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HI HB1320

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/25/2017

Primary Sponsor

Matthew Lopresti

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires for-profit post-secondary educational institutions (accredited and non-accredited) registered in Hawaii to disclose their for-profit status in all catalogs, promotional materials, electronic media, signage, and contracts for instruction.

  • Disclosure of for-profit status must be in type size as large or larger than any other text, excluding the institution's name.

  • For advertisements in non-affiliated periodicals, for-profit institutions must disclose their for-profit business status in type size as large or larger than other advertisement text.

  • Amends Chapter 446E-2 to require unaccredited for-profit institutions to disclose both their lack of accreditation and their for-profit status using the same size and prominence requirements.

  • Effective date: July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Relating To Post-secondary Education.

Disclosure

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).

2/17/2017

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/17/2017
Higher Education1/30/2017

Full Bill Text

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