Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part III - State Board of Private Licensed Schools › Chapter 73 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › DEFINITIONS › Section 73.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicate
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Private Licensed Schools Act
					 (24
					 P. S. §§
											6501-6518).
Acting director
-The individual responsible
					 for assuming the director's duties in the temporary absence of the
					 director.
Board
-The State Board of Private Licensed
					 Schools.
Branch facility-
A school facility whether
					 or not located at the administrative headquarters of a school. A school with
					 one school facility has one branch facility.
Certificate-
A document awarded by a
					 school subject to this chapter upon the successful completion of a particular
					 course.
Chief executive officer
-The person
					 ultimately responsible for all phases of the school operation, plant and
					 program, including the method of instruction, the employment of instructors,
					 the organization of classes, the equipment, the advertising used, the
					 maintenance of proper administrative records and other matters related to the
					 administration of the school. The chief executive officer and the director may
					 be the same person.
Clock hour
-A minimum of 50 minutes of
					 instruction.
Closure
-The situation which results when a
					 school ceases to operate.
Complaint
-A matter that has been reported
					 to the review and recommendation panel under §
										73.184 (relating to reporting of
					 potential violations), has been investigated by Board staff and has been found
					 to constitute a violation of the act or this chapter.
Correspondence
-A systematic course or
					 program of nonresident instruction.
Course
-A unit of learning covering
					 specific subject matter.
Credit hour
-A unit of curricular material
					 which normally can be taught in a minimum of 14 clock hours of instruction. For
					 laboratory instruction, a credit hour represents a minimum of 28 clock hours.
					 For shop instruction and practicum experiences, including externship/internship
					 experiences, a credit hour represents a minimum of 42 clock hours.
Degree
-A specialized associate degree
					 awarded by a school with the approval of the Secretary under Chapter 42
					 (relating to program approval).
Department
-The Department of Education of
					 the Commonwealth.
Diploma
-A document awarded by the school
					 subject to this chapter upon the successful completion of an approved
					 program.
Director
-The person designated by a school
					 directly responsible for the day-to-day operation of a school. The director and
					 the chief executive officer may be the same person.
Educational supervisor
-An individual who
					 reports to the director and supervises all or part of the instructional program
					 in his curricular area.
Hearing panel
-Three Board members, one of
					 whom shall be a public member as defined by section 3(a) of the act
					 (24
					 P. S. §
											6503(a)), who
					 preside over hearings requested by schools to contest enforcement actions and
					 who submit proposed findings and recommendations to the full Board for its
					 adjudication.
Internship
or
externship
-A structured, supervised learning experience which
					 takes place outside of the school and involves the practical application of
					 competencies acquired during school-based instruction.
Licensee
-A person or entity holding a
					 license issued by the Board in accordance with the act.
Mail
-Ordinary first class mail, United
					 States Postal Service, ICC approved mail carrier or personal delivery, unless
					 otherwise specified.
Nonresident
-A student who is receiving
					 instruction by correspondence, telecommunication or similar means including
					 seminar.
Notice
-A written statement issued by the
					 Board to a licensee or registrant or by a licensee or registrant to the
					 Board.
Prepaid tuition
-A sum of money received by
					 a school from a student, or on behalf of a student, for which the period of the
					 student's enrollment has not yet begun.
Private licensed school sales office
-A
					 permanent or temporary facility away from school premises to which an
					 admissions representative reports or from which an admissions representative
					 solicits or procures student enrollments.
Program
-An approved series of organized
					 courses.
Quarter credit hour
-A unit of curricular
					 material which normally can be taught in a minimum of 10 clock hours of
					 lecture. For laboratory and shop instruction, a quarter credit hour represents
					 a minimum of 20 clock hours. For externship/internship experiences, a quarter
					 credit hour represents a minimum of 30 clock hours.
Registered school sales office
-A permanent
					 or temporary facility in this Commonwealth of a registered school to which an
					 admissions representative reports or from which an admissions representative
					 solicits or procures student enrollments.
Remote laboratory
-A detached facility for
					 teaching practical application of theoretical instruction, such as a firing
					 range for a security or private investigator program or kitchen facilities for
					 a food service program.
Reportable event
-A circumstance or
					 occurrence as defined in §
										73.201 (relating to reportable
					 events) which takes place at a school or which pertains to the school, within
					 the knowledge of the school's owner, director or chief executive
					 officer.
Resident
-A student who is regularly
					 scheduled to be present at a school facility for the purposes of instruction,
					 including attendance at approved externships, internships or field
					 experience.
Review and recommendation panel
-Three
					 Board members, one of whom shall be a public member as defined by section 3(a)
					 of the act, whose role is to perform or direct Board staff in the performance
					 of the prosecutorial functions involved in an enforcement action against a
					 school.
School
-A private licensed school or
					 registered school as defined in the act. An entity requiring a license or
					 registration under the act. The term includes an instructional facility
					 requiring a license when the facility has a different ownership of more than
					 25% or has a different director or is a separate and distinct legal entity from
					 a licensee.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Department.
Seminar
-Training or instruction that is
					 one of the following:
(i)
				  Noncumulative short-term training of no more than 15 hours duration, not
				  scheduled in a regular calendar format and offered as an introduction or
				  orientation to an occupation.
(ii)
				  Instruction for an occupation offered at a total contract price, of less than
				  $300, which includes all costs charged to students, including tuition, fees,
				  books and supplies, provided that the total contract price for all courses to
				  any enrolled student is less than $300 in any one calendar year.
Student
-A person enrolled in a school for
					 the purpose of instruction.
Teachout
-The continuation of instruction
					 to complete the program or course, whenever the school's license has been
					 suspended or revoked or a school has advised the Board that it intends to
					 discontinue operations.
Telecommunications
-Nonresident, systematic
					 instruction by electronic or electromagnetic means.
Unearned tuition
-The portion of tuition
					 charges billed to students of a school but not yet earned by the school. These
					 amounts represent future educational services to be rendered to presently
					 enrolled students.