94885-94892
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 94885-94892
94885. The bureau shall, by January 1, 2011, adopt by regulation minimum operating standards for an institution that shall reasonably ensure that all of the following occur: (a) The content of each educational program can achieve its stated objective. (b) The institution maintains specific written standards for student admissions for each educational program and those standards are related to the particular educational program. (c) The facilities, instructional equipment, and materials are sufficient to enable students to achieve the educational program's goals. (d) The institution maintains a withdrawal policy and provides refunds. (e) The directors, administrators, and faculty are properly qualified. (f) The institution is financially sound and capable of fulfilling its commitments to students. (g) That, upon satisfactory completion of an educational program, the institution gives students a document signifying the degree or diploma awarded. (h) Adequate records and standard transcripts are maintained and are available to students. (i) The institution is maintained and operated in compliance with this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and laws. 94886. Except as exempted in Article 4 (commencing with Section 94874) or in compliance with the transition provisions in Article 2 (commencing with Section 94802), a person shall not open, conduct, or do business as a private postsecondary educational institution in this state without obtaining an approval to operate under this chapter. 94887. An approval to operate shall be granted only after an applicant has presented sufficient evidence to the bureau, and the bureau has independently verified the information provided by the applicant through site visits or other methods deemed appropriate by the bureau, that the applicant has the capacity to satisfy the minimum operating standards. The bureau shall deny an application for an approval to operate if the application does not satisfy those standards. 94888. (a) The bureau shall, by January 1, 2011, adopt by regulation both of the following: (1) The process and procedures whereby an institution seeking approval to operate may apply for and obtain an approval to operate. (2) The process and procedures governing the bureau's approval and denial of applications for approval to operate, including the process and procedures whereby an applicant for which an application has been denied may appeal that denial. (b) The bureau shall, by regulation, establish a process for issuing a notification of a denial of an approval to operate to an institution that submits an application for approval to operate and for which that application is denied. The notification of denial shall include a statement of reasons for the denial. 94889. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 94890, an approval to operate shall be for a term of five years. 94890. (a) (1) The bureau shall grant an institution that is accredited an approval to operate by means of its accreditation. (2) The bureau shall, by January 1, 2011, adopt by regulation, the process and procedures whereby an institution that is accredited may apply for and obtain an approval by means of that accreditation. (b) The term of an approval to operate pursuant to this section shall be coterminous with the term of accreditation. Upon renewal of the institution's accreditation, the institution shall submit verification to the bureau, on a form provided by the bureau, that the institution's accreditation has been renewed. (c) Institutions that are granted an approval to operate by means of the institution's accreditation shall comply with all other applicable requirements in this chapter. 94891. (a) The bureau shall, by January 1, 2011, adopt by regulation the process and procedures whereby an institution may obtain a renewal of an approval to operate. (b) To be granted a renewal of an approval to operate, the institution shall demonstrate its continued capacity to meet the minimum operating standards. 94892. If an agency of this state other than the bureau or of the federal government provides an approval to offer an educational program and the institution already has a valid approval to operate issued by the bureau, that agency's educational program approval may satisfy the requirements of this article without any further review by the bureau. The bureau may incorporate that educational program into the institution's approval to operate when the bureau receives documentation signifying the conferral of the educational program approval by that agency.