{"id":335,"date":"2025-12-23T19:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:06:43","slug":"disclosures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu\/es\/disclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosures Required by the Higher Education Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Required Disclosures<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Contacts for information on financial assistance and institutional issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
All of Us<\/th>\n(941) 957-0577<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Lubow<\/th>\nDirector\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Joe.L@sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu<\/span><\/a>
Concerns<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susan Farhat<\/th>\nDirector of Education\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Susan.F@sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu<\/span><\/a>
Absences, make-ups, classroom concerns<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephanie King<\/th>\n\n

Assistant Director and Finance Administrator\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Stephanie.K@sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu<\/span><\/a>
Financial aid application and approval process, Federal disclosure info, School security info<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Annabelle Soria<\/th>\n\n

Financial Aid Administrator\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Annabelle.S@sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu<\/span><\/a>
Payments, Financial aid disbursement, table follow-up<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Autumn Lopez<\/th>\nAdmissions Guide\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Autumn.L@sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu<\/span><\/a>
Admissions, Job placement assistance<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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If you are trying to contact one of us, and we are unavailable, either send an email or leave a message with the front desk (in person or by telephone).<\/p>\n

Availability of Employee for Information Dissemination Purposes<\/strong>\u00a0– The Education Director, Susan Farhat, shall be available on a full-time basis to assist enrolled or prospective students in obtaining the information specified in Section 668.42, 668.43, 668.45, and 668.46. She shall be available, upon reasonable notice, to any enrolled or prospective student throughout the normal administrative working hours of SSMT. She is also available to help students in most other ways!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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SSMT enthusiastically encourages all students to register and to vote. You will be given an opportunity to complete a voter registration form at your enrollment interview, and any student can always ask any administrator to help you complete the form online on the computers in the student library – or you can ask for a paper form at either the admissions office or the front desk.<\/p>\n

You can also complete a voter registration form right now! Sarasota and Manatee Counties both offer online voter registration. Simply click these links to register to vote! If you have never registered to vote in Florida before, then, when you complete the form, you will need to print it out, sign it, and mail it to the Supervisor of Elections. You can also bring it to SSMT and we will stamp it for you and mail it if you like.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The US Constitution was ratified on September 17, 1787, and September 17 is now commemorated as Constitution Day. SSMT will distribute educational information about the US Constitution on September 17, except in years when this falls on a weekend, in which case the distribution will be held within a week of the actual date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Students or parents of students who enter into an agreement regarding a Title IV federal student loan should be aware that the loan will be submitted to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and will be accessible by authorized agencies, lenders, and institutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The school awards credit for previous academic work. The amount of such credit is determined on a case-by-case basis. An official transcript outlining prior training should be submitted with the SSMT application. Students transferring credit may be required to pass written or practical exams administered by SSMT in the courses being transferred.<\/p>\n

Transferability of credit from SSMT is at discretion of receiving institution. It is the students responsibility to confirm whether or not credits will be accepted by another institution of the students choice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Services and facilities are available to students with disabilities, who attend all classes with students without disabilities. SSMT will provide any reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities, and prides itself on having graduated many such students. Examples of such accommodation include (but are not limited to) tutoring free of charge to students with documented learning or intellectual disabilities and additional teaching staff made available in practical classes with a blind student. If you have a disability that needs accommodation, please inform the admissions guide or education director.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The school’s accreditation certificate and state license hang on the wall in the reception area. The school will make available for review to any enrolled or prospective student upon request, a copy of the documents describing the SSMT’s accreditation and its Florida licensing. Ask the Admissions Guide if you are interested in seeing the documents. The contact information of those agencies appears in the grievance section above.\u00a0Click here to see the school’s accrediting and licensing bodies<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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SSMT respects copyright laws, and expects students to do the same. All material distributed in class or projected on a screen is used by permission. Unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, may subject the student to civil and criminal liabilities. The legal penalties for copyright infringement are the following:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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