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MS Code § 75-60-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-7. Disposition of receipts

 All receipts of the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration under this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration, and shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation approved by the Legislature and as provided by law.
MS Code § 75-60-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-9. Certificate of registration required

 Effective sixty (60) days after the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration has made public its standards for issuing certificates of registration, no course of instruction shall be established, offered or given, no diploma, degree or other written evidence of proficiency or achievement shall be offered or awarded, and no student enrollment in such course of instruction shall be solicited through advertising, agents, mail circulars, or other means, until the person planning to offer or offering such course of instruction, diplomas or degrees has obtained a certificate of registration from the commission. Notwithstanding the prohibition of this section, classes in progress at the time the commission makes public its standards may continue until completed.
MS Code § 75-60-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-11. Issuance of certificate of registration; registration number

  The Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant of good reputation, offering one or more courses of instruction upon determining that the applicant has the facilities, resources and faculty to provide students with the kind of instruction that it proposes to offer. A certificate of registration shall be granted or denied within sixty (60) days of the receipt of the application therefor by the commission. If the commission has not completed its determination with respect to the issuance of the certificate of registration within such sixty-day period, it shall issue a temporary certificate to the applicant, which certificate is sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 75-60-13 until such time as determination is made. Any certificate issued by the commission is valid only for the institution and courses for which it is issued and does not cover other schools or branches operated by the owner. A certificate of registration is valid for two (2) years unless earlier revoked for cause by the commission. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations for administration of the registration process. The commission may cause an investigation to be made into the correctness of the information submitted in any application for registration. If the commission believes that false, misleading or incomplete information has been submitted to it in connection with any application for registration, the commission shall conduct a hearing on the matter and may withhold a certificate of registration upon finding that the applicant has failed to meet the standards for such certificate or has submitted false, misleading or incomplete information to the commission. Application for a certificate of registration shall be made in writing to the commission on forms furnished by the commission. A certificate of registration is not transferable and shall be prominently displayed on the premises of an institution.   The commission shall assign registration numbers to all schools registered with it. Schools shall display their registration numbers on all school publications and on all advertisements bearing the name of the school.
MS Code § 75-60-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-13. Issuance of certificate of registration under federal law in certain cases

 Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter for issuance of certificates of registration, the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration may, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission, grant certificates of registration to schools, colleges, institutes or universities that have been approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to the "Act of March 3, 1966," 80 Stat. 20, 38 U.S.C.S. 1771.
MS Code § 75-60-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-15. Certificate of registration; fees; registration of new course offerings; school franchises

  An initial application fee shall accompany each application for certificate of registration, and a renewal fee shall accompany each application for renewal of registration.   If a renewal fee is not paid at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of a school's certificate of registration, in addition to the renewal fee, there shall be a delinquent fee collected. No portion of any license fee shall be subject to refund.   A certificate of registration shall be issued or denied within sixty (60) days after receipt of the application by the commission.   No new program of study shall be offered by any school holding a certificate of registration until it is registered with and approved by the commission in accordance with procedures which shall be established by the commission. After such course is registered in accordance with the approval procedures provided for herein, it shall be included as a part of any renewal of a certificate of registration. Each application for the original registration of a new program registration fee to be determined by the commission.   A certificate of registration shall be valid only for the school and courses for which it is issued and shall not include other schools or additional locations of a school unless each such additional location (a) offers only courses which are identical to courses offered at the registered location and (b) is under the same ownership, management and control as that of the registered location except as may be provided otherwise in this section. Such additional locations meeting such requirements shall be identified as "annexes" on a certificate application. Gross tuition revenues for the registered location and all annexes shall be combined for the purpose of determining fees payable under this section.   The fees submitted with applications for initial or renewal of registration are not returnable to the applicant, even though a certificate of registration is not issued, unless the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration determines that a financial hardship will result.   The amount of fees authorized in this section and in Section 75-60-27 shall be determined by the Mississippi Community College Board after receiving recommendations from the commission.
MS Code § 75-60-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-17. Surety bond or deposit for certificate of registration

