§ 21-18.5-6-11 — Authorization standards

Indiana § 21-18.5-6-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 21: HIGHER EDUCATION
• Art. 18.5: ADMINISTRATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
• Ch. 6: Postsecondary Credit Bearing Proprietary Educational

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Full authorization under this chapter may
not be issued unless and until the board for proprietary education finds
that the postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution
meets minimum standards that are appropriate to that type or class of
postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution,
including the following minimum standards:
(1) The postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational
institution has a sound financial structure with sufficient
resources for continued support.
(2) The postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational
institution has satisfactory training or educational facilities with
sufficient tools, supplies, or equipment and the necessary number
of work stations or classrooms to adequately train, instruct, or
educate the number of students enrolled or proposed to be
enrolled.
(3) The postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational
institution has an adequate number of qualified instructors or
teachers, sufficiently trained by experience or education, to give
the instruction, education, or training contemplated.
(4) The advertising and representations made on behalf of the
postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution
to prospective students are truthful and free from
misrepresentation or fraud.
(5) The charge made for the training, instruction, or education is
clearly stated and based upon the services rendered.
(6) The premises and conditions under which the students work
and study are sanitary, healthful, and safe according to modern
standards.
(7) The postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational
institution has and follows a refund policy approved by the board
for proprietary education.
(8) The owner or chief administrator of the postsecondary credit
bearing proprietary educational institution is subject to a
background check by the board for proprietary education and has
not been convicted of a felony.
(9) The owner or chief administrator of the postsecondary credit
bearing proprietary educational institution has not been the owner
or chief administrator of a postsecondary credit bearing
proprietary educational institution that has had its authorization
revoked or has been closed involuntarily in the five (5) year
period preceding the application for authorization. However, if
the owner or chief administrator of the postsecondary credit
bearing proprietary educational institution has been the owner or
chief administrator of a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary
educational institution that has had its authorization revoked or
has been closed involuntarily more than five (5) years before the
application for authorization, the board for proprietary education
may issue full authorization at the board for proprietary
education's discretion.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.107-2012, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.273-2013, SEC.17.