House File 2417
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 595)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the duties of the college student aid
2 commission and the approval and registration of postsecondary
3 schools by the commission, the department of education, and
4 the secretary of state, and the establishment and collection
5 of fees and chargeable expenses by the state board of
6 education and the secretary of state.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 3, Code Supplement
1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. Prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of
1 4 practitioner preparation programs and professional development
1 5 programs, offered in this state by practitioner preparation
1 6 institutions located within or outside this state and by area
1 7 education agencies, in this state. Procedures provided for
1 8 approval of programs shall include procedures for enforcement
1 9 of the prescribed standards and shall not include a procedure
1 10 for the waiving of any of the standards prescribed. The board
1 11 may establish by rule and collect from practitioner
1 12 preparation institutions located outside this state an amount
1 13 equivalent to the department's necessary travel and actual
1 14 expenses incurred while engaged in the program approval
1 15 process for the institution located outside this state.
1 16 Amounts collected under this subsection shall be deposited in
1 17 the general fund of the state.
1 18 Sec. 2. Section 261.2, Code 2003, is amended by adding the
1 19 following new subsection:
1 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Establish reasonable registration
1 21 standards for the approval, pursuant to section 261B.3A, of
1 22 postsecondary schools that are required to register with the
1 23 secretary of state in order to operate in this state.
1 24 Sec. 3. Section 261B.3, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
1 25 amended to read as follows:
1 26 1. A school that maintains or conducts one or more courses
1 27 of instruction, including courses of instruction by
1 28 correspondence, offered in this state or which has a presence
1 29 in this state and offers courses in other states or foreign
1 30 countries shall register annually with the secretary.
1 31 Registrations shall be renewed every four years or upon any
1 32 substantive change in program offerings, location, or
1 33 accreditation. Registration shall be made on application
1 34 forms approved and supplied by the secretary and at the time
1 35 and in the manner prescribed by the secretary. Upon receipt
2 1 of a complete and accurate registration application, the
2 2 secretary shall issue an acknowledgment of document filed and
2 3 send it to the school.
2 4 Sec. 4. Section 261B.8, Code 2003, is amended to read as
2 5 follows:
2 6 261B.8 REGISTRATION FEES.
2 7 1. The secretary shall set by rule and collect an a
2 8 nonrefundable initial registration fee of one thousand dollars
2 9 and an annual a renewal of registration fee of five hundred
2 10 dollars from each registered school.
2 11 2. Fees shall be set by rule not more than once each year
2 12 and shall be based upon the costs of administering this
2 13 chapter.
2 14 3. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in
2 15 the general fund of the state.
2 16 EXPLANATION
2 17 This bill relates to the approval and registration of
2 18 postsecondary schools by the department of education, the
2 19 college student aid commission, and the secretary of state.
2 20 The bill authorizes the state board of education to
2 21 approve, and to collect an amount equivalent to the
2 22 department's necessary travel and actual expenses incurred
2 23 while engaged in the approval of, out=of=state practitioner
2 24 preparation programs.
2 25 The bill directs the college student aid commission to
2 26 establish standards for the approval of postsecondary schools
2 27 that are required to register with the secretary.
2 28 The bill strikes language that requires postsecondary
2 29 schools to annually register with the secretary of state, and
2 30 instead requires the schools to register once every four
2 31 years, or upon any substantive change in program offerings,
2 32 location, or accreditation.
2 33 The bill directs the secretary of state to establish
2 34 registration and renewal fees for postsecondary schools
2 35 required to register with the secretary. Currently, the Code
3 1 sets the fee for initial registration at $1,000, with annual
3 2 renewals at $500.
3 3 Moneys collected by the department for expenses and by the
3 4 secretary in the form of fees must be deposited in the general
3 5 fund of the state.
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