AB884,7,75 440.52 (7) (a) Investigate the adequacy of courses and courses of instruction
6programs offered by schools to residents of this state and establish minimum
7standards for those courses of instruction programs.
AB884,16 8Section 16. 440.52 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,7,119 440.52 (7) (c) Establish rules, standards, and criteria to prevent fraud and
10misrepresentation in the sale and advertising of courses and courses of instruction
11programs.
AB884,17 12Section 17. 440.52 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,7,1513 440.52 (7) (e) Establish minimum standards for refund of the unused portion
14of tuition, fees, and other charges if a student does not enter a course or course of
15instruction
program or withdraws or is discontinued from the course program.
AB884,18 16Section 18. 440.52 (7) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,7,2117 440.52 (7) (f) Require schools offering courses and courses of instruction
18programs to residents of this state to furnish information concerning their facilities,
19curricula, instructors, enrollment policies, tuition and other charges and fees, refund
20policies, and policies concerning negotiability of promissory instruments received in
21payment of tuition and other charges.
AB884,19 22Section 19. 440.52 (7) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,8,423 440.52 (7) (g) Approve courses of instruction programs, schools, changes of
24ownership or control of schools, and teaching locations meeting the requirements
25and standards established by the department and complying with rules promulgated

1by the department; publish a list of the schools and courses of instruction programs
2approved and a list of the schools that are authorized to use the term “college,"
3“university," “state," or “Wisconsin" in their names; and make those lists of the
4schools available on the department's Internet site.
AB884,20 5Section 20. 440.52 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,8,126 440.52 (8) (a) In general. No solicitor representing any school offering any
7course or course of instruction program shall sell any course or course of instruction
8program or solicit students for a course or course of instruction program in this state
9for a consideration or remuneration, except upon the actual business premises of the
10school, unless the solicitor first secures a solicitor's permit from the department. If
11the solicitor represents more than one school, a separate permit shall be obtained for
12each school the solicitor represents.
AB884,21 13Section 21. 440.52 (8) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,8,1614 440.52 (8) (c) 3. Presenting information to prospective students relating to the
15school, a course, or a course of instruction program that is false, fraudulent, or
16misleading.
AB884,22 17Section 22 . 440.52 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,8,2218 440.52 (8) (g) Recovery on contracts. No recovery shall be had by any school or
19its assignee on any contract for or in connection with a course or course of instruction
20program if the representative who sold or solicited the course program was not the
21holder of a solicitor's permit under this subsection at the time of the sale or
22solicitation.
AB884,23 23Section 23 . 440.52 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,9,924 440.52 (10) (a) Authority. All proprietary schools shall be examined and
25approved by the department before operating in this state. Approval shall be granted

1to schools meeting the criteria established by the department for a period not to
2exceed one year. No school may advertise in this state unless approved by the
3department. All approved schools shall submit quarterly reports, including
4information on enrollment, number of teachers and their qualifications, course
5offerings
programs, number of graduates, number of graduates successfully
6employed, and such other information as the department considers necessary. If a
7school closure results in losses to students, parents, or sponsors, the department may
8authorize the full or partial payment of those losses from the appropriation under s.
920.165 (1) (jt).
Note: This Section replaces “course offerings” with “programs.”
AB884,24 10Section 24 . 440.52 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,9,1711 440.52 (10) (b) Application. Application for initial approval of a school or a
12course of instruction program, approval of a teaching location, change of ownership,
13or control of a school, renewal of approval of a school or reinstatement of approval
14of a school or course of instruction program that has been revoked shall be made on
15a form furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by a fee set by the
16department under par. (c) and any other information as the department considers
17necessary to evaluate the school in carrying out the purpose of this section.
AB884,25 18Section 25 . 440.52 (13) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,9,2219 440.52 (13) (a) 1. “Academic credential" means a degree, transcript, certificate,
20or other similar document that indicates the completion of a program , course, or
21course of instruction
leading to, or the earning of academic credit toward, the
22granting of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree.
AB884,26 23Section 26 . 448.05 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,10,8
1448.05 (5r) Certificate as respiratory care practitioner. An applicant for a
2certificate or a temporary certificate to practice respiratory care shall submit
3evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is a graduate of a school with
4a course of instruction in respiratory care approved by the commission on
5accreditation of allied health education programs of the American Medical
6Association
Joint Review Committee on Education in Respiratory Care or the
7Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care or the successor organization of
8any of the foregoing
.
Note: This Section changes the names of the bodies that approve courses of
instruction in respiratory care.
AB884,27 9Section 27 . 458.43 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,10,1410 458.43 (1) (intro.) Except within the first 60 days after a licensed appraisal
11management company adds an independent appraiser to the licensed appraisal
12management company's appraiser panel, a
A licensed appraisal management
13company may not remove an independent appraiser from its appraiser panel unless
14the licensed appraisal management company does the following:
Note: This Section deletes an exception to the requirement that a licensed
appraisal management company follow certain steps to remove an independent
appraiser from its appraiser panel. The exception provides that the steps do not apply
within the first 60 days after a company adds an independent appraiser to its appraiser
panel.
AB884,28 15Section 28 . 458.44 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB884,10,1916 458.44 (3) (d) Had a license or other credential to act as an appraiser appraisal
17management company
in any state denied, refused, canceled, revoked, or
18surrendered in lieu of a revocation, unless that license or other credential was later
19granted or reinstated.

Note: This Section replaces “appraiser” with “appraisal management company”
in one of the provisions for denying a license for, or disciplining, an appraisal
management company.
AB884,11,11 (End)
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