261B.11 - EXCEPTIONS.
261B.11 EXCEPTIONS.
This chapter does not apply to the following types of schools and
courses of instruction:
1. Schools and educational programs conducted by firms,
corporations, or persons for the training of their own employees.
2. Apprentice or other training programs provided by labor unions
to members or applicants for membership.
3. Courses of instruction of an avocational or recreational
nature that do not lead to an occupational objective.
4. Seminars, refresher courses, and programs of instruction
sponsored by professional, business, or farming organizations or
associations for the members and employees of members of these
organizations or associations.
5. Courses of instruction conducted by a public school district
or a combination of public school districts.
6. Colleges and universities authorized by the laws of this state
to grant degrees.
7. Schools or courses of instruction or courses of training that
are offered by a vendor to the purchaser or prospective purchaser of
the vendor's product when the objective of the school or course is to
enable the purchaser or the purchaser's employees to gain skills and
knowledge to enable the purchaser to use the product.
8. Schools and educational programs conducted by religious
organizations solely for the religious instruction of leadership
practitioners of that religious organization.
9. Postsecondary educational institutions licensed by the state
of Iowa prior to July 1, 2009, to conduct business in the state.
10. Accredited higher education institutions that meet the
criteria established under section 261.92, subsection 1.
11. Postsecondary educational institutions offering programs
limited to nondegree specialty vocational training programs.
12. Not-for-profit colleges and universities established and
authorized by city ordinance to grant degrees. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1098, § 11; 96 Acts, ch 1158, § 13; 97 Acts, ch 13,
§2; 2005 Acts, ch 78, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 12, §13
Referred to in § 261B.3