Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1095 - PRIVATE BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS › Subpart A - SCHOOL APPROVAL › Section 1095.30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Ability to benefit" means a standard for admission by which
				  a student who does not possess a high school diploma or GED has demonstrated
				  that he or she can profit materially or personally from a certain course of
				  study through passage of an ability to benefit test or alternative pathways
				  that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Education and administered in
				  compliance with U.S. Department of Education guidelines related to ability to
				  benefit test policies and procedures outlined in federal financial aid
				  regulations.
"Act" means the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act
				  of 2012 [ 105 ILCS 426 ].
"Board" means the Board of Higher Education
				  established under the Board of Higher Education Act
[ 110 ILCS 205 ]
				  or its Division of Public Business and Vocational Schools (Section 15 of the
				  Act). In those cases in which the term is used to refer to prior approval or
				  lack of prior approval for a school application prior to February 1, 2012, the
				  term "Board" shall mean the State Board of Education or State Superintendent of
				  Education.
"Certificate of completion" or "certificate" means
				  any designation, appellation, series of letters or words, or other symbol that
				  signifies or purports to signify that the recipient thereof has satisfactorily
				  completed a private business and vocational school's program of study that is
				  beyond the secondary school level, but not a post-secondary degree program at
				  the associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, or post-baccalaureate,
				  professional degree level
. (Section 15 of the Act)
"Chief managing employee" is the individual who is
				  the head administrator or supervisor at a school's principal location
.
				  (Section 15 of the Act)
"Classroom extension" means the school has existing approval
				  or is seeking additional Board approval to offer an existing program of study
				  at a location other than the school's principal location.
"Conviction" includes a conviction by a plea of guilt,
				  finding of guilt, jury verdict, entry of judgment or sentencing of either a
				  felony or a criminal offense as specified in Section
				  1095.40
				  of these rules that has not been sealed, expunged or reversed by a higher
				  court.
"Educational institution" or "institution" means an
				  organization that promotes business and vocational education, even though the
				  institution's principal effort may not be exclusively educational in
				  nature
. (Section 15 of the Act)
"Enrollment agreement" means any agreement or
				  instrument, however named, that creates or evidences an obligation binding a
				  student to purchase a program of study from a school
. (Section 15 of
				  the Act)
"Faculty" means any individual or group of individuals who
				  are qualified by education and experience to give expert instruction and
				  evaluation in their specialties, to supervise curricular experiences, and to
				  evaluate learning for credit.
"Institution size" means the total number of students
				  enrolled in the school during a fiscal year (i.e., July 1 to June 30 of the
				  following year).
"Mediated instruction" means, for the purposes of this Part,
				  the delivery of instruction from a distance facilitated by technology, such as
				  via teleconferencing, video-conferencing, or internet.
"Non-degree program of study" or "program of study"
				  means any designation, appellation, series of letters or words, or other symbol
				  that signifies or purports to signify that the recipient has satisfactorily
				  completed an organized academic program of study beyond the secondary school
				  level, such as a certificate, but below the associate's degree level and that
				  does not include any recognized degree program such as an associate's,
				  baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree, a post-baccalaureate, professional
				  degree, or a post-degree certificate, such as a post-baccalaureate certificate,
				  post-master's certificate, or post-doctoral certificate
. (Section 15
				  of the Act)
"Out-of-state school" means an institution described in this
				  Part that is not otherwise exempted from approval and meets one of the
				  following:
Private corporation, limited liability company, or other
				  entity that is initially incorporated or organized under domestic laws other
				  than the laws of this State, if required, and initially operated outside the
				  State; or
Not-for-profit corporation, limited liability company, or
				  other entity that maintains its primary place of business or home office
				  outside this State.
"Permit of approval" means a non-transferable permit,
				  issued by and pursuant to the authority of the Board of Higher Education
				  through its Division of Private Business and Vocational Schools to a private
				  business and vocational school in the name of the school, that authorizes the
				  school to solicit students and to offer and maintain one or more courses of
				  instruction in compliance with the provisions of
the
Act and
				  such standards and rules as may be adopted by the Board
in this Part.
				  (Section 15 of the Act)
"Program of study" as used in this definition means
				  any academic program beyond the secondary school level, except for a program
				  that is devoted entirely to religion or theology, a program offered by an
				  institution operating under the authority of the Private College Act, the
				  Academic Degree Act, or the Board of Higher Education Act, or a program of
				  study of less than one year in length operating under the statutory authority
				  granted to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
.
				  (Section 15 of the Act)
"Tuition" means, solely for the purposes of this Part, the
				  total cost of the course of instruction and all other fees for services and
				  facilities furnished or made available to the student by or through the school
				  and/or third parties, including, without limitation, corporate partners or
				  donors, in connection with a student's matriculation and study and completion
				  of a non-degree program of study, including all charges or expenditures made by
				  the school and/or third parties, including, without limitation, corporate
				  partners or donors, for tuition, room and board, books, materials, supplies,
				  laboratory, shop and studio fees, and other expenses.
"Unearned prepaid tuition" means the amount paid to the
				  school by a student or on behalf of a student for which educational services
				  have not yet been rendered. For example, a student pays a school the total
				  amount of $500 dollars prior to the first day of class. In this scenario, the
				  school initially holds $500 in unearned prepaid tuition from that student.
				  After 10% of the course is completed, the school will hold $450 in unearned
				  prepaid tuition from that student. After 20% of the course is completed, the
				  school will hold $400 in unearned prepaid tuition from that student and so
				  on.