Sec. 2. (a) The department may refuse to allow a participating entity to continue participation in the program and revoke the participating entity’s status as a participating entity if the department determines that the participating entity accepts payments made from an account under this article and:

(1) has failed to provide any educational service required by state or federal law to an enrichment student receiving instruction from the participating entity; or

(2) has routinely failed to meet the requirements of a participating entity under the program.

     (b) If the department revokes a participating entity’s status as a participating entity in the program, the department shall provide notice of the revocation within thirty (30) days of the revocation to each parent of an enrichment student receiving instruction from the participating entity who has paid the participating entity from the enrichment student’s account.

     (c) The department may permit a former participating entity described in subsection (a) to reapply with the department for authorization to be a participating entity on a date established by the department, which may not be earlier than one (1) year after the date on which the former participating entity’s status as a participating entity was revoked under subsection (a). The department may establish reasonable criteria or requirements that the former participating entity must meet before being reapproved by the department as a participating entity.

As added by P.L.168-2022, SEC.22.