1842 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1043

as Section 14A, providing for the certification and regulation
of private trade schools which operate a program of trade
and/or technical education after July 1, 1945, or which will
give pre-employment or supplementary training in certain oc-
cupational fields after the above mentioned date.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new Section be added to Article 77 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland, title "Public Education", sub-title
"The State Board of Education", to follow immediately after
Section 14 of said Article and to be known as Section 14A,
said new Section to read as follows:

14A. (a) After July 1, 1945, no private school or educational
institution, however designated, which charges tuition or fees
and offers a program of trade or technical education, or both,
or which gives pre-employment or supplementary training, or
both, in the fields of trade or industry shall begin or continue
to operate or function in this State unless there shall be issued
to it by the State Superintendent of Schools an annual cer-
tificate of approval, as hereinafter provided, which shall be
in full force and effect.

(b) The State Superintendent of Schools shall issue a cer-
tificate of approval to any applicant operating or proposing to
operate such a private school or educational institution whose
conditions of entrance, scholarship, educational qualifications,
standards and facilities are adequate and appropriate for the
purposes, program, training and courses to be taught or given
therein. Any such certificate may be revoked at any time for
cause by the State Superintendent of Schools. Any applicant
who has been denied a certificate, or whose certificate has been
revoked, shall be entitled to a hearing before the State Board of
Education, which may affirm, modify or reverse the action of
the State Superintendent of Schools. Any applicant adversely
affected by a decision of the State Board of Education affirming
the action of the State Superintendent of Schools in denying
or revoking a certificate, may appeal from the Board's decision
to the Circuit Court of the County wherein the applicant pur-
poses to operate, or to the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
if the applicant proposes to operate therein. On any such ap-
peal, the action of the State Board of Education shall be pre-
sumed by the Court to be proper and to best serve the public
interest. The burden of proof shall be upon the appellant to
show that the decision complained of is against the public in-
terest, and that the State Board of Education's discretion in
rendering its decision was not honestly and fairly exercised or
was arbitrary or unsupported by any substantial evidence, or
was unreasonable or beyond the powers of the Board or illegal.
The appeal shall be heard by the Court without a jury. The deci-