(a) All schools carrying on regular educational work equivalent to the public school curriculum and receiving no government financial support shall be designated as private schools.
(b) No private school may operate without a certificate of authorization from the Department of Education, which shall be issued annually based upon the inspection of the school. No school which does not maintain satisfactory standards of instruction, curriculum, and physical plant as prescribed by the Director of Education may be issued a certificate.
(c) Each school seeking authorization by the Director for the first time shall submit the following information:
(1) a statement of the aims and purposes of the school;
(2) the names and addresses of the sponsors and supporters of the school;
(3) the ages, grades and sex of the children to be enrolled;
(4) the amount of tuition to be charged;
(5) the curriculum to be pursued.
History: 1962, PL 7-15.