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Title 20-A: EDUCATION
Part 4: SPECIFIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Subpart 3: OTHER PROGRAMS
Chapter 321: CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS
§9202

§9201. Certificate of approval; exemptions

1.  Requirement for certificate of approval.  Any privately owned post-secondary correspondence school located within the State or outside the State but having a solicitor or agent in this State to recruit students or promote the school and its program must obtain a certificate of approval from the commissioner before soliciting or selling in this State any correspondence course or collecting any tuition, fee or other charge. In addition, each correspondence school shall supply a listing of solicitors authorized by that school to recruit in this State.  
[PL 1991, c. 131, §1 (AMD).]
1-A.  Residence component.  A privately owned correspondence school offering courses or programs that require a residence component must be classified as a proprietary school and is subject to the licensing provisions of sections 9501 to 9504.  
[PL 1991, c. 131, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Exemptions.  Public institutions that are exempt from property taxation under state laws and courses or programs of instruction conducted under contract with an employer for employees exclusively are exempt from the requirements of this chapter.  
[PL 1991, c. 131, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 131, §1 (AMD).
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