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Level |
Summary |
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 PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Adds a new subsection to Title 24 concerning the certification of higher education institutions. Allows a private, nonprofit college or university to offer an additional degree, major or program if the college or university satisfies both of the following: 1) has operated continuously in the Commonwealth for the immediately preceding 10 years and 2) is accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or if the department approves the additional degree, major or program.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1406&pn=1934
Title: S.B. 1406
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | This bill amends state law to allow private educational institutions to charge a convenience fee for use of a debit or charge card. Such a fee is limited to bank processing fees and financial transaction fees, the cost of providing for secure transaction, portal fees, and fees necessary to compensate for increased bandwidth incurred as a result of providing for an online transaction.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2011-12bills/SB/SB1774_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1774
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Details authority, responsibility of Commission on Higher Education to authorize, revoke right of private nonprofit or for-profit institutions for operating in Colorado. Requires institutions to have regional or national accreditation, release financial data to prove solvency. Directs Commission to adopt new procedures for renewal of institutional authorization by January 2013.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64C3361BBB1CA6C187257981007DBE2F?Open&file=1155_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1155 (sections 12 to 20)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Requires colleges and universities eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program to report student-level data for each student who receives state funds. At a minimum, requires data to be reported annually to the department and to include retention rates, transfer rates, completion rates, graduation rates, employment and placement rates, and earnings of graduates.
http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 7135 - Private Institutions' Reporting of Performance Data
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| IL | Adopted 04/2012 | Postsec. | Guides the reviews of private colleges' and universities' (a) applications to establish new colleges and universities in the state and (b) applications for new degree programs, including out-of-state public, out-of-state private, and in-state private institutions. Private colleges and universities that were established in some cases prior to 1945 or 1961 are exempt from submitting proposals unless they want to offer a previously authorized degree program in a region other than the region where their home campus is located.
From Illinois Register: The adopted amendments are based around 4 themes: (1) tightening requirements prior to approval through use of more specific definitions; (2) increasing transparency and accountability through new specific requirements related to consumer information disclosure and essential data elements; (3) tightening and publicizing the post-approval review process by using automatic triggers for review driven by data, complaints, and public disclosures such as adverse actions by accrediting bodies and federal and state authorities; and (4) administrative procedural changes. Pages 455-495 of 716: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue17.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1030.10, 20, 30, 60, 70, 90
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2011 | Postsec. | Amends definition of a "private college" or "private participating college" for purposes of the California Educational Facilities Authority to mean a private college that does not restrict the admission of a student based on his/her race or ethnicity, provided that the financing does not violate specified constitutional provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1163_bill_20110907_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1163
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2011 | Postsec. | Relates to the eligibility of certain independent not-for-profit institutions of higher education to receive assistance from the New York power authority in establishing energy efficiency and clean energy initiatives. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=S03755&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
Title: S.B. 3755
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2011 | Postsec. | Provides that if the U.S. Department of Education does not have a relevant exam for an ability-to-benefit student (i.e., a student without a high school diploma or equivalent) to take before an enrollment agreement is executed with a private postsecondary institution, the bureau for private postsecondary education may publish its own list of acceptable exams. Reduces the time period during which an institution not participating in federal student financial aid programs may receive a student's notice of cancellation. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1013_bill_20110803_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1013
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Clarifies that the state meets U.S. Department of Education requirements concerning federal student aid by naming private institutions of higher education in the state that are authorized to operate educational programs beyond secondary education, including programs leading to a degree or certificate. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HJ00130F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.J.R. 130
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AL | To governor 05/2011 | Postsec. | Relates to the regulation of certain schools and courses of instruction and exemptions from school licensing. Clarifies the definitions of for-profit and nonprofit schools. Allows additional nonprofit schools to apply for exemption from licensure.
