Full Text of HB5514 99th General Assembly
HB5514 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB5514 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that a school or program within a school that exclusively provides yoga instruction, yoga teacher training, or both is not considered to be a private business and vocational school.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Private Business and Vocational Schools Act | 5 | | of 2012 is amended by changing Section 30 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 426/30)
| 7 | | Sec. 30. Exemptions. For purposes of this Act, the | 8 | | following shall not be considered to be a private business and | 9 | | vocational school:
| 10 | | (1) Any institution devoted entirely to the teaching of | 11 | | religion or theology.
| 12 | | (2) Any in-service program of study and subject offered | 13 | | by an employer, provided that no tuition is charged and the | 14 | | instruction is offered only to employees of the employer.
| 15 | | (3) Any educational institution that (A) enrolls a | 16 | | majority of its students in degree programs and has | 17 | | maintained an accredited status with a regional | 18 | | accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. | 19 | | Department of Education or (B) enrolls students in one or | 20 | | more bachelor-level programs, enrolls a majority of its | 21 | | students in degree programs, and is accredited by a | 22 | | national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized | 23 | | by the U.S. Department of Education or that (i) is |
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| 1 | | regulated by the Board under the Private College Act or the | 2 | | Academic Degree Act or is exempt from such regulation under | 3 | | either the Private College Act or the Academic Degree Act | 4 | | solely for the reason that the educational institution was | 5 | | in operation on the effective date of either the Private | 6 | | College Act or the Academic Degree Act or (ii) is regulated | 7 | | by the State Board of Education.
| 8 | | (4) Any institution and the franchisees of that | 9 | | institution that exclusively offer a program of study in | 10 | | income tax theory or return preparation at a total contract | 11 | | price of no more than $400, provided that the total annual | 12 | | enrollment of the institution for all such courses of | 13 | | instruction exceeds 500 students and further provided that | 14 | | the total contract price for all instruction offered to a | 15 | | student in any one calendar year does not exceed $3,000.
| 16 | | (5) Any person or organization selling mediated | 17 | | instruction products through a media, such as tapes, | 18 | | compact discs, digital video discs, or similar media, so | 19 | | long as the instruction is not intended to result in the | 20 | | acquisition of training for a specific employment field, is | 21 | | not intended to meet a qualification for licensure or | 22 | | certification in an employment field, or is not intended to | 23 | | provide credit that can be applied toward a certificate or | 24 | | degree program.
| 25 | | (6) Schools with no physical presence in this State. | 26 | | Schools offering instruction or programs of study, but that |
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| 1 | | have no physical presence in this State, are not required | 2 | | to receive Board approval. Such an institution must not be | 3 | | considered not to have a physical presence in this State | 4 | | unless it has received a written finding from the Board | 5 | | that it has a limited physical presence. In determining | 6 | | whether an institution has no physical presence, the Board | 7 | | shall require all of the following:
| 8 | | (A) Evidence of authorization to operate in at | 9 | | least one other state and that the school is in good | 10 | | standing with that state's authorizing agency.
| 11 | | (B) Evidence that the school has a means of | 12 | | receiving and addressing student complaints in | 13 | | compliance with any federal or state requirements.
| 14 | | (C) Evidence that the institution is providing no | 15 | | instruction in this State.
| 16 | | (D) Evidence that the institution is not providing | 17 | | core academic support services, including, but not | 18 | | limited to, admissions, evaluation, assessment, | 19 | | registration, financial aid, academic scheduling, and | 20 | | faculty hiring and support in this State.
| 21 | | (7) A school or program within a school that | 22 | | exclusively provides yoga instruction, yoga teacher | 23 | | training, or both. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-650, eff. 2-1-12.)
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