§ 10a-22a — (Formerly Sec. 10-7a). Private career schools. Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 10a-22b to 10a-22x, inclusive: (1) “Private career school” means a postsecondary career school operated by a person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity offering or advertising vocational instruction in any form or manner in any trade, industrial, commercial, service, professional or other occupation for any remuneration, consideration, reward or fee of whatever nature, including, but not limited to, a hospital-based career school, or any program, school or entity offering postsecondary instruction in barbering, hairdressing and cosmetology or the occupation of esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, as such terms are defined in section 20-265a . “Private career school” does not include (A) instruction offered under public supervision and control, (B) instruction conducted by a firm or organization solely for the training of its own employees or members, (C) instruction offered by a school authorized by the General Assembly to confer degrees, or (D) instruction offered in the arts or recreation, including, but not limited to, the training of students to provide such instruction; (2) “Additional classroom site” means a facility that (A) is geographically located close to the school or branch that oversees the site, such that students must utilize services provided at such school or branch, (B) conducts permanent or temporary educational activities, and (C) offers courses or full programs of study; (3) “Branch” means a subdivision of a school (A) located at a different facility and geographical site from the school, except for a site that is an additional classroom site as determined by the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, and (B) that (i) offers one or more complete programs leading to a diploma or certificate; (ii) operates under the school's certificate of operation; (iii) meets the same conditions of authorization as the school; and (iv) exercises administrative control and is responsible for its own academic affairs; (4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Higher Education; and (5) “Postsecondary career school” means an institution authorized to operate educational programs beyond secondary education.

Legislative History

(P.A. 79-380, S. 1; P.A. 83-501, S. 1, 12; P.A. 93-294, S. 1, 17; P.A. 95-79, S. 19, 189; P.A. 06-150, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 232; P.A. 12-156, S. 22; P.A. 16-44, S. 1; 16-155, S. 1; P.A. 17-139, S. 1; P.A. 19-117, S. 206; P.A. 22-123, S. 11; P.A. 24-81, S. 137.) History: P.A. 83-501 clarified definition of “private occupational school” to mean a “person, board, association, partnership, corporation or other entity” rather than a “school” offering instruction; P.A. 93-294 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 10-7a transferred to Sec. 10a-22a in 1995; P.A. 95-79 redefined “private occupational school” to include limited liability companies, effective May 31, 1995 (Revisor's note: The Revisors editorially placed quotation marks around the term “private occupational school” in the exception); P.A. 06-150 redefined “private occupational school” to include “professional or other” occupation, made conforming and technical changes and defined “additional classroom site”, “Board of Governors”, “branch” and “commissioner” (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to “Board of Governors for Higher Education” in Subdiv. (3) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Governors of Higher Education” for accuracy); P.A. 11-48 amended Subdiv. (3) to replace definition of “Board of Governors” with definition of “board”, amended Subdiv. (4) to replace “commissioner” with “executive director” and amended Subdiv. (5) to replace definition of “commissioner” with definition of “executive director”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-156 added reference to Secs. 10a-22p to 10a-22y, deleted former Subdiv. (3) re definition of “board”, redesignated existing Subdivs. (4) and (5) as Subdivs. (3) and (4) and redefined “executive director” in redesignated Subdiv. (4), effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 16-44 redefined “private occupational school” in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 16-155 redefined “private occupational school” in Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (5) defining “postsecondary career school”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-139 redefined “private occupational school” in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 19-117 amended Subdiv. (1) by adding reference to cosmetology and occupations of esthetician, nail technician and eyelash technician, effective January 1, 2020; P.A. 22-123 changed references to “private occupational school” to “private career school” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 24-81 amended Subdivs. (3) and (4) by replacing executive director of the Office of Higher Education with Commissioner of Higher Education, effective May 30, 2024.