Title: H.B. 321
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | From Department of Legislative Services Fiscal and Policy Note: Distinguishes between public, private nonprofit, and for-profit institutions of higher education. Clarifies the scope of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to include the unfair or deceptive offer for sale of course credit or other educational services. Creates a separate and distinct Guaranty Fund to reimburse students at for-profit institutions of higher education who are entitled to a refund of tuition and fees due to the for-profit institution's breach of agreement or contract with the student or the state. Alters the process for approval of programs offered by for-profit institutions of higher education and requires notification of specified students if a program has not been recommended for implementation. Prohibits the payment of a commission, bonus, or other incentive payment based on success in securing enrollment. Allows the Maryland Higher Education Commission (Commission) to require reasonable annual reports and data from a for-profit institution of higher education as the Commission generally requires of other institutions of higher education. Recommends that the Commission, in order to assist the state in reaching the goal that 55% of adults in Maryland will have an associate's or bachelor's degree by 2025, should consider incorporating for–profit and out–of–state institutions awarding degrees in Maryland into the goal. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_277_sb0695T.pdf
Title: S.B. 695
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes private business and vocational schools that have obtained national accreditation from an accrediting agency designated by the U.S. Department of Education to submit evidence of current accreditation in lieu of other application requests.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0838SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 838
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Postsec. | From bill analysis: Existing law creates the California Education Information System, consisting of the CALPADS (California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System) and the CALTIDES (California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System). Adds an expression of legislative intent that, as the California Education Information System is implemented over time, access to public information already available on various measures of the quality of teacher preparation programs be available in electronic format and be accessible to the extent practicable through downloadable pages and reports accessible to the public in a consolidated manner. Requires all teacher preparation programs, including but not limited to local educational agencies or other programs not accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, to provide information to prospective candidates on the licensure exam pass rates of its program completers for the most recent available year, if that data is available electronically through the Commission on Teacher Credentialing Web site. Provides the link may also include access to additional data from the commission and from the CALTIDES regarding the types of programs offered and data on program effectiveness.
Redefines "qualifying institution" for purposes of the Cal Grant Program to mean any institution that is (1) either a California private or independent postsecondary educational institution that participates in specified
federal student aid programs, a nonprofit institution that is headquartered and operating in California that meets specified criteria, or a California public postsecondary educational institution AND (2) that complies with a requirement to provide information on where to access California licensure exam pass rates for graduates of undergraduate programs leading to employment for which passage of a California licensing exam is required, if that data is electronically available through the Web site of a California licensing or regulatory agency. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2051-2100/ab_2086_bill_20100924_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2086
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Adopted 07/2010 | Postsec. | Primarily from summary in Administrative Register: On July 13, 2009, Public Act 96-37 was signed into law, creating the Private Colleges and Universities Capital Distribution Formula. This Act created a distribution formula for grants to non-profit private colleges and universities from the proceeds of $300 million in Build Illinois bond sales. As proceeds become available, the funds will be released to the Capital Development Board, which will release funds to the IBHE for distribution. This administrative rule is needed to identify eligible institutions, determine eligible capital projects, verify enrollment for the distribution formula, sequence the distribution, and comply with state accountability requirements. IBHE staff has consulted with authorized representatives of private institutions in the development of this Rule. Pages 221-234 of 916: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue28.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1039.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| TX | Adopted 05/2010 | Postsec. | Largely from Texas Register:
Amends provisions relating to degree-granting colleges and universities that are not Texas public institutions. Section 7.3 creates a "Conditional Certificate of Authorization" to provide a mechanism for an institution that is accredited by a higher education coordinating board-recognized accreditor to operate for a limited period of time. This also allows for the institution to verify state degree granting authority to a recognized accrediting agency prior to receiving full accreditation status. Section 7.7 incorporates reference to Conditional Certificate of Authorization in section relating to institutions accredited by board-recognized accreditors. Section 7.11, "Changes of Ownership and Other Substantive Changes", removes reference to "associate" degree to provide for fact that some programs may not offer an associate's degree.
