Bill Text: PA HB1853 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Providing for publication of information concerning online learning opportunities offered by Pennsylvania colleges and universities; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-19 - Referred to EDUCATION [HB1853 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1853-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  2375

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1853

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY MURT, D. COSTA, GEIST, GEORGE, HARHART, KULA, PYLE, K. SMITH, SWANGER, THOMAS, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Providing for publication of information concerning online

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learning opportunities offered by Pennsylvania colleges and

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universities; and imposing duties on the Department of

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Education.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Short title.

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This act shall be known and may be cited as the Online

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Learning Act.

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Section 2.  Duty of Department of Education.

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The Department of Education shall publish a directory that

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includes information about Pennsylvania colleges and

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universities which offer online degrees and certificates.

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Section 3.  Publication.

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The Department of Education shall publish the directory in

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the Pennsylvania Bulletin as a notice, codify it in the

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Pennsylvania Code and make it available on the Department of

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Education's Internet website.

 


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Section 4.  Contents.

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The information published under section 1 shall include:

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(1)  A list of the degree programs offered by each

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institution which is listed in the directory.

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(2)  A list of each institution's online degree programs.

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(3)  An articulation of the courses within each

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institution's degree programs.

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(4)  The costs of each institution's degree programs.

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(5)  Eligibility for each institution's degree programs.

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(6)  Direct links to each institution's degree programs.

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Section 5.  Regulatory authority.

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The Department of Education shall promulgate regulations

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necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

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Section 6.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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