1298                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 623

industry, and any and every private school or educational institution,
except those operated by bona fide church organizations, must secure
a certificate of approval issued by the State Superintendent of Schools,
before it may begin or continue to operate or function in this State.
Bona fide church organizations shall include those schools known as
Amish and Mennonite church parochial schools in Charles, Garrett,
and St. Mary's counties. Provided that nothing in this section shall
be construed as having application to any school or college that is
now operating under a charter granted by the legislature of Maryland
[.] or rehabilitation workshops or facilities engaged exclusively
in training handicapped persons for the Division of Vocational Re-
habilitation of the State Department of Education. Provided further,

that it shall be mandatory upon the State Superintendent of Schools

to issue a certificate of approval to any private school or educational
institution which offers an apprenticeship or training program the

cost of which is paid from a trust fund administered jointly by an

equal number of representatives of employees and employers pur-
suant to a labor management collective bargaining agreement if said
apprenticeship or training program has been issued a certificate of
registration by the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
APPLY TO ANY APPRENTICESHIP OR TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS THE COST OF WHICH IS PAID FROM A TRUST FUND
ADMINISTERED JOINTLY BY AN EQUAL NUMBER OF REP-
RESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS PUR-
SUANT TO A LABOR-MANAGEMENT COLLECTIVE BARGAIN-
ING AGREEMENT.

(b) The State Superintendent of Schools shall issue a certificate
of approval to any applicant operating or proposing to operate a
private school or educational institution whose conditions of en-
trance, scholarship, educational qualifications, standards and facili-
ties are adequate and appropriate for the purposes, program, train-

ing and courses to be taught or given therein. Any certificate may

be revoked at any time for cause by the State Superintendent of
Schools but only in the manner herein prescribed, except that a cer-
tificate of approval issued, pursuant to subsection 12 (a) of this sub-
title, to any private school or educational institution which offers an
apprenticeship or training program the cost of which is paid from

a trust fund administered jointly by an equal number of repre-

sentative of employees and employers pursuant to a labor manage-
ment collective bargaining agreement shall not be revoked so long
as said apprenticeship or training program has been issued a certifi-
cate of registration by the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training

any certificate may be revoked, the State Superintendent of Schools

shall first give the school involved a written notice of conditions of

which he complains and shall give the school thirty days in which

to correct those conditions. If at the end of a thirty-day period or

extensions thereof as may be granted by the State Superintendent
of Schools, the State Superintendent of Schools is still dissatisfied,

he shall issue the school a written order requiring the school to

close within fifteen days from the date of the order; provided, how-

ever, the order shall be stayed if within the fifteen day period, the

school files a written appeal to the State Board of Education request-
ing a hearing to seek reversal of the State Superintendent's decision.

Upon receipt of the appeal, the State Board of Education shall