Adopted as published in February 5, 2010 Texas Register (pp 14-16 of 134): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0205/0205prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 7.3, 7.7, 7.11
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows a nonpublic institution of higher education to choose to participate in public higher education core course guidelines; provides that a nonpublic institution, for a fee, may request the department of higher education to review the institution's core courses and include them in the matrix of core courses for which credit may transfer from one institution of higher education to another; provides that the commission on higher education will set the amount of the fee for reviewing the courses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DE981CC68F5486FA872576AA00699CEF?open&file=108_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 108
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires private schools to issue students a full refund of money it received for a student or if a contract with that student is unenforceable because the school is not licensed. The refund must be made within 30 days of a written demand from OHE.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| SC | Vetoed 04/2010 | Postsec. | Relates to the jurisdiction of campus police officers at private colleges. As proposed in the legislation, the authority of campus police officers would have been extended to specific off-campus activities such as accompanying a school employee to make a bank deposit, patrolling off-campus property owned or leased by a college, travelling with an athletic team, or at institution-sponsored events like graduation ceremonies and concerts held in rented facilities. To address intimating and threatening behavior or imminent danger on the edge of a campus, jurisdiction would have been expanded no more than 100 yards from the campus's property boundary. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe;
Title: S.B. 19
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Encourages postsecondary institutions to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours beginning with the 2012-13 academic year; provides exceptions.
[OF NOTE: Creates a comprehensive approach to improving student transfer/articulation, especially from two-year to four-year institutions. Directs the council on postsecondary education to:
(1) Develop and implement a statewide agreement that the state community and technical college system's two-year degree coursework be accepted and fully credited to related bachelor's degree programs by all public universities
(2) Develop and maintain a statewide common-course numbering system for lower-division general education and program-specific prerequisite courses in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System
(3) Establish a statewide course classification system and procedures to monitor the transfer and crediting of lower-division coursework, including a system of ongoing assessment that ensures comparability for transfer purposes
(4) Establish a procedure for approval of changes in learning outcomes at public universities (definition of "learning outcomes" below)
(5) Standardize credit-by-exam equivalencies and passing scores for national exams transferable for general education courses and program-specific prerequisite courses [i.e., Advanced Placement]
(6) Develop policies to align transfer and articulation procedures statewide, including admissions criteria, student declaration of major, and student guidance and counseling policies to ensure that students pursuing a two-year degree provide timely notification of their intent to transfer to a four-year institution
(7) Develop uniform data collection and reporting methods to ensure statewide and institutional compliance with course transfer and credit requirements
(8) Guarantee that, upon admission to a four-year institution, graduates of an approved two-year degree program have met all general education requirements
(9) Provide that graduates of approved two-year degree programs at public postsecondary institutions who complete the prerequisite learning outcomes for a four-year degree program while fulfilling the requirements for two-year degree, are not required to repeat or take any additional lower-level courses to fulfill bachelor degree requirements in the same major, and that these students be granted admission to related upper-division bachelor's degree programs on the same criteria as students earning lower-division credits at the university to which the student transferred
(10) Provide that graduates of two-year degree programs receive priority for admission over out-of-state students at a public four-year institution if they meet the same admission criteria
(11) Establish commonality in public college transcripts to facilitate transfer of credits from two-year institutions
(12) Encourage private postsecondary institutions to collaborate with public postsecondary institutions in developing programs and agreements to expedite the transfer of students and credits between institutions
(13) Establish an appeals process to resolve disagreements between transferring students and receiving educational institutions regarding the transfer and acceptance of credits earned at another institution
(14) Ensure that all transfer and articulation policies are consistent with the rules and regulations established by all appropriate discipline-specific accrediting bodies and institutional accrediting agencies as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Defines "learning outcomes" as the knowledge, skills and abilities that students have attained as a result of their involvement in a particular set of educational experiences. Requires that when an institution seeks to change learning outcomes for a four-year degree program that affect lower-division courses, the university must notify the council of postsecondary education and the state community and technical college system of the proposed changes at the same time as the initiation of the university's approval process. If it is determined that the proposed change will have an adverse effect on transferability, requires the university proposing the change to enter into discussion with the council and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to verify that there remains a clearly defined path to a bachelor's degree for those students who plan to transfer from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to the public university.] http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB160/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 160
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | Relates to private school licensing; provides an exemption from private school licensing requirements for any parochial, church or religious school which operates as a degree granting post secondary education institution, provides instruction through means not defined as distance education and the institution issues diplomas or degrees restricted to the beliefs and practices of the affiliated church, religious denomination or religious organization. Chapter 15
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2010/Introduced/HB0016.pdf
Title: H.B. 16
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec. | Revises the representation of proprietary schools on New Jersey Presidents' Council and on its executive board; provides that the presidents of all proprietary schools which have been authorized to offer licensed degree programs will serve as members of the New Jersey Presidents' Council; provides that one of the presidents of the proprietary schools which offer licensed degree programs will serve as a member of the executive board of the New Jersey Presidents' Council.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4500/4023_I1.PDF
