Bill Text: CA AB1961 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 1961 (Prior Session Legislation)

CA State Legislature page for AB1961

Bill Title: Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2018. [AB1961 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1961-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 1961

CHAPTER 314

An act to add Section 69503.6 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

[ Approved by Governor September 10, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State September 10, 2018. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1961, Choi. Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans.

Under existing law, the segments of postsecondary education in this state are the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions.

This bill would require each institution of higher education with a physical presence in this state to separately list the cost of institutionally operated housing and meal plans on all Internet Web sites and documents it provides to students for purposes of advertising or otherwise displaying the student costs associated with institutionally operated housing.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 69503.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:

69503.6.

Each institution of higher education with a physical presence in this state shall separately list the cost of institutionally operated housing and meal plans on all Internet Web sites and documents it provides to students for purposes of advertising or otherwise displaying the student costs associated with institutionally operated housing.