Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1095 - PRIVATE BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS › Subpart A - SCHOOL APPROVAL › Section 1095.40 - Criteria for Evaluation of the Application for a Permit of Approval

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Board shall approve all schools described in Sections
				  1095.20(a)
				  and (b) that are not otherwise exempted in
				  Section
				  1095.20(d).
The following standard criteria are intended to measure the
				  appropriateness of the stated educational objectives of the educational
				  programs of a given institution and the extent to which suitable and proper
				  processes have been developed for meeting those objectives. Information related
				  to the satisfaction of the approval criteria outlined in Section
35 of
				  the Act and this Part
must be supplied to the Board by institutions on
				  forms provided by the Board. Additional information may be requested by the
				  Board to determine the institution's ability to satisfy the criteria
.
				  (Section 35 of the Act)
a)
Qualifications of Governing Board Members, Owners, and Senior
				Administrators At a minimum, these individuals must be of good moral character
				and have no felony criminal record
. (Section 35 of the Act)
1) Governing board members, owners and senior
				administrators have not been involved with a postsecondary educational
				institution that had institutional authorization to operate in a State revoked
				during the past 7 years.
2)
				Governing board members, owners and senior administrators have not controlled,
				managed, or been involved with a postsecondary educational institution that has
				ceased operation during the past 7 years that did not provide for the
				completion of programs by its students, did not provide tuition refunds, and/or
				resulted in the loss of time or money for enrollees.
3) Governing board members, owners and senior
				administrators have not knowingly falsified or withheld information from
				oversight agencies.
4) Governing
				board members, owners and senior administrators do not have a prior conviction
				of a felony involving fraud, dishonesty, false statement or some other element
				of deceit, untruthfulness or falsification.
5) The Board shall not regard the fact of a
				prior criminal conviction as evidence of a lack of good moral character. In
				determining the moral character of a governing board members, owners and senior
				administrators on the basis of a prior criminal conviction, or that person's
				rehabilitation following a felony conviction, the Board may consider:
A) the time that has elapsed since the
				offense;
B) the bearing the
				criminal offense for which the governing board members, owners and senior
				administrators was previously convicted will have on his or her fitness or
				ability to perform one or more of his or her duties and
				responsibilities;
C) any
				information produced by the governing board members, owners and senior
				administrators with a prior conviction on his or her behalf in regard to his or
				her rehabilitation, including, but not limited to, a Certificate of Relief from
				Disabilities described in Section 5-5.5-10 of the Unified Code of Corrections [
				730 ILCS 5 ] or Certificate of Good Conduct described in Section 5-5.5-25 of
				the Unified Code of Corrections.