Title: A.B. 4023
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| TX | Adopted 11/2009 | Postsec. | Establishes new rules concerning degree-granting colleges and universities other than Texas public institutions. As stated in the August 7, 2009 Register, "The intent of the re-write is to provide greater transparency of the rules regarding the operation of out-of-state public institutions of higher education or private institutions of higher education in Texas, while leaving the manner in which these institutions are overseen unchanged. To that end, the re-write has incorporated sections of the previous version of Chapter 7 into revised sections of the new version." The August 7, 2009 Register also provides a comment from the higher education coordinating board's assistant commissioner for academic affairs and research that the rewritten sections "will provide greater transparency in the operation and oversight of private institutions of higher education while maintaining the necessary oversight and review of these institutions."
Sections §7.4 and §7.7 adopted as published in the November 27, 2009 Register (pp 33-38 of 62): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1127/1127adop.pdf
Sections 7.1 through 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, and 7.8 through 7.13 adopted as proposed in the August 7, 2009 Register (pp 26-43 of 100): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0807/0807prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 1.7.7.1 -.13
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes a student protection fund for proprietary school (i.e., all private schools operated for profit, with some exceptions) students to compensate students who have suffered a loss of tuition, fees, or any other instructional-related expenses paid to the school by reason of the failure of the school to offer or complete student instruction, if the school ceases to operate; provides licensee bonding requirements; provides the annual assessment rates for such schools to the fund.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v7.pdf
Title: S.B. 860
Source: http://www.ncleg.net
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Establishes the Private Colleges and Universities Capital Distribution Formula Act. Creates a distribution formula for funds appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Capital Development Board for the Illinois Board of Higher Education for grants to various private colleges and universities. Pages 24-26 of 263: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2424lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2424 - Article 25
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes private higher education institutions to participate in specified engineering recruitment programs, including one-week summer programs for middle and high school students, and scholarship programs for engineering students. Directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a study on the success of baccalaureate degree programs offered in applied science and applied technology at public junior colleges, and on the feasibility of expanding the offering of baccalaureate degrees by public junior colleges. Requires that the study consider specific factors, including the workforce needs served by the degree programs for various areas of the state. Requires the board to report the results of the study to legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education by November 15, 2010. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02425F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2425
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Amends eligibility requirements for the Tuition Equalization Grant Program, which allows financially needy students to attend private, non-profit postsecondary institutions in the state. Allows eligible students to be enrolled in at least three-fourths of a full course load. Requires eligible students to be making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate as determined by the student's institution. Directs the coordinating board to adopt rules to allow a student not making satisfactory academic progress, in the event of hardship, to receive a tuition equalization grant. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB04476F.pdf
Title: H.B. 4476
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | Postsec. | Recasts, revises, and reenacts the provisions of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989 as the Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2008. Establishes the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education. Continues the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Administration Fund and the Student Tuition Recovery Fund. Changes educational requirements for licensure as a marriage or family therapist.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 823
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Relates to the Board of Private Vocational Schools; requires budgeting in certain categories and amounts; requires certain performance measures; provides for duties and compensation of employees; limits salary of the Director; provides budgetary limitations. http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/51st/2008/2R/SB/1211.pdf
Title: S.B. 1211
Source: http://www.sos.state.ok.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Clarifies the authority related to the authorization to do business for private colleges or universities, bible colleges, and seminaries; permits the Commission on Higher Education to establish fees payable by institutions related to the administration of degrees; specify procedures by which students may file complaints; provides for investigation of complaints; authorizes the commission to take action to remedy a meritorious complaint if it is not resolved by the institution and the student.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/882205586E336245872573DA008193E8?open&file=167_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 167
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | Postsec. | Provides that the provision of existing law relating to the issuance of bonds for financing of public and private higher education facilities that requires the applicant to provide evidence that the project meets specified requirements would not apply to a private nonprofit university medical education project consisting of a single building, if it is determined that the university received from an underwriting firm, a draft engagement agreement for purposes that included the issuance of state bonds. Chapter 424
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1749_bill_20071010_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1749
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | It is clarified that private vocational schools must meet the minimum requirements to obtain and maintain an operating license. Private vocational schools must demonstrate their financial viability and responsibility to the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB). If any of the requirements are not met, the WTECB may deny the private vocational school's license application. Before enrolling students for whom English is a second language, the schools must administer an English as a second language examination, unless the student graduated from a United States high school or passes a General Educational Development test or other approved assessment in English. The school must comply with the requirements related to the qualifications of administrators and instructors.
