House Bill 4

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-60-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY VERBIAGE TO RELATING TO THE NONVOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM REQUIREMENT TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE COMMISSION ON PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES REGISTRATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 75-60-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

75-60-5. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following categories of courses, schools or colleges:

(a) Tuition-free courses or schools conducted by employers exclusively for their own employees;

(b) Schools, colleges, technical institutes, community colleges, junior colleges or universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board;

(c) Schools or courses of instruction under the jurisdiction of the * * *~~State~~ Board of Cosmetology * * *~~, State Board of Barber Examiners~~ and Barbering, the State Board of Massage Therapy or the State Board of Nursing;

(d) Courses of instruction required by law to be approved or licensed, or given by institutions approved or licensed, by a state board or agency other than the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration; however, a school so approved or licensed may apply to the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration for a certificate of registration to be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

(e) Correspondence education;

(f) Nonprofit private schools offering academic credits at primary or secondary levels, or conducting classes for exceptional education as defined by regulations of the State Department of Education;

(g) Private nonprofit colleges and universities or any private school offering academic credits at primary, secondary or postsecondary levels;

(h) Courses of instruction conducted by a public school district or a combination of public school districts;

(i) Courses of instruction conducted outside the United States;

(j) A school that offers only instruction in subjects that the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration determines are primarily for * * *a nonvocational, personal improvement or cultural purposes and that does not represent to the public that its course of study or instruction will or may produce income for those who take that study or instruction;

(k) Courses conducted primarily on an individual tutorial basis, where not more than one (1) student is involved at any one time, except in those instances where the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration determines that the course is for the purpose of preparing for a vocational objective;

(l) Kindergartens or similar programs for preschool-age children.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.