(a) Each unresolved matter submitted to the former Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education prior to July 1, 2007, shall be deemed to remain pending before the bureau irrespective of any applicable deadlines. With respect to any deadline applicable to a pending matter, no time shall be deemed to have elapsed from July 1, 2007, to January 1, 2010, inclusive.
(1) For the purposes of this subdivision, “matter” includes, but is not limited to, an appeal, a complaint, a claim, an evaluation, a hearing, or an investigation.
(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “matter” does not include a Student Tuition Recovery Fund claim.
(b) Student complaints submitted from July 1, 2007, to December 31, 2009, inclusive, shall continue to be duly recorded and investigated by the bureau.