If the WTECB determines that a private vocational school is at risk for closure or termination, the school may be required to take corrective action. In making the determination, the WTECB considers whether there is a pattern or history of substantiated student complaints or whether there is a present and historical pattern of failing to meet minimum requirements. If a school closes without providing adequate student notice, the WTECB provides transition assistance to the students including information regarding: transfer options, financial aid
discharge procedures, labor market and job placement assistance, and other available support services.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5402.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5402
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Adds new section 6401-A to the education code. Authorizes the commissioner to grant state aid for high needs nursing programs to any independent institution of higher education in the state that meets specified requirements. Provides that in order to qualify for related state aid grants, any independent institution of higher education must:
(1) Be a non-profit college or university incorporated by the regents or the legislature
(2) Maintain an earned degree program in nursing, culminating in a associate or higher degree in nursing; provided that this does not apply to online nursing degree programs
(3) Meet such standards of educational quality applicable to comparable public institutions of higher education, as may be established by the regents
(4) Be eligible for state aid under the provisions of the U.S. Constitution and the constitution of the State of New York
Directs the commissioner to grant such state aid awards, not to exceed $1 million and based on availability of funds, according to a schedule to be determined by the commissioner, to each institution meeting the above requirements. Provides that awards are to be distributed in the amount of $250 per student enrolled in an earned degree program in nursing at a two-year degree-granting institution, and $500 per student enrolled in an earned degree program in nursing at a four-year degree-granting institution.
Repeals Part T and Part U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, creating the empire innovation program for the State University of New York and City University of New York. According to the 2006-2007 budget analysis of May 2006 http://www.osc.state.ny.us/reports/budget/2006/enactedbudget06_07.pdf, these programs were an effort to enhance public-private research partnerships. SUNY was to receive $6 million in support of a multi-year plan to attract 200 new research faculty, and CUNY was to receive $5 million in support of critical research projects, academic programs and the newly approved Master Plan initiatives.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02107&sh=t
Title: S.B. 2107, Parts E-4, E-5, E-6
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Authorizes five or more private institutions of higher education to form a benefits consortium for the purpose of establishing a self-funded employee welfare benefit plan. The benefits consortium will be a nonstock corporation that will operate a benefits plan to be governed by and subject to the provisions of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The benefits consortium will be exempt from taxation and from insurance regulations. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB3021ER
Title: H.B. 3021
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Exempts religious colleges from state regulation of educational programs offering degrees, diplomas or
certificates based on education beyond high school, or education for transfer to institutions of higher learning. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0420.pdf
Title: H.B. 6016
Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises the provisions of existing law regulating educational corporations; provides for an educational corporation classification to include those that are instituted and maintained by an ecclesiastical or religious order, society, corporation, or corporations that retain control of the institution for denominational purposes; allows for an ecclesiastical educational corporation to organize and operate a religious college under certain guidelines. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0420.pdf
Title: H.B. 6014
Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org
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| NE | Rule Adoption 08/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes procedures for authorizing private postsecondary career schools to operate, be accredited and grant degrees.
