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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) General rule.--A private school requiring licensure shall not operate within this Commonwealth unless the school has obtained from the board a license issued in the prescribed manner and form.
(b) Admissions representatives for a new school in this Commonwealth.--Within this Commonwealth, no person or persons shall advertise in behalf of, or solicit prospective students to enroll in, a private school to be established within this Commonwealth prior to the establishment of the school unless the person or persons shall apply to the board for a license in the prescribed manner and form and shall receive from the board authorization to conduct the activities.
(c) Admissions representatives for a new school outside this Commonwealth.--Within this Commonwealth, no person or persons shall solicit prospective students to enroll in a school to be established outside this Commonwealth prior to the establishment of the school unless the person or persons shall apply for and obtain from the board an admissions representative's license in the manner and form prescribed.
(d) Admissions representatives for an existing school.--No person or persons shall solicit any prospective student within this Commonwealth to enroll in a school located within or without this Commonwealth unless the school has been licensed or registered by the board and unless the person or persons shall apply for and obtain from the board an admissions representative's license in the prescribed manner and form.
(e) Limitation on authority of admissions representatives.--No person holding an admissions representative's license shall solicit prospective students to enroll in a private licensed school or classes other than one he is licensed to represent.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 6506. Mandatory licensing of private schools and admissions representatives - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-24-ps-education/pa-st-sect-24-6506/
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