MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          963

154. Notice to be filed before degree or diploma awarded.

(a)    Institutions not in operation on June 1, 1961; contents of
notice; amendments.—Unless a degree-granting institution is in
operation on June 1, 1961, it shall not award any degree or
diploma or other certificate thereof until one year after it has filed
a written notice with and until such notice has received the ap-
proval of the State Department of Education. The notice shall con-
tain the name and address of the degree-granting institution; the
names and addresses of the president or other administrative head
and of each member of the board of trustees or other governing
board; the names of members of the faculty, with the highest aca-
demic degree held by each; a full description of the degree or degrees
to be awarded and the course or courses of study prerequisite
thereto; and such additional information as the State Department
of Education may prescribe. An amendment to the notice shall be
filed with the State Department of Education prior to the award of
any degree or diploma or other certificate therefor not contained
in the original notice or prior amendments thereto. A degree or
diploma or other certificate therefor authorized in an amendment
shall not be awarded until one year after the filing of the amend-
ment with and the approval of the State Department of Education.

(b)    Notice to be kept current.—A degree-granting institution
shall keep the notice which it shall have filed with the State Depart-
ment of Education current at all times. For this purpose, it shall
report, by appropriate amendment of the notice, any change in any
fact reported therein within thirty days of its occurrence.

(c)    Institutions in operation on June 1, 1961.—All degree-
granting institutions in operation on June 1, 1961, shall file notices
as required by this section within 180 days of said date and there-
after the provisions of this section shall be fully applicable to them,
except that the one-year waiting period prescribed in subsection (a)
hereof shall not be required for any type of degree being awarded by
said institution during the academic year 1961-1962.

(d)    Conditions for approval of notice.—The State Department of
Education shall not approve any notice or amendment thereto filed
pursuant to this section unless it finds the facts stated herein to be
correct and further finds that such facts constitute compliance with
the requirements of this subtitle for degree-granting institutions.

(e)    Evidence of accreditation in lieu of notice.—By rule or reg-
ulation the State Department of Education may provide for recogni-
tion by it of national and regional education accrediting agencies.
Any degree-granting institution or applicant for status as a degree-
granting institution which offers resident instruction may offer an-
nually in lieu of any notice or amendment thereto required by this