PROPOSED AMENDMENT #1b TO 06LSO-0063.W2
Page 1-line 6 After second ";" insert "specifying application; imposing transitional duties on the department of education;".
Page 1-line 7 Delete "an"; delete "date" insert "dates".
Page 1-line 12 After "21‑2‑404(a)" insert ", (b)".
Page 1-line 13 Delete second "and" insert ","; after "21‑2‑405(a)" insert "and 21‑2‑407".
Page 2-line 13 After "but" insert "are".
Page 3-line 12 Before "be" insert "or to continue to operate or do business in this state,".
Page 4-line 21 Strike first "the" insert "generates a"; strike "generated".
Page 4-line 22 After "collected" insert "that".
Page 5-line 9 After "education" insert "and accepted by the state board".
Page 5-line 10 After "candidacy" insert "or application process".
Page 5-line 21 Delete "five (5)" insert "three (3)".
Page 5-line 23 Delete "five (5)" insert "three (3)".
Page 6-line 2 After "." insert "As used in this article, "candidate for application or otherwise in the application process" means the private degree granting post secondary education institution has applied for accreditation by an accrediting association recognized by the United States department of education and accepted by the state board and is being considered for candidacy status or for accreditation by that association and is in the process of gathering information and performing activities requested by that association to commence the application process.".
Page 7-line 2 After "schools" insert "and institutions".
Page 7-line 4 After "schools" insert "or institutions".
Page 7-line 5 Delete "and" insert "or".
Page 7-line 6 After "schools" insert "or institutions".
Page 7-line 7 After "schools" insert "or institutions".
Page 7-line 8 Delete "and" insert "or"; after "licensed" insert "or registered".
Page 7-line 10 After "schools" insert "or institutions".
Page 7-line 16 After "school" insert "or institution".
Page 7-line 17 After "school" insert "or institution".
Page 7-After line 19 insert:
"(b) Unless the school or institution, proprietor or its agent has been licensed or registered as required under this article, no official or employee of the Wyoming state department of education, any college or university within the state or any school district within the state, shall:
(i) Permit the school or institution, or proprietor or agent thereof, to solicit business in any public school within this state; and
(ii) Provide any list of students or other list of prospects to the school, institution or proprietor or agent thereof.".
Page 7-line 21 After "school" insert "or institution"; after "licensed" insert "or registered".
Page 8-line 1 Delete "." insert ",".
Page 8-line 2 After stricken "accreditation" insert "and if an institution described under W.S. 21‑2‑401(b), accepted by the state board"; reinsert stricken ".".
Page 8-line 18 Delete "posit" insert "post".
Page 9-After line 6 insert:
"21‑2‑407. Penalties; injunction.
Any person violating the provisions of this article 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. Each solicitation of enrollment or each transaction of business without a license or registration certificate constitutes a separate offense. Any person violating the provisions of this article 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.".
Page 9-After line 9 insert:
"Section 3.
(a) Any private degree granting post secondary education institution licensed to operate or do business in Wyoming under W.S. 21‑2‑401 through 21‑2‑407 prior to July 1, 2006, shall on and after July 1, 2006, be registered with the Wyoming state board of education pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑401(b), as amended under section 1 of this act, in order to continue to operate or do business in Wyoming.
(b) The state board through the department of education shall by rule and regulation establish criteria to provide for the transition of private degree granting post secondary education institutions licensed prior to July 1, 2006, to registration requirements imposed under this act. Criteria shall include monitoring steps defining progress towards accreditation by a recognized accrediting association as required under W.S. 21‑2‑402(b), as amended under section 1 of this act.".
Page 9-line 11 Delete and insert:
Section 4.
(a) Except as specified under subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2006.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, section 3 of this act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.".