2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 345 - Career Schools
Section 345.325 - Minimum standards; rules.
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall adopt by rule minimum standards for the licensing of career schools under ORS 345.010 to 345.450 that are reasonably calculated to ensure that:
(1) The quality and content of each course or program of instruction can achieve its stated objective;
(2) The facilities, instructional equipment and materials are sufficient to enable students to achieve the program goals and are adequate for the purposes of the program;
(3) The directors, administrators and instructors are properly qualified;
(4) Prior to an applicant signing an enrollment agreement, the school provides the applicant with a catalog or brochure that includes an accurate description of the program for which the applicant is enrolling, total costs of tuition and fees and other information specified by rule;
(5) Upon satisfactory completion of instruction and training, the student is given appropriate educational credentials;
(6) Adequate records and standard transcripts are maintained;
(7) The career school is maintained and operated in compliance with all applicable ordinances and laws;
(8) The career school is financially sound and capable of fulfilling its commitments to students;
(9) Neither the career school nor its agents engage in advertising, sales, collection, credit or other practices of any type which are unlawful under ORS 646.608;
(10) The directors, administrators, supervisors and instructors of the school are of good reputation and character, except that a school shall not be issued a notice for corrective action or a license shall not be denied, suspended or revoked because a faculty member has been convicted of a crime except as authorized under ORS 670.280;
(11) Any student housing owned, maintained or approved by the career school is appropriate, safe and adequate;
(12) The school has a written placement assistance plan; and
(13) A license application from a new school or an application for approval of a new program from an existing school shall include labor market information that identifies the need for the new school or program. [1975 c.478 §21; 1979 c.744 §17; 1989 c.333 §15; 1993 c.45 §268; 1995 c.343 §15; 2012 c.104 §33; 2017 c.422 §3]
