- § 20-3-250.1 - Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990."
- § 20-3-250.2 - Definitions
As used in this part, the term: (1) "Agent" means any natural person owning any interest in, employed by, or representing for remuneration a...
- § 20-3-250.3 - Educational Institutions Exempted From Application of Part
(a) The following education and postsecondary educational institutions are exempted from this part except as expressly provided to the contrary: (1) Institutions exclusively offering...
- § 20-3-250.4 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; Membership
(a) There is established the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission consisting of 15 members who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the...
- § 20-3-250.5 - Administration; General Powers and Duties
(a) The commission shall be assigned to the Georgia Student Finance Commission for administrative purposes only. The commission shall be a budget unit of...
- § 20-3-250.6 - Minimum Standards for Educational Institutions
(a) In establishing the criteria required by paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 20-3-250.5, the commission shall observe and shall require compliance...
- § 20-3-250.7 - Prohibited Activities of Persons, Agents, Groups, or Entities
(a) No person, agent, group, or entity of whatever kind, alone or in concert with others, shall: (1) Operate in this state a nonpublic...
- § 20-3-250.8 - Application to Operate or Conduct Postsecondary Activities
(a) Each nonpublic postsecondary educational institution desiring to operate or conduct postsecondary activities in this state shall make application to the commission, upon forms...
- § 20-3-250.9 - Application by Persons to Solicit or Perform Services of Agent
(a) Each person desiring to solicit or perform the services of an agent in this state shall make application to the executive director upon...
- § 20-3-250.10 - Surety Bonds; Filing; Amount; Release of Surety; Suspension Upon Release of Surety
(a) At the time an initial application or application for a branch facility is made for authorization to operate, the executive director shall require...
- § 20-3-250.11 - Collection of Fees Established by Commission
(a) Fees shall be collected by the executive director in such amounts as shall be established by the commission. The commission is authorized to...
- § 20-3-250.12 - Denial of Application for Agent's Permit
(a) If the executive director, upon review and consideration of an application for authorization to operate or for an agent's permit or for renewal...
- § 20-3-250.13 - Revocation of Agent's Permit; Conditional Permits; Hearing
(a) An authorization to operate or an agent's permit may be revoked or made conditional after its issuance if the executive director has reasonable...
- § 20-3-250.14 - Filing Complaint Against Institution or Agent
(a) Any person claiming damage or loss as a result of any act or practice by a nonpublic postsecondary educational institution or its agent,...
- § 20-3-250.15 - Hearing and Review by Commission of Denial of Permit
(a) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the executive director respecting denial of an authorization to operate or of an agent's permit or...
- § 20-3-250.16 - Judicial Review of Final Commission Action
(a) Any person aggrieved or adversely affected by any final action of the commission may obtain judicial review of such action as provided in...
- § 20-3-250.17 - Discontinuation of Operations of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institution
In the event any nonpublic postsecondary educational institution now or hereafter operating in this state proposes to discontinue its operations, the chief administrative officer,...
- § 20-3-250.18 - Initiation of Court Proceedings by Executive Director
(a) The Attorney General of this state or the district attorney of any judicial circuit in which a nonpublic postsecondary educational institution or an...
- § 20-3-250.19 - Jurisdiction
Any nonpublic postsecondary educational institution not exempt from this part, whether or not a resident of or having a place of business in this...
- § 20-3-250.20 - Funding for Administration of Part
The commission, through the executive director, shall request funds for the administration of this part, and the General Assembly shall appropriate such funds as...
- § 20-3-250.21 - Fines for Violations
Any person, group, or entity or any owner, officer, agent, or employee thereof who shall willfully violate Code Section 20-3-250.7 or 20-3-250.8 or who...
- § 20-3-250.22 - Prohibited Activities; Violation
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1282, ยง 10, effective July 1, 1994.
- § 20-3-250.23 - Validity of Certificates of Authorization Previously Issued
All certificates of authorization previously issued under either Article 3 of this chapter, the "Postsecondary Educational Authorization Act of 1978," or Article 4 of...
- § 20-3-250.24 - Compensation and Benefits of Commission Employees
(a) All employees of the commission shall be subject to and covered by Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45, but the position...
- § 20-3-250.25 - Transfer of Records, Files, and Accounts From State Board of Education to Commission
All records, files, accounts, and related items utilized in the administration of the "Georgia Proprietary School Act," or the "Postsecondary Educational Authorization Act of...
- § 20-3-250.26 - No Limitation by This Part on Professional Licensing Board's Authority
Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit a professional licensing board's authority, as granted by Title 43, to regulate and govern the...
- § 20-3-250.27 - Tuition Guaranty Trust Fund
(a) It is the purpose of this Code section to create a trust fund from participation fees from postsecondary educational institutions to enable such...
Last modified: October 14, 2016