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HB 562 Original 2019 Regular Session Emerson
Abstract: Provides relative to proprietary schools.
Present law provides for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of proprietary schools by the Bd.
of Regents. Provides for definitions, application requirements, fees, renewals, appeals, cessation of
operations, advertising requirements, and degree granting status. Establishes the Advisory
Commission on Proprietary Schools under the jurisdiction of the Bd. of Regents and provides for
commission membership and duties. Establishes the Proprietary School Student Protection Fund
and provides for payments to the fund by schools in accordance with the payment schedule as
specified in present law.
Proposed law substantially retains present law except as follows:
(1)Makes numerous revisions to provide for technical corrections, removal of obsolete
provisions, and reorganization and recodification of present law.
(2)Authorizes the Bd. of Regents to develop rules and regulations instead of the commission.
(3)Changes the definition of proprietary schools to specify that out-of-state enterprises that
require clinical experiences in La. are subject to proposed law.
(4)Adds requirement that proprietary schools that cease operations take certain specified
actions.
(5)Adds requirement that proprietary schools retain electronic copies of student records and
provides that the Bd. of Regents does not have to store hard copies of records it receives
when a school ceases operations if the board stores the records electronically.
(6)Removes authority given to proprietary schools to grant associate degrees, thereby limiting
the degree granting authority to occupational degrees.
(7)Deletes present law that prohibits persons from preparing advertising materials for school
owners or solicitors until the commission provides information that the owner or solicitor
is licensed and instead provides that the owner or solicitor may not advertise or cause any
information to be advertised until the owner or solicitor is licensed in accordance with
proposed law. (Amends R.S. 17:7(8) and 11 and R.S. 36:651(L) and 801.5(A); Adds R.S. 17:3140.1-3140.17;
Repeals R.S. 17:3141.1-3141.19)