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House Journal: Page 1573: Thursday, April 11, 1996

34   complete and accurate registration application, the
35   secretary shall issue a certificate of registration
an
36   acknowledgment of document filed and send it to the
37   school.
38     2.  The secretary may request additional
39   information as necessary to enable the secretary to
40   determine the accuracy and completeness of the
41   information contained in the registration application.
42   If the secretary believes that false, misleading, or
43   incomplete information has been submitted in
44   connection with an application for registration, the
45   secretary may deny registration.  The secretary shall
46   conduct a hearing on the denial if a hearing is
47   requested by a school.  The secretary may withhold a
48   certificate of registration an acknowledgment of
49   document filed pending the outcome of the hearing.
50   Upon a finding after the hearing that information

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 1   contained in the registration application is false,
 2   misleading, or incomplete, the secretary shall deny a
 3   certificate of registration an acknowledgment of
 4   document filed to the school.  The secretary shall
 5   make the final decision on each registration.  The
 6   However, the decision of the secretary is subject to
 7   judicial review in accordance with section 17A.19.
 8     3.  The secretary shall utilize the advisory
 9   committee created in section 261B.10 in reviewing new
10   and continuing registrations.
11     4.  The secretary shall adopt rules under chapter
12   17A for the implementation of this chapter.
13     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  261B.3A  REQUIREMENT.
14     A school offering courses or programs of study
15   leading to a degree in the state of Iowa shall be
16   accredited by an agency or organization approved or
17   recognized by the United States department of
18   education or a successor agency and be approved for
19   operation by the appropriate state agencies in all
20   other states in which it operates or maintains a
21   presence.  A school is exempt from this section if the
22   programs offered by the school are limited to
23   nondegree specialty vocational training programs.
24     Sec. ___.  Section 261B.4, subsections 2 and 11,
25   Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
26     2.  The principal location of the school in this
27   state, in other states, and in foreign countries, and
28   the location of the place or places in this state, in
29   other states, and in foreign countries where
30   instruction is likely to be given.
31     11.  The names or titles and a description of the
32   courses and degrees to be offered in this state.
33     Sec. ___.  Section 261B.4, Code 1995, is amended by

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