Sponsor Inquiry - House Education

Relating to exemption of certain institutions from regulation by the state board for career and technical education; and to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 15‑20.4‑03 and subsections 2 and 12 of section 43‑12.1‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization to operate academic or professional postsecondary educational institutions and exemptions from the Nurse Practices Act.

Relating to eligibility for North Dakota academic and career and technical scholarships.

Relating to a commission on private postsecondary education; and to amend and reenact sections 15‑20.4‑01, 15‑20.4‑02, 15‑20.4‑02.1, 15‑20.4‑03, 15‑20.4‑03.1, and 15‑20.4‑04, subsections 2, 3, and 4 of section 15‑20.4‑05, sections 15‑20.4‑10, 15‑20.4‑11, 15‑20.4‑12, and 15‑20.4‑14, subsection 4 of section 15‑20.4‑15, section 15‑20.4‑17, subsection 2 of section 15‑20.4‑18, and subsection 1 of section 54‑07‑01.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorizations to operate private postsecondary educational institutions in this state and resignation of commission members at the beginning of a governor's four-year term.

Relating to authority of the state board of higher education to provide authorizations to operate certain private postsecondary educational institutions offering instruction at the associate in arts level or higher and to false academic degrees and accreditation mills; to amend and reenact subsections 1, 4, 7, and 10 of section 15‑20.4‑01, sections 15‑20.4‑02 and 15‑20.4‑02.1, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 of section 15‑20.4‑03, sections 15‑20.4‑03.1 and 15‑20.4‑04, subsections 1 and 2 of section 15‑20.4‑05, sections 15‑20.4‑06, 15‑20.4‑08, 15‑20.4‑09, and 15‑20.4‑13, and subsection 1 of section 15‑20.4‑14, of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authority of the state board for career and technical education to provide authorizations to operate private postsecondary career schools offering instruction at the level of no higher than the associate of applied science level; to repeal sections 15‑20.4‑15, 15‑20.4‑16, 15‑20.4‑17, and 15‑20.4‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to false academic degrees and accreditation mills; and to provide a penalty.