Bill Text: CA AB330 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Student financial aid: information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-19 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Lieu. [AB330 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB330-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 330 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 17, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 9, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chau
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Wieckowski)
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
An act to amend Sections 69433.2, 94910, and 94929.5
69433.2 and 94878 of the Education Code,
relating to student financial aid.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 330, as amended, Chau. Student financial aid:
disclosures. aid: information.
(1) Existing law establishes the Cal Grant Program under the
administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes
eligibility requirements for awards under the program for
participating students attending qualifying institutions. As a
condition for participation in the program, existing law requires
each Cal Grant participating institution to annually report specified
information to the commission, which the commission is required to
provide on its Internet Web site in a searchable database.
This bill would include license examination passage
rates, the institution's latest 3-year cohort default rate, the
institution's percentage of undergraduate student borrowers, and
certain other student loan debt information concerning first-time
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students of the
institution links to specified Internet Web sites
providing data relating to college affordability and related topics,
posted in a conspicuous location, in the information that
a participating institution is required to report and
the commission is required to provide on its Internet Web
site.
(2) Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education
Act of 2009, which is repealed pursuant to its own provisions on
January 1, 2015, provides, among other things, for student
protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools
in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The act exempts specified institutions from all, or a
portion of, its provisions. The act requires an institution to
provide a prospective student prior to enrollment with a School
Performance Fact Sheet, which is required to contain specified
information relating to the educational program
requires the bureau, among other duties, to establish an Internet Web
site that includes specified information .
This bill would require the School Performance Fact Sheet
to also include certain student loan debt information concerning
first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students of
the institution who have entered into student loans, as specified,
while attending the institution bureau to post, in a
conspicuous location on its Internet Web site, links to specified
Internet Web sites providing data relating to college affordability
and related topics .
These provisions concerning the School Performance Fact
Sheet bureau's Internet Web site would become
operative only if an act that becomes operative on or before January
1, 2015, delays or eliminates the January 1, 2015, repeal date of the
California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
AB 330, as amended, Chau. Student financial aid:
disclosures. aid: information.
(1) Existing law establishes the Cal Grant Program under the
administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes
eligibility requirements for awards under the program for
participating students attending qualifying institutions. As a
condition for participation in the program, existing law requires
each Cal Grant participating institution to annually report specified
information to the commission, which the commission is required to
provide on its Internet Web site in a searchable database.
This bill would include license examination passage
rates, the institution's latest 3-year cohort default rate, the
institution's percentage of undergraduate student borrowers, and
certain other student loan debt information concerning first-time
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students of the
institution links to specified Internet Web sites
providing data relating to college affordability and related topics,
posted in a conspicuous location, in the information that
a participating institution is required to report and
the commission is required to provide on its Internet Web
site.
(2) Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education
Act of 2009, which is repealed pursuant to its own provisions on
January 1, 2015, provides, among other things, for student
protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools
in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The act exempts specified institutions from all, or a
portion of, its provisions. The act requires an institution to
provide a prospective student prior to enrollment with a School
Performance Fact Sheet, which is required to contain specified
information relating to the educational program
requires the bureau, among other duties, to establish an Internet Web
site that includes specified information .
This bill would require the School Performance Fact Sheet
to also include certain student loan debt information concerning
first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students of
the institution who have entered into student loans, as specified,
while attending the institution bureau to post, in a
conspicuous location on its Internet Web site, links to specified
Internet Web sites providing data relating to college affordability
and related topics .
These provisions concerning the School Performance Fact
Sheet bureau's Internet Web site would become
operative only if an act that becomes operative on or before January
1, 2015, delays or eliminates the January 1, 2015, repeal date of the
California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.
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 69433.2 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
69433.2. (a) As a condition for its voluntary participation in
the Cal Grant Program, each Cal Grant participating institution
shall, beginning in 2012, annually report to the commission, and as
further specified in the institutional participation agreement, both
of the following for its undergraduate programs:
(1) Enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for all students,
including aggregate information on Cal Grant recipients.
