§ 115D-87. Definitions.
Article 8.
Proprietary Schools.
§ 115D‑87. Definitions.
As used in this Article:
(1) "Correspondence school" means an educationalinstitution privately owned and operated by an owner, partnership orcorporation conducted for the purpose of providing, by correspondence, for aconsideration, profit, or tuition, systematic instruction in any field orteaches or instructs in any subject area through the medium of correspondencebetween the student and the school, usually through printed or typewrittenmatter sent by the school and written responses by the student.
(2) "Persons" means any individual, association,partnership or corporation, and includes any receiver, referee, trustee,executor, or administrator as well as a natural person.
(3) "Proprietary business school" or "businessschool" means an educational institution that (i) is privately owned andoperated by an owner, partnership or corporation, and (ii) offers business andoffice related courses for which tuition is charged, in business or office relatedsubjects or subjects of general education when they contribute value to theobjective of the course of study. If a school offers classes in more than onecounty, the school's operations in each such county shall constitute a separateschool, as defined in this subdivision.
(4) "Proprietary trade school" or "tradeschool" means an educational institution that (i) is privately owned andoperated by an owner, partnership or corporation, and (ii) offers classesconducted for the purpose of teaching, for profit or for a tuition charge, anytrade, mechanical or industrial occupation or teaching any or several of thesubjects needed to train youths or adults in the skills, knowledge andsubjects, related industrial information, and job judgment, necessary for successin one or more skilled trades, industrial occupations or related occupations. If a school offers classes in more than one county, the school's operations ineach such county shall constitute a separate school, as defined in thissubdivision.
(5) "Proprietary technical school", "technicalschool", "proprietary technical institute", or "technicalinstitute" means an educational institution that (i) is privately ownedand operated by an owner, partnership or corporation, and (ii) offers classesconducted for the purpose of teaching, for profit or for a tuition charge, anytechnical occupation or teaching any or several of the subjects needed to trainyouths or adults in the skills, technical knowledge and subjects, relatedinformation, and job judgment, necessary for success in one or more technicalor related occupations. If a school offers classes in more than one county,the school's operations in each such county shall constitute a separate school,as defined in this subdivision. (1955, c. 1372, art. 30, ss. 1, 2; 1957, c. 1000; 1961, c. 1175, s. 1;1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1987, c. 442, s. 2; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 877, s. 1;1993, c. 553, s. 32.2.)