Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 201 - Higher Education Office of Minnesota
Chapter 4880 - PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOLS
Part 4880.2500 - CATEGORIES OF CHAPTER 141 SCHOOLS
Universal Citation: MN Rules 4880.2500
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Definitions.
For purposes of this part, the following terms have the meanings given.
A. "Examination" means an examination administered by a
national or state testing body, the state of Minnesota, or the federal
government for licensure or other certification in a profession or
occupation.
B. "Graduate" means an individual who has received a degree,
diploma, or certificate for completion of a program during the most recent
12-month period that ended June 30 for which data are available.
C. "Passing rate" means the number of the school's graduates
who passed the examination, as reported by the testing agency, as a percent of
the number of the school's graduates who took the examination during the most
recent 12-month period ending June 30 for which data are available.
D. "Placement" means a graduate who, within 12 months after
graduation, has obtained a paid position of employment and the position is in
an occupation related to the educational program, as reported by the graduate,
the graduate's parent or guardian, spouse or domestic partner, adult sibling,
employer, or instructional staff at the school.
E. "Placement rate" means the number of graduates in a cohort
who obtained employment related to their education program as a percent of the
total number of graduates in the cohort. For purposes of this item, a "cohort"
is a class or group of students of the school that graduate in the same
year.
F. "Program" means a vocational or professional program
preparing students for an occupation which requires licensure or other
certification by examination for entry into the occupation in Minnesota and
completion of the program is required for admission to the examination. This
definition applies only to a category C school under subpart
2, item C, subitem
(3).
Subp. 2. Categories of schools.
Schools licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 141, must qualify under one of the two following categories of schools:
A. A category A school must, for reporting
purposes, satisfy all of the licensure requirements under parts
4880.1500 to
4880.2800 and Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 141.
B. A category B school
must, for reporting purposes, satisfy all of the licensure requirements under
parts
4880.1500 to
4880.2800, Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 141, and meet all of the following applicable performance indicators:
(1) the school must verify that it has
achieved full institutional reaccreditation with an accreditation agency
recognized by the United States Department of Education;
(2) the school must have a cohort default
rate equal to or less than an average of 15 percent for the previous three
consecutive years, as calculated by the United States Department of
Education;
(3) the passing rate of
the school's graduates on licensure or other certification examinations must be
equal to or greater than 85 percent of the national or state passing rate,
based on a minimum of ten graduates sitting for the examination in any one
year;
(4) the school must have a
placement rate equal to or greater than 70 percent, based on a minimum of ten
graduates from the school in any one year;
(5) the school's withdrawal rate for the
three most recent consecutive years, as established by the Code of Federal
Regulations, title 34, section 668.16, paragraph (1), must not exceed 33
percent;
(6) the school must
receive a satisfactory audit by the office for the three most recent
consecutive years. The school must provide evidence that it has adhered to:
(a) the refund policy as specified in
Minnesota Statutes, section
141.271, or that any
discrepancies noted by each audit report have been corrected within 90 days of
issuance of the report to the school; and
(b) the requirement for student records
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 141, including acceptable academic
transcripts and student financial account records, or that any discrepancies
noted in an audit report have been corrected within 90 days of issuance of the
report to the school;
(7) the school must provide evidence that
there has been no determination of limitation, suspension, or termination by
the United States Department of Education during the past five years;
and
(8) the school must verify
annually there have been no unresolved student complaints related to Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 141, or its attendant rules during the preceding 12 months
immediately prior to the relicensure notification from the office. The office
will notify a school in writing when the office has determined that a student
complaint has been resolved.
Subp. 3. Relicensure report.
Schools that meet the requirements of subpart 2, item A, are required to submit a full licensure report every year. Schools that meet the requirements of subpart 2, items B and C, are required to submit a full relicensure report once every four years and in the interim years will be exempt from the requirements of parts 4880.1700, subpart 6, and 4880.2100, subpart 4; and Minnesota Statutes, section 141.25, subdivision 3, clauses (4), (5), and (8).
Statutory Authority: MS s 14.388; 136A.01
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