APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS
§ 73.81. Application requirements.
A school seeking original licensure or registration shall submit programs to the Board for approval in the manner and form established by the Board. This section applies to licensed or registered schools wishing to offer new programs.
(1) Minimum requirements for program approval include the following:
(i) Courses of study shall conform to the standards and training practices of the occupational fields for which students are being prepared.
(ii) Each program—curriculum—shall be outlined in detail showing the courses, major subjects, hours/lessons (in clock hours, credit hours or quarter credit hours) devoted to each subject and the award at completion of the program. The school shall provide a list of instructional equipment.
(iii) Entrance requirements and occupational objectives of each program.
(iv) A method of recording, evaluating and reporting to every student his academic progress. These reports shall be individualized. Schools shall provide prompt, accurate and educationally beneficial correction of tests, lessons and other assignments.
(v) Prerequisite requirements for individual courses.
(vi) Course content shall include instruction in hygiene and safety, where applicable, in the field for which training is offered.
(vii) Programs may be offered at a branch facility or remote training facility only if the facility is approved.
(viii) Instructional materials used shall be current, accurate, comprehensive and at a reading level adapted to the ability of the average student enrollee.
(2) Programs shall be approved by the Board before they can be advertised or offered.
(i) Schools proposing to offer nonresident programs shall submit detailed outlines of the programs and a detailed list of instructional materials plus the lessons in typed draft form. Schools shall make individual arrangements with the staff within a month of approval if they require these materials to be returned.
(ii) Schools offering resident programs shall submit detailed outlines of the programs, complete descriptions of each course which include prerequisites, course objectives, a summary of content and a detailed equipment list.
(iii) Schools shall submit documentation that qualified instructors as defined in § 73.104 (relating to instructor) are assigned to teach each course.
(iv) If the name that is proposed for the program may be misleading in regard to the program’s nature and scope, the Board may refuse to approve the program.
Source The provisions of this § 73.81 amended April 1, 2005, effective April 2, 2005, 35 Pa.B. 1982. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (220315) to (220316).
Cross References This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 73.52 (relating to contents of application).
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