PRINTER'S NO. 3361
No. 2469 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY KREBS, R. MILLER, HENNESSEY, SHANER, ROBINSON,
M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, FARGO, TULLI, DALEY AND HORSEY,
APRIL 17, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 17, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for exceptions.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 6501 of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 6501. Applicability of chapter.
8 (a) General rule.--This chapter applies to, and the word
9 "institution" in this chapter means, any institution which
10 applies to itself, either as part of its name or in any other
11 manner, the designation of "college," "university" or "seminary"
12 in such a way as to give the impression that it is an
13 educational institution conforming to the standards and
14 qualifications prescribed by the State board. Nothing is this
15 chapter shall be construed to expand the powers of the State
16 board with respect to any institution heretofore existing.
17 (b) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), this
1 chapter does not apply to any:
2 (1) Incorporated or unincorporated theological seminary
3 without power to confer degrees.
4 (2) Public instrumentality subject to the policy
5 supervision and direction of the State board.
6 (3) Corporation for profit as defined in 15 Pa.C.S. §
7 102 (relating to definitions), which applies the term
8 "corporate university" to signify its conduct of a program
9 solely for the training and education of its own employees
10 and which does not have the power to confer degrees of any
11 sort.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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