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(i) The name of the program; and
(ii) The expected date of discontinuation.
(2) By rule or regulation, the Commission may require the payment by a
private career school of a refund to any student or enrollee who, because of the
discontinuation of an ongoing program, is unable to complete such program.
[(c)] (D) The Commission shall review and make recommendations on
programs in nonpublic institutions of higher education that receive State funds.
[(d)] (E) (1) In this subsection, "governing board" includes the board of
trustees of a community college.
(2) The Commission shall adopt regulations establishing standards for
determining whether 2 or more programs are unreasonably duplicative.
(3) The Commission may review existing programs at public institutions
of postsecondary education if the Commission has reason to believe that academic
programs are unreasonably duplicative or inconsistent with an institution's adopted
mission.
(4) The Commission may make a determination that an unreasonable
duplication of programs exists on its own initiative or after receipt of a request for
determination from any directly affected public institution of postsecondary
education.
(5) (i) If the Commission makes a determination under paragraph (4)
of this subsection the Commission may:
1. Make recommendations to a governing board on the
continuation or modification of the programs;
2. Require any affected governing board to submit a plan to
resolve the duplication; and
3. Negotiate, as necessary, with any affected governing board
until the unreasonable duplication is eliminated.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph, if the Commission determines that 2 or more existing programs offered by
institutions under the governance of different governing boards are unreasonably
duplicative, the governing boards of the institutions of postsecondary education at
which the programs are offered shall have 180 days from the date of the Commission's
determination to formulate and present to the Commission a joint plan to eliminate
the duplication.
(iii) If in the Commission's judgment the plan satisfactorily
eliminates the duplication, the governing board of the affected institutions shall be so
notified and shall take appropriate steps to implement the plan.
(iv) If in the Commission's judgment the plan does not satisfactorily
eliminate the duplication, or if no plan is jointly submitted within the time period
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