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California Culinary Academy Class Action Settlement
By Matt O’Donnell
A class action lawsuit settlement has been reached with San Francisco’s California Culinary Academy, a subsidiary of Career Education Corp., over allegations that the Academy misrepresented its job placement rate.
A group of angry California Culinary Academy students filed the class action lawsuit, claiming the school misrepresented its 98 percent job placement rate, exaggerated its prestige in the industry, and suggested that it had a selective qualifying process.
“This rate is a lie,” the CCA class action lawsuit states. “The placement statistics include non-professional entry level jobs like prep cooks, $8-$12 an hour line cooks and Starbucks baristas. That culinary degree was not a pre-requisite or even relevant for many of the included jobs.”
If class members had known the truth, they say, they never would have paid the nearly $46,000 tuition at CCA.
San Francisco’s California Culinary Academy offered to settle the class action lawsuit by offering $40 million to help fund rebates to students who attended CCA from 2003 through 2008. The CCA settlement will reportedly pay each of the 8,500 students who attended during that time rebates of up to $20,000 each – about half of the tuition they paid. Tuition prices are typically $46,000 for a 12-month program and an additional three months of on-the-job training.
Also part of the CCA class action lawsuit settlement is an agreement by Career Education Corp., the parent company of CCA, to eat $1.8 million in student debt.
The eligible CCA students were notified last month of the pending class action lawsuit settlement. They must register at the Settlement Administrator’s website at www.CCAClassCounsel.com to either take the money offered by the settlement or opt out and pursue better recovery. A hearing to approve the CCA class action settlement is scheduled for August 22.
Updated May 6th, 2011
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13 thoughts onCalifornia Culinary Academy Class Action Settlement
Has anyone found any info on how to get in this lawsuit. Biggest scam ever
Is there a way to sue the cca class action status for the classes before 2003.they lied to me gave me crappy salie Mae loans at inflated rates and I can never make enough cooking to pay them back. Liars all of them .
I Graduated August 9 2002
I have two Computers, one a Hp laptop as well as a Dell all in one. I WANT THE PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN OF MY GRAND-DAUGHTER . OR I WILL GO PUBLIC WITH THIS. THE BBB AND FTC SAY THERE IS MANY PICTURES. I want the Money for both PCs . This would be a Travesty if she found out this I am having a tuff time with this. She is in Wisconsin with the Laptop how do I know there still not watching her. They dang well better NOT BE. I want to get another PC for her. Mine does Have Spy ware on it. I crashed the PC I was so mad. Now I have to replace that one the hard drive or the whole thing. This is NOT A JOKING MATTER. this better get resolved real SOON I mean REAL SOON or I will get Police involved and News. This is a whole different matter to the money you gave me back the small amounts. I have spent thousands and thousands of dollars with you people your so call company, Your running out of time with me. She was a Minor and she has Lupus and is Mentally sick big time issues This will put her over the deep end. I am over the deep end. I cant wait to be done with you People. Aarons -Santa Anna , California Now that New people are in the store is wonderful but it is a bit late for me.
go to http://www.ccaclasscounsel.com to file late claim. hopefully it will be accepted.
I get “This site can’t be reached”
I graduated from CCA in 2003. After working at the W San Fransisco Hotel, I decided to move home to Saipan, CNMI due to financial hardships. I just received this news from my niece and was unable to register on time for the class action lawsuit. Please advise as to how I can be part of this lawsuit. I’ve always believed that CCA had misled their students in terms of opportunities of receiving high positions in restaurants anywhere they apply for. I was not aware that such actions would be considered illegal.
regards,
Agnes Mangarero Sablan
Class of 2003, CCA
Did you ever find any info out? I attended in 2004 was a huge scam. Very misleading and overpriced for a job you could get with no culinary degree.
California Culinary Academy Class Action Settlement
I graduated in April 1994 and the same promises were made to my class. Does this include me as well?
We should do another law suit for the same
I graduated 2001. How do I sue these bastards I work as a plummber to pay them back.
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what if i graduated in 2002 is it possible to get help?
did you ever got part of this settlement