8030

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.

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