HB 5237 — AN ACT REQUIRING STUDENT SURVEYS DURING EVALUATION OF A PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION.

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HADDAD of the 54th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT REQUIRING STUDENT SURVEYS DURING EVALUATION OF A PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION.

Each evaluation team appointed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section on or after January 1, 2025, shall administer such survey to students as part of its evaluation of a private career sHB5237school. / File No.

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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2024 10a-22b(h) HED Joint Favorable Subst.

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170 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill, which requires the Office of Higher Education (OHE) to develop a student survey for renewing a private career school’s certificate of authorization, does not result in a fiscal impact as OHE has the technology, staff and expertise necessary to develop the survey.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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170 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 5237 AN ACT REQUIRING STUDENT SURVEYS DURING EVALUATION OF A PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION.

SUMMARY By law, private career schools must have a certificate of authorization from the Office of Higher Education (OHE) in order to operate.

These certificates must be applied for before initially opening a school, renewed annually for the next three years, and renewed for up to every five years after that.

During the application or renewal process, OHE appoints a team to evaluate the school.

The bill requires OHE, by January 1, 2025, to develop a student survey to be conducted during an evaluation for renewing a private career school’s certificate of authorization.

The survey must at least include questions about the quality of each course or instructional program in which the student is or was enrolled.

Under the bill, each evaluation team must administer the survey to students beginning with evaluations on or after January 1, 2025.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2024 COMMITTEE ACTION Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 22 Nay 0 (03/14/2024) sHB5237 / File No.

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