Nebraska 1264
Title: Title 92 NAC Chapters 41 and 42
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends rules regarding operation or registration of all private postsecondary degree granting
education institutions that are located within the state, or have their principle place of business out of state
but are doing business in the state. These rules do not apply to any parochial, church, or religious school
as defined by W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iv), home-based educational programs as defined by W.S. 21-4-
101(a)(v), aircraft flight training schools approved and authorized by the Federal Aviation Agency of the
United States of America. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6254.pdf; http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6385.pdf
Title: Chapter 30
Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rule_Search_Main.asp
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | Allows private, nonprofit institutions of higher education chartered to purchase directly from state contracts established by the Division of Purchase and Supply. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0582
Title: S.B. 664
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Relates to private school licensing; transfers duties from the state board to the department of education; requires registration of all accredited private degree granting postsecondary education institutions as specified; requires notification upon first entry into state; prohibits operation without registration; eliminates licensure requirements for nonaccredited private degree granting postsecondary education institutions; imposes fees; requires bonding by institutions under specified conditions; specifies application; imposes transitional duties on the department of education; imposes duties. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2006/Enroll/SF0069.pdf
Title: S.B. 69
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Recognizes that independent nonprofit schools, colleges, and universities are important economic drivers in their communities, and encourages institutions to support local communities, to provide public benefit, and to respond to community expectations that they share facilities, offer programs, and attract students on par with Washington's publicly owned institutions and out-of-state schools and colleges. Further, the legislature encourages innovative programs and educational opportunities, sustainable practices, and increased use of facilities so that operations of institutions can be more cost-effective. This bill expands the manner in which exempt property of nonprofit schools and colleges may be used.
Link to fiscal note: javascript:viewPackage(14418,2); full text of bill: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/2804-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2804
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2005 | Postsec. | Specifies that, for purposes of obtaining financing under the California Educational Facilities Authority Act, a "private college" also includes a nonprofit affiliate, established on or prior to January 1, 2005, of one or more private colleges, whose sole or primary purpose is to provide administrative or other support services to the affiliated private college or colleges, and that undertakes a project for the exclusive use and benefit of one or more of the affiliated private colleges. Also specifies that a "private college" includes a private nonprofit research organization affiliated with one or more private colleges and engaged in basic research and advanced education at the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels, but solely for the purpose of refunding bonds or other obligations previously issued by the authority.
Because this bill authorizes the authority to expend funds for new purposes, it makes an appropriation.
Declares that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_947_bill_20050906_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 947
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to fees provided to the state board for career and technical education for authorizations to operate private postsecondary institutions; relates to the authorizations to operate private postsecondary institutions and use of false academic degrees; provides a continuing appropriation.; authorizes a fee fund.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQPN0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2120
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Prohibits a licensed children's institution and a residential care facility from requiring, as a condition of admission or residency, that a child be identified as an individual with exceptional needs. Requires a local educational agency that has placed an individual with exceptional needs residing in a licensed children's institution or foster family home in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school to conduct an annual evaluation, as part of the annual individualized education program process, of whether the placement is the least restrictive environment that is appropriate to meet the pupils' needs. Requires the nonpublic, nonsectarian school to report to the local educational agency that made the placement, on a quarterly or trimester basis, as appropriate, the educational progress demonstrated by the individual with exceptional needs towards the attainment of the goals and objectives specified in the individual's individualized education program.
Requires an individual with exceptional needs to be allowed, as part of his or her participation in the individualized education program process, to provide confidential input to any representative of his or her individualized education program team. Requires the local educational agency to, at least annually and, to the extent possible, as part of the individualized education program process, conduct certain evaluations and considerations. Also requires a nonpublic, nonsectarian school to ensure confidential communication between a pupil of the school and members of the pupil's individualized education program team, at the pupil's discretion. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1858_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_1858_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec. | Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Provides that certain educational institutions that enroll students in one or more bachelor-level programs and are accredited by a national accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education are not considered to be private business and vocational schools. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=3088&GAID=3&LegID=5667&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: H.B. 3088
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to special purpose revenue bonds for Island Pacific Academy. The legislature finds and determines that the planning and construction constitute a project as defined in part VIII, chapter 39A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the financing of such a project is to assist not-for-profit private nonsectarian and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities serving the general public. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3086_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 3086
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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