Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 30 - PRIVATE SCHOOL REGISTRATION / LICENSING FOR PRIVATE DEGREE GRANTING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Section 30-13 - Penalties and Prohibitions

(a) Any person violating the provisions of Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-401 et seq. is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both.

(b) Each solicitation of enrollment or each transaction of business without a license, registration certificate or without providing notification to the Department constitutes a separate offense.

(c) Any person violating the provisions of the applicable statutes and rules and regulations may also be enjoined from the continuation of the violation by proceedings brought by the Attorney General, any district attorney, any school official or any aggrieved citizen, regardless of whether criminal proceedings have been instituted.

(d) No private degree granting post secondary education institution shall file an application for registration, nor shall any registration be granted to any institution, where the institution has any past or present common ownership, management, marketing or other operation of any kind with an institution whose license or registration has been suspended, revoked or not renewed under these Rules.

(e) No official or employee of the Department, any college or university within the State or any school district within the State shall permit the school or institution, or proprietor or agent thereof, to solicit business in any public school within the State and/or provide any list of students or other list of prospects to the school, institution or proprietor or agent thereof unless the school or institution, or proprietor or its agent is currently licensed, registered or has provided notification as required under these rules and regulations

(f) No school or institution licensed, registered or providing notification in accordance with these rules shall claim or advertise to prospective or enrolled students that it is accredited in the United States unless the named accrediting association, commission or other entity is approved by the United States Department of Education and the institution is registered by the Department in accordance with rule, regulation and statute.