LOS ANGELES, California - Former students of the RN Learning Center have hounded the school owner for tuition refunds.
Junlou Enterina has been accused of misrepresenting his company, RN Learning Center, as an accredited nursing school.
Balitang America witnessed the confrontation. Enterina told one student, “If you want to refund the money, then you have to go to the Attorney General’s Office.”
The former students said they were disqualified from taking the registered nurse licensure examination, even after they had taken 18 months of classes.
Each had paid Enterina $20,000. They were not told that RN Learning Center and its affiliate school in the Philippines are not approved and accredited by the US Board of Registered Nursing.
Faced by his former students, Enterina denied all allegations of misrepresentation. The California Attorney General has ordered the shutdown of RN Learning Center, saying it was a fraudulent operation.
“I’m a learning facility. I’m an agent. I enroll students in the Philippines,” Enterina told the students.
“No, that is not how you presented it to us,” answered one student. “You said you are affiliated with a school in the Philippines.”
Another said: “You never said that you are just an agent. Do you think we are that stupid to pay you money (if you were just an agent)?”
In 2007, Enterina ignored a cease and desist order issued for the same violation. The court is expected to order Enterina to pay back his students and to restrain him from operating a nursing school.
Enterina last week said he was planning to go back to the Philippines now that his business has been shut down.
The Attorney General’s Office said Enterina is free to leave the country. But if he continues to operate a nursing school, then he can be criminally liable and can go to jail.
Students shopping for a reputable nursing school are advised to check the Board of Registered Nursing for all accredited schools.
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