Do private postsecondary career schools need OHE authorization?
Yes, private schools in Connecticut need authorization from the Office of Higher Education (OHE) before they can start operating. This ensures that they follow the rules and provide quality education.
What is a private career school?
“Private career school” means a postsecondary career school operated by a person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity offering or advertising vocational instruction in any form or manner in any trade, industrial, commercial, service, professional or other occupation for any remuneration, consideration, reward or fee of whatever nature, including, but not limited to, a hospital-based career school, or any program, school or entity offering postsecondary instruction in barbering, hairdressing and cosmetology or the occupation of esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician (Connecticut General Statutes Section 10a-22a).