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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 995
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4284
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING A PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOL'S
FAILURE TO SUBMIT A RENEWAL APPLICATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10a-22d of the general statutes is amended by 1
adding subsection (h) as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
(NEW) (h) The failure of any private occupational school to submit 3
an application to the Office of Higher Education for the renewal of a 4
certificate of authorization on the date on which it is due may result in 5
the loss of authorization under section 10a-22f, as amended by this act. 6
The executive director of said office may deny the renewal of such 7
certificate of authorization if there exists a failure to file such renewal 8
application after the date on which it is due, or any period of extension 9
authorized pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. 10
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10a-22f of the general statutes is 11
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 12
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(a) A certificate of authorization issued to a private occupational 14
school pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, and sections 15
10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, may be revoked by the executive director 16
if such school (1) ceases to meet the conditions of its authorization; (2) 17
commits a material or substantial violation of sections 10a-22a to 10a-18
22o, inclusive, or sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, or the 19
regulations prescribed thereunder; (3) makes a false statement about a 20
material fact in application for authorization or renewal; [or] (4) fails to 21
make a required payment to the private occupational school student 22
protection account pursuant to section 10a-22u; or (5) fails to submit a 23
complete application for a renewed certificate of authorization pursuant 24
to section 10a-22d, as amended by this act. 25
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 10a-22d
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10a-22f(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the Office of Higher Education to deny the renewal of a private
occupational school's certificate of authorization if such school fails to
submit a timely application to renew such authorization.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]