The University System of Georgia is facing a lawsuit over tuition costs. A class action suit filed this week claims that students should receive partial reimbursements since in-person instruction was shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Students at the University of Georgia and at other schools in the University System were supposed to receive refunds for housing and dining plan costs. An attorney for the plaintiffs says the schools shouldn’t get the money if they didn’t provide the services.
The lawsuit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, says the students did not receive the full educational experience they anticipated when they paid their tuition and fees before in-person instruction ended and they had to leave campus when the pandemic reached Georgia in March.
“You should not get the students’ money if you don’t provide the service,” says Lee Parks, an attorney representing the students.
There was no comment from the University System of Georgia.
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