(2) The job placement rate and salary and wage information for
each program that is either designed or advertised to lead to a
particular type of job or advertised or promoted with a claim
regarding job placement.
(b) Commencing the year after the commission begins to receive
reports pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall
provide both clearly post, in a conspicuous location,
all of the following on its Internet Web site:
(1) The information submitted by a Cal Grant participating
institution pursuant to subdivision (a), which shall be made
available in a searchable database.
(2) Other information and links that are useful to students and
parents who are in the process of selecting a college or university.
This information may include, but not be limited to, local
occupational profiles available through the Employment Development
Department's Labor Market Information Data Library.
(3) Links to the Internet Web sites of all of the following:
(A) The College Affordability and Transparency Center of the
United States Department of Education or any successor entity.
(B) The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems or
any successor entity.
(C) Any entity deemed by the commission to provide accurate and
useful information relating to institutional net cost, financial aid,
or student loan debt that can be used by students and families to
evaluate postsecondary educational options.
SEC. 2. Section 94878 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
94878. (a) On or before June 30, 2010, the bureau shall establish
an Internet Web site that includes at least all of the following
information:
(1) An explanation of the bureau's transition plan for the
reconstituted bureau and an explanation of the bureau's scope of
authority.
(2) (A) A directory of approved institutions, and a link, if
feasible, to the Internet Web site of each institution.
(B) For each institution, the directory shall be developed in a
manner that allows the user to search by institution and shall
include all of the following information:
(i) The status of the institution's approval to operate.
(ii) The information provided by the institutions including, but
not limited to, the annual report, as required by Section 94934,
including the school catalog and the Student Performance Fact Sheet.
The Student Performance Fact Sheet shall be maintained on the
directory for at least five years after the date of its submission to
the bureau.
(iii) The disciplinary history of the institution, which shall
include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(I) Pending formal accusations filed by the bureau.
(II) Suspensions, revocations, citations, fines, infractions,
probations, pending litigation filed by the bureau, and final
judgments resulting from litigation filed by the bureau.
(III) Pending or final criminal cases filed by the Attorney
General, a city attorney, a district attorney, or a federal law
enforcement official, of which the bureau has received notice.
(IV) Final administrative actions by the United State Department
of Education, including orders requiring restitution to students.
(V) Final disciplinary actions by an accreditation agency, of
which the bureau has received notice pursuant to Section 94934.
(b) The bureau shall maintain the Internet Web site described in
subdivision (a). The bureau shall ensure that the information
specified in subdivision (a) is kept current. The bureau shall update
the Internet Web site at least annually, to coincide with the
submission of annual reports by the institutions pursuant to Section
94934.
(c) In addition to maintaining the Internet Web site described in
subdivision (a), the bureau shall provide the information described
in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) to the California Postsecondary
Education Commission (CPEC), and the CPEC shall include that
information in an Internet Web site directory of school performance
data maintained by the CPEC. To the extent possible, the bureau shall
provide this information consistent with the information collected
for reporting to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
of the United States Department of Education, including institutional
characteristics, completion, annual enrollment, and graduation
rates.
(d) As part of the Internet Web site described in subdivision (a),
the bureau shall clearly post, in a conspicuous location, links to
the Internet Web sites of the following:
(1) The College Affordability and Transparency Center of the
United States Department of Education or any successor entity.
(2) The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems or
any successor entity.
(3) Any entity deemed by the bureau to provide accurate and useful
information relating to institutional net cost, financial aid, or
student loan debt that can be used by students and families to
evaluate postsecondary educational options.
SEC. 3. Section 2 of this act shall become
operative only if an act that becomes operative on or before January
1, 2015, amends or repeals Section 94950 of the Education Code to
delay or eliminate the January 1, 2015, repeal date of the California
Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (Chapter 8 (commencing
with Section 94800) of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the
Education Code). All matter omitted in this version of the bill
appears in the bill as amended in the Senate, May 23, 2014. (JR11)
SECTION 1. Section 69433.2 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
69433.2. (a) As a condition for its voluntary participation in
the Cal Grant Program, each Cal Grant participating institution
shall, beginning in 2012, annually report to the commission, and as
further specified in the institutional participation agreement, both
of the following for its undergraduate programs:
(1) Enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for all students,
including aggregate information on Cal Grant recipients.
