Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a)
Any private career school that seeks to apply for renewal of a Certificate of
Approval shall make a written Application for Renewal of a Private Career School
Certificate of Approval.
1. The Application for
Renewal of a Private Career School Certificate of Approval shall have two components
as described in 12:41-2.2(a)
1.
(b) A completed
Application for Renewal of a Private Career School Certificate of Approval,
including all information and documents required thereunder, shall be submitted by
the approved private career school to the Training Evaluation Unit not less than 90
calendar days prior to expiration of the existing Certificate of Approval.
(c) The approved private career school applying to
renew its Certificate of Approval shall pay a non-refundable renewal application fee
of $ 900.00, payable to the State Treasurer.
(d) The information and documents to be submitted
by the private career school for review and evaluation by the Training Evaluation
Unit for renewal of a Certificate of Approval shall include the following:
1. A completed application form provided by the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
2. A signed and notarized Statement of Assurances,
which attests to the accuracy and truthfulness of the representations made in the
Application for Renewal of a Private Career School Certificate of
Approval;
3. The following financial
documents to support tuition income and financial soundness of the school, which
shall be no more than 12 months old:
i. Financial
statement audited by an independent certified public accountant (if the New Jersey
school is part of a larger organization, then the audited financial statement shall
include a statement detailing tuition income for the New Jersey school
location(s));
ii. Financial statement
compiled or reviewed by an independent certified public accountant (if the New
Jersey school is part of a larger organization, then the compiled or reviewed
financial statement shall include a statement detailing tuition income for the New
Jersey school location(s));
iii. For
sole proprietors, a signed copy of Form 1040, U.S. individual income tax return and
Schedule C(s);
iv. For partnerships, a
signed copy of the complete Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income, including
all schedules;
v. For S Corporations, a
signed copy of the complete Form 1120S, U.S. income tax return for an S Corporation,
including all schedules; or
vi. For
corporations, a signed copy of the complete Form 1120, U.S. corporation income tax
return, including all schedules;
4. Current tuition performance bond, which
includes the information set forth at 12:41-2.2(a)
5i through vii, payable to the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce
Development in the amount of $ 20,000 or five percent of the average gross tuition
income for the past three years, whichever is greater;
5. Proof of continued liability insurance and
workers' compensation insurance;
6.
Current fire inspection certificate;
7.
Current health inspection certificate, if appropriate;
8. Verification that the school complied with the
annual reporting requirement, at
N.J.A.C.
12:41-3.2, for the immediately preceding fiscal
year;
9. Modifications to any
documentation provided as part of the Application for Initial Approval of a Private
Career School;
10. A list of each
instructional program offered by the private career school, including the
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code and Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) code for each instructional program;
11. Identification of the specific occupation(s)
for which students will be prepared upon completion of each instructional
program;
12. Identification of the
specific license(s), if applicable, for which students will be prepared upon
completion of each instructional program;
13. The duration of each instructional
program;
14. Tuition and fee information
for each instructional program, including the following:
i. Tuition;
ii. Fees; and
iii. Institutional grant aid awarded to registered
students; and
15. Such other
information and documents as may be required by the Commissioner of the Department
of Labor and Workforce Development as part of the Application for Renewal of a
Private Career School Certificate of Approval.
(e) Requirements for the component reviewed and
evaluated by the Department of Education shall be governed by N.J.A.C.
6A:19-7.
(f) The Training Evaluation
Unit shall, prior to renewal of a Certificate of Approval, assess the private career
school renewal applicant to identify whether each instructional program offered by
the private career school meets the minimum acceptable level of
performance.
(g) Failure of a private
career school renewal applicant to meet the minimum acceptable level of performance
for each instructional program offered by the private career school shall alone
constitute sufficient grounds for denial of the private career school's application
for renewal of its Certificate of Approval.
(h) Where an initial application for approval of a
private career school is denied on the basis that the applicant private career
school has failed to meet the minimum acceptable level of performance for any of its
instructional programs, the applicant private career school may, within 15 days of
receipt of the application denial, and without the payment of any additional
application fee, submit to the Training Evaluation Unit a written request for
reconsideration of the denial.
(i) The
written request for reconsideration pursuant to (h) above shall include a detailed
description of the basis for the request, including an explanation of either:
1. What the applicant believes is an error made by
the Department in its measurement of the performance of the applicant private career
school's instructional program(s) against the minimum acceptable level of
performance; or
2. A change in
circumstances (for example, a reduction in tuition and/or fees) that would alter the
Department's measurement of the performance of the private career school applicant's
instructional program(s) against the minimum acceptable level of
performance.
(j) The option
to file a written request for reconsideration pursuant to (h) above shall apply only
to application denials that are based on the applicant private career school's
failure to meet the minimum acceptable level of performance for any of its
instructional programs.
(k) The Training
Evaluation Unit shall review any request for reconsideration submitted pursuant to
(h) above on the written record and shall render a decision within 20 days of
receipt of the request.
