrawn and representing that a school is.state-approved when it is not. •The five* sehopls. named in the temporary injunction are. Parish Draughon’s Business College and Technical Institute, San Antonio, . South Texas Commercial College, Corpus Chriati; . Southwestern- Business College, Houston; Beau-mont-Chenier Business College, Beaumont, and. Draughon’s Business* College of . Abilene.Hill’s -partition also named seven other schools formerly owned by Wehling. They * include San Angelo Business College, Draughon’s business College of Lubbock, Victoria-Commercial College, McAllen Business College, Valley Central College, Harlingen; Valley Central. College, Brownsville, and Draughon’s Business College of. Amarillo. •tiJ•cat.nSi£slt;.CwdiwPiypiblt;btHiw.aisi;cttx
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 11, 1974
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