Section 11
SEC. 11. The Secretary of Public Instruction shall be authorized to appoint a Commissioner of Private Education, who shall — 1. Inspect all schools applying for permission to open or for Government recognition. 2. Propose standard courses of study for primary, inter mediate, and secondary and collegiate grades and for technical, professional, or special schools or colleges. 3. Report to the Secretary of Public Instruction on the organization, financial arrangements, buildings, faculty and teaching staff, curriculum, and general conditions of all schools applying for permission to open or for Government recognition. 4. Report and make recommendations to the Secretary of Public Instruction concerning the fitness of any school or college for Government recognition and, in case of schools already recognized, recommend the revocation of said recognition if the required standards are not maintained. 5. Under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction, cause to be published from time to time, for the information of the public, a list of the approved private schools or colleges, setting forth what courses have been recognized in each school or college. 6. Under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction, prescribe the rules under which the diplomas and school records and papers or any printed matter of the school or advertisements of the school or college may bear the legend "Officially recognized by the Government," or words to that effect. The Commissioner of Private Education shall be under the direct authority of the Secretary of Public Instruction, and besides the powers and duties herein provided for shall be subject to such other regulations concerning his powers and rights as the Secretary of Public Instruction may prescribe. The Commissioner of Private Education shall receive compensation at the rate fixed in the Appropriation Act and shall have the necessary personnel authorized by said Act. Approved, March 10, 1917.