Private School Endorsements

Endorsements for private schools must be obtained by any person who engages in the business of conducting a private school for profit for the education or training of other persons in any field or course of whatever nature; provided, however, that all public schools are specially exempt therefrom. Such required endorsements are:

(a)For elementary and secondary institutions: certification by the Department of Education that each person teaching, instructing or aiding in the teaching and instructing of such private school has the necessary training, experience and knowledge to qualify him to teach the particular subjects or courses which he desires to teach, as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations pertaining thereto. COL 03072011 CH. 76 SERVICE LICENSES

(b)Health certificate from the Department of Public Health and Social Services pertaining to the health and sanitary conditions of the premises wherein the private school is to be conducted.

(c)For post secondary private institutions and their agents corresponding with Guam State Education policies, endorsement from the DOE Superintendent must be obtained in the verification of each person teaching or instructing having possessed a terminal degree from an accredited institution recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDOE) directly or through an affiliated institution, or is properly credentialed with the necessary experience and knowledge to teach a particular subject or course.

(d)For post-secondary institutions which seek to offer or confer any degree or diploma, that the degrees or diplomas offered are accredited by an accrediting institution of the United States, directly or through an affiliated institution, recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDOE). Post-secondary institutions which seek to offer or confer any degree or diploma and are in the process of obtaining accreditation through a recognized USDOE accrediting body or is in the process of, or has received accreditation from a non-sanctioned USDOE accrediting body shall disclose its accreditation status to each student upon the start of classes. The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall not issue any endorsements, business licenses, or certificates of incorporation to such post-secondary institutions without proper certification to operate on Guam issued by the Council of Post-secondary Institution Certification.

(e)Excluded from obtaining endorsements under this section are:

(1)Education solely avocational or recreational in nature;

(2)A nonprofit institution owned, controlled and operated and maintained by a bona fide church or religious denomination or religious organization if such education is limited to instruction in the principles of that church or denomination or organization or to courses offered for the purposes of training the adherents of such church or denomination in the care of the sick in accordance with its religious tenets and the diploma or degree is limited to COL 03072011 CH. 76 SERVICE LICENSES evidence of completion of that education, and the meritorious recognition upon which any honorary degree is conferred is limited to the principles of that church or denomination;

(3)Postsecondary educational institutions established, operated and governed by the government of Guam;

(4)Education sponsored by a bona fide trade, business, professional or fraternal organization which is recognized by the regulatory body of that trade, business or profession and is solely for that organization’s membership; and

(5)Institutions exclusively offering instruction at any or all levels from preschool through twelfth

(12th)grade.