New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter F - Private Schools › Part 126 - Licensed Private Career Schools Or Licensed Private Schools › Section 126.19 - School Accountability

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Annual statistical data reports. Each school shall report annual statistical
				  data in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and each school owner
				  shall certify that such data are true and accurate. The commissioner may
				  require independently audited statistical data reports at the school's expense
				  upon a determination that a school has provided false or inaccurate certified
				  data reports. The reporting period shall be from July 1 to June 30. For the
				  purposes of this section, unless otherwise specified, school shall mean school
				  as it is defined in subdivision (p) of section
				  126.1  of this Title
				  and certified English as a second language schools as defined in subdivision
				  (x) of section
				  126.1  of this Title.
				  For the purposes of this section, contracted program start date and contracted
				  program end date shall mean the start date and end dates of the curriculum or
				  course as identified on students' enrollment agreements.
(1) Licensed private career schools.
(i) By no later than April 1, 2022, licensed
				  private career schools shall submit statistical data reports from the
				  immediately preceding reporting year, in a form and manner prescribed the
				  commissioner. Statistical data reports shall use data elements similar to the
				  previous reporting year, and shall include, but are not limited to, enrollment,
				  completion, and job-placement data.
(ii) By no later than April 1, 2023, and no
				  later than April 1 of each calendar year thereafter, licensed private career
				  schools shall submit statistical data from the immediately preceding reporting
				  period for each approved curriculum or course, excluding approved
				  non-occupational courses as defined in section
				  126.1(t) 
				  of this Title. This data shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) the number of individuals who submitted
				  an application for admission to the program during the reporting
				  period;
(b) the number of
				  applicants whose applications were accepted for admission during the reporting
				  period;
(c) the number of
				  applicants whose applications were denied admission during the reporting
				  period;
(d) the number of students
				  enrolled with a contracted program start and end date within the reporting
				  period;
(e) the number of students
				  enrolled with a contracted program start date during the reporting period that
				  have a contracted program end date in a subsequent specified reporting
				  period;
(f) the number of students
				  enrolled with a contracted program start date in a previous reporting period
				  that have a contracted program end date within the reporting period;
(g) the number of students who successfully
				  completed the program during the reporting period;
(h) the number of students enrolled with a
				  contracted program start date during the reporting period who dropped out or
				  were withdrawn from the program during the reporting period;
(i) the number of students enrolled with a
				  contracted program start date during a previous specified reporting period who
				  have dropped out or were withdrawn from the program during the reporting
				  period;
(j) the number of students
				  who had a contracted program end date occurred during the reporting period but
				  were still enrolled at the end of the reporting period;
(k) the number of students who completed the
				  program within the reporting period and who, within one-hundred and eighty days
				  from the end of the reporting period, obtained employment in the occupation for
				  which they were trained or in a related, comparable occupation;
(l) the number of students who completed the
				  program within the reporting period who were unavailable for employment due to
				  the following reasons: death; incarceration; health issues that prevent
				  employment; enrolled in a continuing postsecondary education program; and,
				  active military duty;
(m) the
				  number of students enrolled in the program during the reporting period who
				  received funding or credit for tuition and fees from each of the following
				  sources: New York State tuition assistance program (TAP); federal Pell Grants;
				  federal Title IV loans borrowed by the student; Direct Plus loans made to
				  parents of dependent students; federal veterans benefits; private education
				  loans; adult career and continuing education vocational rehabilitation funding;
				  and any other credit extended by or on behalf of the institution that the
				  student is obligated to repay;
(n)
				  the total cost of tuition for completion of the program as identified in the
				  approved enrollment agreement; and
(o) the total costs of fees for completion of
				  the program as identified in the approved enrollment agreement.
(iii) At the commissioner's
				  direction, the data required to be reported in subparagraphs (a) through (l) of
				  subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall be disaggregated by: students
				  possessing a high school completion diploma or its equivalent and students who
				  are enrolled without a high school diploma but who have been administered and
				  have passed an ability to benefit-examination; full-time and parttime students;
				  international students studying on federal student visas; and any other
				  demographic or sub-group characteristics that the commissioner may determine to
				  be necessary to review the performance of the school.
(iv) By no later than April 1, 2023, and no
				  later than April 1 of each calendar year thereafter, licensed private career
				  schools shall submit data for non-occupational courses, as defined in
				  subdivision (t) of section
				  126.1  of this Part,
				  offered in the preceding reporting period. Data submitted shall include but not
				  be limited to the following:
(a) the total
				  number of non-occupational courses offered during the reporting
				  period;
(b) the total number of
				  students enrolled in non-occupational courses during the reporting period;
				  and
(c) the total number of
				  students completing non-occupational courses during the reporting
				  period.