Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 44 - PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY CAREER SCHOOLS TUITION RECOVERY CASH FUND › Section 92-44-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
As used in this chapter:
002.01 Act
Act shall mean the Private Postsecondary Career School
				  Act.
002.02 Assessment
Assessment shall mean the amount a private postsecondary
				  career school is required to pay into the Tuition Recovery Cash Fund based on
				  one-tenth of one percent (.001) of the assessment year's gross tuition
				  revenue.
002.03 Assessment
				Year
Assessment Year shall mean the school's most recently
				  completed fiscal year as of October 31 of each year.
002.04 Authorization to Operate
Authorization to Operate shall mean approval by the
				  Department or other state agency to operate a private postsecondary career
				  school in this state.
002.05 Board
Board shall mean the State Board of Education.
002.06 Claim
Claim shall mean a written request filed with the Board by a
				  claimant who alleges to be injured by the termination of operation of a private
				  postsecondary career school.
002.07 Claimant
Claimant shall mean an individual who has paid tuition and
				  fees to a private postsecondary career school for classes which were not
				  available due to termination of operation of the school and for which unearned
				  tuition and fees were not refunded. It does not include students who cease to
				  be enrolled in classes which continued to be offered by a school after the
				  student ceases to be enrolled in them.
002.08 Class
Class shall mean any class, course, or program of
				  occupational training, instruction, or study.
002.09 Commissioner
Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner of Education.
002.10 Course of Study or
				Instruction
Course of Study or Instruction shall mean a program of study,
				  training, or instruction consisting of a series of lessons or classes which are
				  coordinated as a curriculum or program of instruction to prepare or qualify
				  individuals or improve or upgrade the skills needed for employment, career
				  opportunities, or any specific occupation.
002.11 Delivery Mode
Delivery Mode shall mean classroom instruction, distance
				  education, or both which is delivered in any of the following manners:
				  resident, independent study, practical training, correspondence, or distance
				  learning technology.
002.12
				Department
Department shall mean the State Department of
				  Education.
002.13 Fund
Fund shall mean the Tuition Recovery Cash Fund.
002.14 Fee
Fee shall mean a fixed charge for but not limited to,
				  registration fee, lab fees and the cost of materials, or equipment, if they are
				  portrayed as fees by the school.
002.15 Gross Tuition Revenue
Gross Tuition Revenue shall mean the total tuition and fees
				  received during the assessment year less tuition and fees refunds, and unearned
				  tuition and fees.
002.16
				Private Postsecondary Career School
Private Postsecondary Career School shall mean any
				  organization or business enterprise authorized to operate in the state which is
				  not specifically exempt under the Private Postsecondary Career Schools Act,
				  Sections
				  85-1601
				  et. seq., and which offers a course of study or instruction for which tuition
				  is charged, even though the organization's or business enterprise's principal
				  efforts may not be exclusively educational in nature.
002.17 Program
Program shall mean the complete body of prescribed subjects
				  or studies for the purpose of training, preparing, or improving the person for
				  an occupation.
002.18
				Short-term training
Short-term training shall mean classes, courses, or programs
				  of instruction or study that are offered for the purpose of training,
				  preparing, or improving a person for an occupation when (a) the total hours of
				  instruction required for completion is sixteen clock hours or less and (b) no
				  final course grade is given to persons enrolled.
002.19 Teach-Out Program
Teach-Out Program shall mean training provided by another
				  school to complete classes which were not available due to termination of
				  operation of the school.
002.20 Termination of Operation
Termination of Operation shall mean the act of a private
				  postsecondary career school ceasing to offer all of its educational courses or
				  programs to the public.
002.21 Tuition
Tuition shall mean money charged for instruction.
002.22 Tuition Recovery Cash Fund
Tuition Recovery Cash Fund shall mean a fund established from
				  the assessment of private postsecondary career schools for use in settling
				  claims made by a claimant due to termination of operation of a private
				  postsecondary career school.
002.23 Unearned Tuition and Fees
Unearned Tuition and Fees shall mean money paid by an
				  individual to a school for classes which will be held in a future attendance
				  period and for classes which are no longer available due to termination of
				  operation of the school.