Section 5-A8128. LICENSING FEES

 

8128.1 A postsecondary non-degree school and each agent licensed by the Commission under this chapter shall pay license fees to achieve the purposes of the Educational Licensure Commission Act of 1976, effective April 6, 1977 (D.C. Law 1-104; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-1301, et seq. (2011 Supp.)).

 

8128.2The following fees shall apply to a postsecondary school or agent:

 

(a)Two hundred dollars ($200) for a new applicant workshop;

 

(b)Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each application for licensure (covering up to three (3) programs of study) and three hundred ($300) for each additional program of study;

 

(c) Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for an application for renewal of a license; and

 

(d)One thousand dollars ($1,000) per person for an application for an agent’s license. 

 

8128.3An additional fee of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be applied to an application received after the license expiration date.

 

8128.4There shall be a fee of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) for an application for reinstatement of a license which has become void by operation of expiration of its term and remained void for a period of six (6) months or more. Receipt of the reinstatement application fee by the Commission shall not constitute approval of the application.

 

8128.5Fees for amendments to a current license shall be assessed as follows:

 

(a)Three hundred dollars ($300) for each new program of study or change of an existing program of study;

 

(b)Two hundred dollars ($200) for each new facility where educational instruction is to be offered;

 

(c)One hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a change of name of the school; and

 

(d)Five hundred dollars ($500) for a change of ownership of the school.

 

8128.6Licensed postsecondary non-degree schools shall pay a fee based upon the number of students enrolled in the school, total tuition income, or both. The fee shall be as follows:

 

(a) One hundred fifty dollars ($150) for up to fifty (50) students enrolled or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annual tuition received;

 

(b) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for fifty-one (51) to one hundred fifty (150) students enrolled or over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to one million dollars ($1,000,000) annual tuition received; or

 

(c)  Three hundred fifty dollars ($350) for one hundred fifty-one (151) or more students enrolled or over one million dollars ($1,000,000) annual tuition received.

 

8128.7An application fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted to the Commission.

 

8128.8An application or other data submission requiring payment of a fee shall be deemed incomplete, and will not be logged as received, if the application or data submission does not include the fee(s).

 

8128.9The fee for a site evaluation for a licensed institution shall be not less than eight hundred dollars ($800) and may in the discretion of the Commission be increased by a reasonable amount based upon the time and complexity of the evaluation. 

 

8128.10There shall be a fee of ten dollars ($10) for each student transcript and five dollars ($5) per page for other documents in the student record that are furnished by the Commission.

 

8128.11There shall be a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) for each duplicate original license.

 

8128.12The fees established by this section shall be non-refundable.

 

8128.13All fees shall be payable to the District of Columbia Treasurer by certified check, money order, cashier’s check, or electronic payment.

 

8128.14The Commission, for good cause, may waive a fee or any portion of a fee upon receipt of a written request. 

 

authority

The Education Licensure Commission (Commission), pursuant to its authority set forth in sections 6 and 9 of the Education Licensure Commission Act of 1976 ) (Act), effective April 6, 1977 (D.C. Law 1-104: D.C. Official Code §§ 38-1306 and 38-1309 (2011 Supp.)); Mayor’s Order 89-120, dated May 31, 1989; and the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to section 3(b) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code § 38-2602(b) (2011 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 6619, 6636 (October 19, 1990); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 531, 532 (January 27, 2012).