 The application for a certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a surety bond with conditions and in a form prescribed by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration with at least one (1) corporate bonding company approved by the Department of Insurance as surety thereon. The bond shall provide for the indemnification of any person suffering loss as the result of any false certification, school closure, any fraud or misrepresentation used in behalf of the principal in procuring such person's enrollment in a course of instruction, including repayment of tuition paid in advance by any student. The bond shall provide for the reimbursement of the commission of any actual administrative costs associated with an institution ceasing operations. The term of the bond shall be continuous, but it shall be subject to cancellation by the surety in the manner described in this section. The bond shall provide blanket coverage for the acts of all persons engaged as agents of the school without naming them and without regard to the time they are engaged during the term of the bond.   First priority for the use of surety bonds shall be given to students impacted by the closing of the proprietary school.   The surety may terminate the bond upon giving a sixty-day written notice to the principal and to the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration, but the liability of the surety for acts of the principal and its agents shall continue during the sixty (60) days of cancellation notice. The notice does not absolve the surety from liability which accrues before the cancellation becomes final but which is discovered after that date and which may have arisen at any time during the term of the bond. Unless the bond is replaced by that of another surety before the expiration of the sixty (60) days' notice of cancellation, the certificate of registration shall be suspended. Any person subject to this chapter required to file a bond with an application for a certificate of registration may file, in lieu thereof, cash, a certificate of deposit, or government bonds of the same dollar value as the prescribed bond. Said deposit is subject to the same terms and conditions as are provided for in the surety bond required herein. Any interest or earnings on such deposits are payable to the depositor.
MS Code § 75-60-18 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-18. Tuition and fee refund policies

 When refunds are due, they shall be made within thirty (30) days of the last day of attendance if written notification of withdrawal has been provided to the institution by the student. All refunds shall be made without requiring a request from the student and within thirty (30) days from the date that the institution terminates the student or determines withdrawal by the student based on last day of attendance. In any event, all refunds shall be made within sixty (60) days of the student's last day of attendance. Any unused portion of fees and other institutional charges shall be refunded as follows:   Refunds for Classes Cancelled by the Institution. - If tuition and fees are collected in advance of the starting date of a program and the institution cancels the class, one hundred percent (100%) of the tuition and fees collected shall be refunded. The refund shall be made within thirty (30) days of the planned starting date.   Refunds for Students Who Withdraw on or Before the First Day of Class. - If tuition processing fees are collected in advance of the starting date of classes and the student does not begin classes or withdraws on the first day of classes, no more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the tuition and processing fees may be retained by the institution. Appropriate refunds for a student who does not begin classes shall be made within thirty (30) days of the class starting date.   Refunds for Students Enrolled Prior to Visiting the Institution. - Students who have not visited the school facility prior to enrollment will have the opportunity to withdraw without penalties within three (3) days following a documented attendance at a regularly scheduled orientation or a documented tour of the facilities and inspection of the equipment. Institutions are required to keep records of students' initial visits or orientation sessions.   Refunds for Students After Instruction has Begun. - Contractual obligations beyond twelve (12) months are prohibited. The refund policy for students attending proprietary institutions who incur financial obligations for a period of twelve (12) months or less shall be as follows:   After the first day of classes and during the first ten percent (10%) of the period of financial obligation, the institution shall refund at least ninety percent (90%) of the tuition;   After the first ten percent (10%) of the period of financial obligation and until the end of the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the period of obligation, the institution shall refund at least fifty percent (50%) of the tuition;   After the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the period of financial obligation and until the end of the first fifty percent (50%) of the period of obligation, the institution shall refund at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the tuition; and   After the first fifty percent (50%) of the period of financial obligation, the institution may retain all of the tuition.
MS Code § 75-60-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-21. Injunctive relief against unregistered activity

 The commission shall petition the chancery court of the county in which a person or agent offers one or more courses of instruction subject to the provisions of this chapter or advertises for the offering of such courses without a certificate of registration for an order enjoining such offering or advertising. The court may grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the petition is offering or advertising one or more courses of instruction without a certificate of registration. The Attorney General or the district attorney of the district including the county in which such action is brought, shall, upon request of the commission, represent the commission in prosecuting any such action.
MS Code § 75-60-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-23. Agent permit required

 No person employed by an institution licensed by the commission, regardless of job title, job description, full-time or part-time employment status, shall directly or indirectly influence the decision of any prospective student to enroll for a fee in a course of instruction without first securing a permit as an agent from the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. If the person represents more than one (1) institution or campus, a separate permit shall be obtained for each institution or campus represented. Agent permits shall only be issued to agents of institutions that hold a certificate of registration issued by the commission.
MS Code § 75-60-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-25. Issuance of agent permit

 The application for an agent permit shall be made on forms to be furnished by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. Any agent permit applied for shall be granted or denied within sixty (60) days of the receipt of the application therefor by the commission. If the commission has not completed its determination with respect to the issuance of an agent permit within such sixty-day period, it shall issue a temporary agent permit to the applicant, which permit is sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 75-60-23 until such time as such determination is made. Upon approval for an agent permit, the commission shall issue a permit to the person, giving his or her name, agent permit number and the name and campus location of his or her employing school, and certifying that the person whose name appears on the permit is an authorized agent of the school. An agent permit is valid for one (1) year from the date on which it was issued.
MS Code § 75-60-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-27. Agent permit fees

