California-2015-AB1961-Amended

BILL NUMBER: AB 1961	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   An act to amend Section 69432 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1961, as amended, Baker. Student financial aid:
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program: private
nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions.
   Existing law, known as the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos
Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B entitlement
awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards,
the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards,
and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student
Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards
under these programs for participating students attending qualifying
institutions.
   Existing law establishes the maximum tuition award amount for each
Cal Grant A and B award for new recipient students attending private
nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions at $9,084 for the
2015-16 and 2016-17 award years and $8,056 for the 2017-18 award year
and each award year thereafter. Existing law also establishes these
amounts as the maximum tuition award amounts for new recipients
attending private for-profit postsecondary educational institutions
that are accredited, as specified.
   This bill would instead increase the maximum tuition award amount
for Cal Grant A and B awards for new recipients at private nonprofit
postsecondary educational institutions to no less than $10,000 for
the 2017-18 award year and each award year thereafter. For these
award years, the maximum tuition award amounts would remain at $8,056
for new recipients attending accredited private for-profit
postsecondary educational institutions as referred to above.  The
bill would impose requirements on private nonprofit postsecondary
educational institutions to provide specified data to a specified
association as a condition for the funding of Cal Grant awards to
their students and would require the association to report on that
information to   the Legislature, the Governor, the
Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69432 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69432.  (a) Cal Grant Program awards shall be known as "Cal Grant
A Entitlement Awards," "Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards," "California
Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards," "Competitive Cal
Grant A and B Awards," "Cal Grant C Awards," and "Cal Grant T Awards."

   (b) Maximum award amounts for students at independent institutions
and for Cal Grant C and T awards shall be identified in the annual
Budget Act. Maximum award amounts for Cal Grant A and B awards for
students attending public institutions shall be referenced in the
annual Budget Act.
   (c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), and subdivision (c) of
Section 66021.2, commencing with the 2013-14 award year, the maximum
tuition award amounts for Cal Grant A and B awards for students
attending private for-profit and nonprofit postsecondary educational
institutions shall be as follows:
   (A) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) for new recipients attending
private for-profit postsecondary educational institutions.
   (B) For the 2015-16 and 2016-17 award years, nine thousand
eighty-four dollars ($9,084) for new recipients attending private
nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions. For the 2017-18
award year and each award year thereafter, no less than ten thousand
dollars  ($10,000)   ($10,000), as  
determined in the annual Budget Act,  for new recipients
attending private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions.
   (2) The renewal award amount for a student whose initial award is
subject to a maximum award amount specified in this subdivision shall
be calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 69433.
   (3) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), for the
2017-18 award year and each award year thereafter, the maximum
tuition award amounts for new recipients attending private for-profit
postsecondary educational institutions that are accredited by the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges as of July 1, 2012, shall
be eight thousand fifty-six dollars ($8,056). 
   (d) As a condition for the funding of Cal Grant awards to its
students, a private nonprofit postsecondary educational institution
shall submit performance metrics to the Association of Independent
California Colleges and Universities. The association, in
collaboration with the public segments of higher education, shall
determine the form and content of these metrics, to ensure data are
defined, collected, and reported in a consistent and comparable
manner, and to ensure data integrity. The association shall provide
that information in a cumulative report generated by the association
to the Legislature, the Governor, the Department of Finance, and the
Legislative Analyst's Office on or before March 15, 2017, and on or
before March 15 of each year thereafter. The report shall be
submitted to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code and shall include all of the following data with
respect to each participating private nonprofit postsecondary
educational institution:  
   (1) The number of undergraduate students enrolled in that
institution.  
   (2) The percentage of undergraduate students of that institution
who are California residents.  
   (3) The number of graduate students enrolled in that institution.
 
   (4) The number of transfer students from the California Community
Colleges enrolled in that institution.  
   (5) The percentage of undergraduate students of that institution
who are transfer students from the California Community Colleges.
 
   (6) The number of Pell Grant recipients enrolled in that
institution.  
   (7) The percentage of undergraduate students of that institution
who are Pell Grant recipients.  
   (8) The number of Cal Grant recipients enrolled in that
institution. With respect to those Cal Grant recipients, both of the
following shall be included:  
   (A) Their ethnic composition, expressed in percentages.  

   (B) The median amount of institutional aid provided to them. 

   (9) The percentage of undergraduate students of that institution
who are Cal Grant recipients.  
   (10) The four- and six-year graduation rates for freshman entrants
of that institution disaggregated by both of the following: 

   (A) Pell Grant recipients.  
   (B) Cal Grant recipients.  
   (11) The two- and three-year graduation rates for transfer
students from the California Community Colleges disaggregated by both
of the following:  
   (A) Pell Grant recipients.  
   (B) Cal Grant recipients.  
   (12) The number of degrees awarded annually by the institution in
total and in each of the following categories:  
   (A) Undergraduate students who first enrolled in the institution
as freshmen.  
   (B) Undergraduate students who first enrolled in the institution
as transfer students.  
   (C) Graduate students.  
   (D) Pell Grant recipients.  
   (E) The number of degrees or credentials awarded in health-related
fields, teacher preparation, and the fields of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  
   (e) The collection, reporting, and housing of data for the report
prepared pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be conducted both in a
manner that ensures data integrity and security and that is in
conformance with any federal and state laws on the confidentiality of
student information.