California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 7.5 - Private Postsecondary Education › Chapter 2 - Applications › Article 4 - Processing of Applications › Section 71400 - Processing of Completed Applications

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Action by the Bureau shall not commence
				  until a completed Form Application 94886 for approval to operate, or for
				  verification of exemption, has been submitted to the Bureau for its
				  review.
(b) Within 30 days after
				  receipt of a Form Application 94886 for approval to operate as required by
				  Article 1, or for verification of exemption, the Bureau shall notify the
				  institution in writing that the application is complete and has been accepted
				  for filing or that the application is not complete. If the application is not
				  complete, the Bureau shall specify in the notice what additional information or
				  documents are needed from the institution in order for the application to be
				  deemed complete.
(c) The Bureau
				  shall consider an application to be complete if it appears that the institution
				  has submitted all of the information, documents, and fees required by the Act
				  and by Article 2 of this chapter. This includes any additional documents the
				  Bureau may request to determine if the institution's proposed implementation
				  meets the minimum operating standards of section
				  94885 of the Code.
(d) Pursuant to section
				  94887 of the Code, the Bureau will
				  either grant or deny an application.
(1) When
				  specific minor deficiencies are identified during processing but the
				  institution is substantially in compliance with the requirements of the Code
				  and this Division, a conditional authorization to operate may be granted for a
				  period not to exceed six (6) months, to permit the institution to correct those
				  deficiencies identified. If those deficiencies are not corrected after the
				  first period of conditional approval, or the condition upon which an approval
				  may be granted is not satisfied, the conditional authorization to operate may
				  be extended for a period not to exceed six (6) months if the program
				  demonstrates to the Bureau a good faith effort and ability to correct the
				  deficiencies. A conditional authorization to operate shall expire at the end of
				  its stated period and the application shall be deemed denied, unless the
				  deficiencies are removed prior to its expiration and an approval to operate has
				  been granted before that date.
(2)
				  For an applicant that seeks to offer degree programs only, the Bureau will
				  grant a provisional approval to operate the institution if the application
				  demonstrates, in addition to all other requirements for approval to operate,
				  that the institution meets the requirements of section
				  94885.5 of the Code, and the plan
				  is approved pursuant to section
				  71105.
(3) For an applicant that seeks to offer both
				  degree and non-degree programs, in addition to any action taken by the Bureau
				  pursuant to this section in granting an approval to operate an institution and
				  any non-degree programs, the Bureau may grant a provisional approval to offer
				  no more than two degree programs if the application demonstrates that the
				  institution meets the requirements of section
				  94885.5 of the Code, and the plan
				  is approved pursuant to section
				  71105, in addition to all other
				  requirements for approval to operate.