D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A8030

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 5-A8030 - FEES

8030.1

A postsecondary degree granting educational institution may be assessed fees to achieve the purposes of the Education Licensure Commission Act of 1976, effective April 6, 1977 (D.C. Law 1-104; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-1301, et seq.).

8030.2

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

8030.3

The following fees shall apply to a postsecondary degree granting educational institution or agent:

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

(b) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each application for licensure;

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

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

(e) One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for an application for conditional exemption from licensure; and

(f) One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for an application to convert a provisional license to a permanent license.

8030.4

There shall be a fee of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) for an application for reinstatement of a license. Receipt of the reinstatement application fee by the Commission shall not constitute approval of the application.

8030.5

Fees 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 institution; and

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

8030.6

Licensed educational institutions and educational institutions exempt from licensure shall pay a fee based upon the total number of the institution's full time students or their equivalents, as calculated pursuant to sections 8013 and 8014. The fee shall be as follows:

(a) One hundred fifty dollars ($150) for one (1) to (100) full-time students or their equivalents;

(b) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for one hundred one (101) to two hundred fifty (250) full-time students or their equivalents;

(c) Three hundred fifty dollars ($350) for two hundred fifty-one (251) to one thousand (1,000) full-time students or their equivalents;

(d) Six hundred fifty dollars ($650) for one thousand one (1,001) to one thousand five hundred (1,500) full-time students or their equivalents; and

(e) One thousand dollars ($1,000) for more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) full-time students or their equivalents.

8030.7

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

8030.8

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

8030.9

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

8030.10

The 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.

8030.11

There 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.

8030.12

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

8030.13

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

8030.14

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

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A8030

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 2424, 2456 (March 18, 2011)

Authority: The Education Licensure Commission (ELC) (Commission), pursuant to authority set forth in sections 6(b)(3) and 11 of the Education Licensure Commission Act of 1976 (the Act), effective April 6, 1977 (D.C. Law 1-104: D.C. Official Code §§ 38-1306(b)(3) and 38-1311 (2010 Supp.)), and 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) (2010 Supp.)).