California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 7.5 - Private Postsecondary Education › Chapter 2 - Applications › Article 7 - Applications for a Substantive Change to an Approval to Operate › Section 71550 - Application for Addition of Separate Branch

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An institution seeking to add a separate
				  branch pursuant to section
				  94894(h) shall
				  complete the "Application for Addition of a Separate Branch" form (SEP rev.
				  2/10) to obtain prior authorization. The form shall be submitted to the Bureau
				  along with the appropriate fee as provided in Section
				  94930.5(a)(2) of
				  the Code. It shall be signed and dated by the signatory(ies) required by
				  section 71380 for an institution approved
				  under section
				  94885 of the Code and section
				  71390 for an institution approved
				  under section
				  94890 of the Code, and each fact
				  stated therein and each attachment thereto shall be declared to be true under
				  penalty of perjury, in the following form:
"I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
					 State of California that the foregoing and all attachments are true and
					 correct.
___________________________
___________________________
(Date)
(Signature)"
(b)
				  For an institution approved under section
				  94885 of the code, the application
				  shall establish that the institution, including the separate branch, can meet
				  the minimum operating standards contained in Chapter 3, and shall include:
(1) The name, school code, telephone and fax
				  numbers, and address of the institution;
(2) The address of the proposed separate
				  branch;
(3) The reasons for
				  establishing a separate branch, and how the proposed branch helps to further
				  the institution's mission and objectives;
(4) When the institution proposes to open the
				  branch;
(5) The projected number of
				  students that the proposed branch will serve, and the basis for that
				  projection;
(6) The impact of the
				  branch on the financial resources of the institution, including the
				  institution's ability to comply with section
				  71745;
(7) A description of the proposed branch's
				  educational programs;
(8) A
				  description of the facility and equipment as provided in Section
				  71260;
(9) A description of the differences between
				  the programs that the institution offers at the main location and the programs
				  the institution proposes to offer at the branch location, including admissions
				  standards, degree requirements, curricula, and standards for student
				  achievement or a statement that an application for a Change in Educational
				  Objective under section
				  71950 accompanies the
				  application;
(10) A statement that
				  the institution has contracted with duly qualified faculty who meet the
				  qualifications of section
				  71720 at the proposed branch,
				  including whether faculty will teach only at the proposed branch or will be
				  shared among the institution's locations;
(11) A description of library and other
				  learning resources, as provided in Section
				  71270, that will be available to
				  students attending the proposed branch;
(12) A description of the planned
				  administrative relationship between the main location and the proposed branch,
				  including the nature and extent of the supervision by the chief academic
				  officer, chief operating officer, chief executive officer, and administrators
				  at the main location over the activities of the proposed branch; and
(13) The name, address, email address, and
				  telephone and fax numbers of the institution's contact person for the purpose
				  of this application; and
(14) Any
				  additional information required by the Bureau pursuant to section
				  71340.