(2) The job placement rate and salary and wage information for
each program that is either designed or advertised to lead to a
particular type of job or advertised or promoted with a claim
regarding job placement.
(b) Commencing the year after the commission begins to receive
reports pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall
provide both clearly post, in a conspicuous location,
all of the following on its Internet Web site:
(1) The information submitted by a Cal Grant participating
institution pursuant to subdivision (a), which shall be made
available in a searchable database.
(2) Other information and links that are useful to students and
parents who are in the process of selecting a college or university.
This information may include, but not be limited to, local
occupational profiles available through the Employment Development
Department's Labor Market Information Data Library.
(3) Links to the Internet Web sites of all of the following:
(A) The College Affordability and Transparency Center of the
United States Department of Education or any successor entity.
(B) The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems or
any successor entity.
(C) Any entity deemed by the commission to provide accurate and
useful information relating to institutional net cost, financial aid,
or student loan debt that can be used by students and families to
evaluate postsecondary educational options.
SEC. 2. Section 94878 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
94878. (a) On or before June 30, 2010, the bureau shall establish
an Internet Web site that includes at least all of the following
information:
(1) An explanation of the bureau's transition plan for the
reconstituted bureau and an explanation of the bureau's scope of
authority.
(2) (A) A directory of approved institutions, and a link, if
feasible, to the Internet Web site of each institution.
(B) For each institution, the directory shall be developed in a
manner that allows the user to search by institution and shall
include all of the following information:
(i) The status of the institution's approval to operate.
(ii) The information provided by the institutions including, but
not limited to, the annual report, as required by Section 94934,
including the school catalog and the Student Performance Fact Sheet.
The Student Performance Fact Sheet shall be maintained on the
directory for at least five years after the date of its submission to
the bureau.
(iii) The disciplinary history of the institution, which shall
include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(I) Pending formal accusations filed by the bureau.
(II) Suspensions, revocations, citations, fines, infractions,
probations, pending litigation filed by the bureau, and final
judgments resulting from litigation filed by the bureau.
(III) Pending or final criminal cases filed by the Attorney
General, a city attorney, a district attorney, or a federal law
enforcement official, of which the bureau has received notice.
(IV) Final administrative actions by the United State Department
of Education, including orders requiring restitution to students.
(V) Final disciplinary actions by an accreditation agency, of
which the bureau has received notice pursuant to Section 94934.
(b) The bureau shall maintain the Internet Web site described in
subdivision (a). The bureau shall ensure that the information
specified in subdivision (a) is kept current. The bureau shall update
the Internet Web site at least annually, to coincide with the
submission of annual reports by the institutions pursuant to Section
94934.
(c) In addition to maintaining the Internet Web site described in
subdivision (a), the bureau shall provide the information described
in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) to the California Postsecondary
Education Commission (CPEC), and the CPEC shall include that
information in an Internet Web site directory of school performance
data maintained by the CPEC. To the extent possible, the bureau shall
provide this information consistent with the information collected
for reporting to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
of the United States Department of Education, including institutional
characteristics, completion, annual enrollment, and graduation
rates.
(d) As part of the Internet Web site described in subdivision (a),
the bureau shall clearly post, in a conspicuous location, links to
the Internet Web sites of the following:
(1) The College Affordability and Transparency Center of the
United States Department of Education or any successor entity.
(2) The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems or
any successor entity.
(3) Any entity deemed by the bureau to provide accurate and useful
information relating to institutional net cost, financial aid, or
student loan debt that can be used by students and families to
evaluate postsecondary educational options.
SEC. 3. Section 2 of this act shall become
operative only if an act that becomes operative on or before January
1, 2015, amends or repeals Section 94950 of the Education Code to
delay or eliminate the January 1, 2015, repeal date of the California
Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (Chapter 8 (commencing
with Section 94800) of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the
Education Code). All matter omitted in this version of the bill
appears in the bill as amended in the Senate, May 23, 2014. (JR11)
