Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part VIII - Higher Education Assistance Agency › Chapter 121 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS › Section 121.32 - Approved institution in higher education grant program

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) To be eligible for a State higher
					 education grant, an applicant shall enroll in a program approved under §
											121.33 (relating to approved
					 program of study in higher education grant program) and shall attend an
					 institution of higher education approved by the Agency for enrollment of grant
					 recipients under the State Higher Education Grant Program
(b) To be approved, an institution shall be
					 other than a school of theology or a theological seminary as determined by the
					 Agency, be located in the United States or any of its territories and comply
					 with the following:
(1) If the institution is
					 a college or university located within this Commonwealth, the institution shall
					 be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and shall be accredited
					 or a recognized candidate for accreditation with an accrediting body recognized
					 by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher
					 Education Accreditation and its successors; if the college or university is
					 located outside this Commonwealth, the institution shall be degree-granting,
					 shall be operated not-for-profit, shall be legally authorized to do business by
					 the appropriate state licensing or approval authority in the state in which it
					 is doing business and shall be fully accredited by an accrediting body
					 recognized by the United States Department of Education or the regional
					 institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education
					 Accreditation and its successors responsible for accreditation in the state
					 where the college or university is conducting its educational
					 program.
(2) If the institution is
					 a hospital school of nursing located within this Commonwealth, the institution
					 shall be initially, provisionally or fully approved by the Pennsylvania State
					 Board of Nursing and shall be accredited by the National League for Nursing
					 Accrediting Commission, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or other
					 accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education for
					 the accreditation of nursing schools; if located outside this Commonwealth, the
					 institution shall be legally authorized to do business by the appropriate state
					 licensing or approval authority in the state in which it is doing business and
					 shall be accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission,
					 the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or any other accrediting body
					 recognized by the United States Department of Education for the accreditation
					 of nursing schools.
(3) If the
					 institution is a trade, technical or business school located within this
					 Commonwealth, the institution shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department
					 of Education or shall currently be, and shall have been throughout the
					 preceding 24 months, licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Private
					 Licensed Schools and shall be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by
					 the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education
					 Accreditation and its successors, except that this requirement for licensure
					 and accreditation may be waived by the President and Chief Executive Officer
					 for branch campuses of an institution that have been operating satisfactorily
					 in this Commonwealth for 2 years or more; if the institution is located outside
					 this Commonwealth, it shall be degree-granting, shall be operated
					 not-for-profit and shall be fully accredited by the United States Department of
					 Education or the regional institutional accrediting body recognized by the
					 Council for Higher Education Accreditation and its successors responsible for
					 accreditation in the state where the institution is conducting its educational
					 program.
(4) The institution shall
					 have executed an Assurance of Compliance with section 602 of the Civil Rights
					 Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.A. §
													2000d-1 (1974)) and filed it with the United
					 States Secretary of Education.
(5)
					 The institution shall have executed and filed with the Agency an agreement on a
					 form provided by the Agency to report or advise the Agency if the institution
					 has knowledge of the name and address of Commonwealth resident students who are
					 recipients of Agency-administered aid who have been convicted in a court of
					 record of a criminal offense which under the laws of the United States or of
					 the Commonwealth would constitute a felony committed after October 29, 1969.
					 Institutional knowledge shall be facts contained in the academic, disciplinary
					 or financial student records of the institution or facts known to persons
					 occupying positions of authority such as the dean of students, director of
					 financial aid or president of the institution.
(6) When a change in ownership of an approved
					 institution occurs, the new owner shall notify the Agency in writing of the
					 change in ownership within 30 days of the effective date of the change. The new
					 owner shall execute and file with the Agency an agreement on a form provided by
					 the Agency to assume responsibility for repayment of State grant funds to the
					 Agency or payment of State grant funds to eligible students, as designated by
					 the Agency, made necessary by the failure of the previous owner to follow
					 Agency procedures and requirements. An institution that fails to execute this
					 agreement will be required to wait 24 months before being considered for
					 approval in the State Grant Program.
(7) The institution shall comply with other
					 administrative requirements as the Agency may legally promulgate, as shall be
					 set forth in the State Grant Certification Procedures and the State Grant
					 Program Policy Manual which will be made available to institutions on an annual
					 basis.