IN cosmetology school bonds.
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A licensed Indiana cosmetology (beauty culture) school must post a bond protecting students’ prepaid tuition if the school closes or breaks its enrollment contracts. The requirement sits in the beauty-culture article, IC 25-8, and is filed with the Professional Licensing Agency. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard school bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the PLA. Here is the whole thing:
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Your school details, the bond amount your license requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with your PLA license
Submit the executed bond with your cosmetology school license application or renewal to the Professional Licensing Agency. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure your school license requires and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the school bond actually covers
Indiana licenses cosmetology (beauty culture) schools under IC 25-8, through the Professional Licensing Agency and the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners. Because students often pay tuition up front for a full course, the state wants a bond standing behind that money if the school closes or fails to deliver the training it promised.
The bond is a student-protection guarantee: if a school breaches its enrollment contracts or shuts down mid-course, affected students can recover prepaid tuition against the bond. It is a three-party arrangement — the school (the principal), the surety, and the State of Indiana for the benefit of students.
It is not insurance for the school — if the surety pays students on a valid claim, the school repays the surety. Schools that finish what they enroll students for treat the bond as a license formality. Enter the amount your license requires and we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Submit the application with your required bond amount — the executed school bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the PLA.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter your required amount and file with the PLA the same day.