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§18B-1B-11. Study of licensing and oversight of certain institutions providing post-secondary education.

(a) The commission and the council shall conduct a joint study of current policies relating to licensing and oversight of both public and private degree-granting and nondegree-granting entities providing post-secondary education programs or courses within the state or from locations outside this state through distance learning or any technology methods.
(b) The study shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) The strengths and weaknesses of current state and higher education policies including a determination of how well the policies protect consumers and whether such protection should be expanded;
(2) The appropriate entity within public higher education to assume licensing and oversight of each type of institution;
(3) The standards to be used for program approval or a method to develop such standards; and
(4) The requirements for fees and bonding.
The commission and the council shall report their findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate the recommendations, to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the first day of December, two thousand four.