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CT HB07120
Bill
Status
Passed
6/27/2017
Primary Sponsor
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
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AI Summary
- Expands the definition of "private occupational school" to include schools offering or advertising vocational instruction, and adds arts and recreation instruction as an explicit exemption from regulation
- Modifies financial reporting requirements for nonaccredited schools by removing specific language about barbering and hairdressing programs, applying the same compiled financial statement requirement to all nonaccredited schools with fewer than ten annual students
- Requires private occupational schools to maintain duplicate copies of academic transcripts for all students in separate files and allows the executive director to assess administrative penalties for failure to maintain records properly
- Requires schools that cease operations to immediately transmit all student transcripts to the executive director and establishes a two-year deadline for students to apply for tuition refunds due to school insolvency or closure
- Establishes that the Office of Higher Education executive director shall maintain all records and documents associated with private occupational schools
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Postsecondary Career Schools.
Last Action
Signed by the Governor
6/27/2017
Committee Referrals
Higher Education and Employment Advancement2/22/2017
Full Bill Text
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