- A. An individual, partnership, group, association, cooperative, or corporation may not use the name “preschool”, “school”, “institute”, or “academy” or word of like meaning, in such manner as to connote the offering of a high school, junior high or middle school, elementary school, kindergarten, nursery school program, or any combination thereof, unless the individual, partnership, group, association, cooperative, or corporation shall have first obtained a certificate of approval from the State Board of Education in the manner provided by the law.
- B. This regulation does not apply to bona fide church organizations or to individuals or entities who offer or arrange for instruction solely for avocational purposes.
- C. This regulation does not apply to a school or institution operated by the federal government or any state, county, or municipal agency or division of these.
Authority: Education Article, §§2-205, 2-206, and 2-304, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: August 31, 1966
Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3136)
Regulation .02 repealed effective December 7, 1992 (19:24 Md. R. 2127)
Regulation .02A amended effective July 10, 1989 (16:13 Md. R. 1423)