 The application for an agent permit and an application for renewal thereof shall be accompanied by fees determined by the Mississippi Community College Board. All fees collected for the issuance or renewal of agent permits shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration.
MS Code § 75-60-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-29. Surety bond for agent permit

 The application for an agent permit shall be accompanied by a surety bond acceptable to the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. Such bond may be continuous and shall be conditioned to provide indemnification to any student suffering loss as a result of any fraud or misrepresentation used in procuring his enrollment, and may be supplied by an agent of a school or by the school itself as a blanket bond covering each of its agents. The surety of any such bond may cancel the same upon giving thirty (30) days' notice in writing to the commission and is relieved of liability for any breach of condition occurring after the effective date of said cancellation. An application for renewal shall be accompanied by a surety bond, as provided in this section, if a continuous bond has not been furnished.
MS Code § 75-60-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-31. Good moral character prerequisite to issuance of agent permit

 No agent permit shall be issued pursuant to Section 75-60-25 to any person found by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration not to be of good moral character.
MS Code § 75-60-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-33. Revocation of agent permit

 Any agent permit issued may be revoked by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration if the holder of the permit solicits or enrolls students through fraud, deception or misrepresentation, or upon a finding that the permit holder is not of good moral character.   The Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration shall hold informal conferences pursuant to Section 75-60-19 with an agent believed to be in violation of one or more of the above conditions. If these conferences fail to eliminate the agent's objectionable practices or procedures, the commission shall hold a public hearing. A record of such proceedings shall be taken and appeals to the commission shall be upon such record, except as may be provided by rules and regulations to be adopted by the commission. Nothing said or done in the informal conferences shall be disclosed by the staff of the commission nor be used as evidence in any subsequent proceedings.
MS Code § 75-60-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-35. Existence of surety bond not to impair other right of recovery; recovery on contract barred if agent not holder of agent permit

 The fact that a bond is in force pursuant to Section 75-60-29 does not limit nor impair any right of recovery otherwise available pursuant to law, nor is the amount of such bond relevant in determining the amount of damages or other relief to which any plaintiff may be entitled.   No recovery shall be had on any contract for or in connection with a course of instruction by any person selling or administering such course if the agent of such person was not the holder of an agent permit as required by Section 75-60-23 at the time he negotiated the contract for or sold such course.
MS Code § 75-60-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-37. Agent permit not to constitute approval of any program of instruction

 The issuance of an agent permit pursuant to Section 75-60-25 does not constitute approval of any program of instruction or the person or institution offering, conducting or otherwise administering the same, unless licensed by the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. Any representation contrary to this section or tending to imply that an agent permit issued pursuant to Section 75-60-25 constitutes such approval is misrepresentation within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 75-60-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-39. Penalties

 Whoever violates Section 75-60-9 or Section 75-60-23 shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
MS Code § 75-60-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-41. When certificate and permit provisions shall take effect

 Sections 75-60-9 through 75-60-39, inclusive, of this chapter shall take effect and be in force sixty (60) days following the promulgation and publication of rules, regulations and procedures governing the registration and certification of schools, courses of instruction or institutes and agents thereof as provided hereinabove.
MS Code § 75-60-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-43. Records, regulations, and forms to be provided by State Department of Education; validity of certificates and permits issued by Department

 The State Department of Education shall supply to the Mississippi Community College Board all records, regulations and forms relating to proprietary school and college registration. All certificates and permits for proprietary schools and colleges issued by the State Department of Education shall be valid until their normal expiration dates unless suspended or revoked for cause.
MS Code § 75-60-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 60 - Proprietary Schools and Colleges|§ 75-60-45. Review and evaluation of qualifications of instructors; minimum qualifications for instructors

 The commission shall not appoint instructors, but the commission may review and evaluate whether an instructor is qualified to teach a program of study as follows:    Academic classes. Classroom instructors teaching general education courses shall hold at least a bachelor's degree with appropriate coursework in the teaching discipline from an accredited institution and one (1) of the following:   A minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours of credit from an accredited institution in the subject area being taught; or   A minimum of twelve (12) semester hours in methods and techniques of teaching.     Technical classes. Classroom instructors teaching technical courses shall have at least a high-school diploma or an equivalent diploma and at least one (1) of the following:   A degree, certificate or license in the subject area or a related field;   A minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours of credit in mathematics, science or courses related to the subject area from an accredited institution; or   A minimum of three (3) years' work experience in the technical area or a related field.     Apprenticeship trade classes. Instructors of apprenticeship trades shall have the following qualifications and training:   At least a high-school diploma or an equivalent diploma;   A minimum of three (3) years' work experience above the students' level in the trade to be taught; and   Recognized standing as a tradesman or specialist supported by evidence from previous employers.