Section 395.101a - Short title; definitions. - Michigan Statutes

PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 148 of 1943

395.101a Short title; definitions.

Sec. 1a.

(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "proprietary schools act".

(2) As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth.

(b) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, organization, or other legal entity.

(c) "Proprietary school" means a school that uses a certain plan or method to teach a trade, occupation, or vocation for a consideration, reward, or promise of any kind. Proprietary school includes, but is not limited to, a private business, trade, or home study school. Proprietary school does not include any of the following:

(i) A school or college possessing authority to grant degrees.

(ii) A school licensed by law through another board or department of this state.

(iii) A school maintained or a program conducted, without profit, by a person for that person's employees.

History: Add. 1983, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1983 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of certain powers and duties vested in the department of career development or its director, relating to powers and duties of state board of education or superintendent of public instruction to the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.