Bill Text: CA AB752 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 752 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Private postsecondary education: California Private

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2015. [AB752 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB752-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 752	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  560
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 7, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 94904 of the Education Code, relating to
private postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 752, Salas. Private postsecondary education: California Private
Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.
   Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act
of 2009, provides for the regulation of private postsecondary
educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary
Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an
institution that is subject to the act's provisions to enroll each
student solely by means of executing an enrollment agreement, and
requires a student without a high school diploma or its equivalent,
before enrolling, to take an independently administered examination
from a list of examinations prescribed as of July 1, 2012, by the
United States Department of Education and achieve a passing score, as
specified by the United States Department of Education. The act
further authorizes the bureau to publish its own list of acceptable
examinations and required passing scores if the United States
Department of Education does not have a list of relevant examinations
that pertain to the intended occupational training.
   This bill would require the bureau to review, on or before July 1,
2016, the list of examinations prescribed by the United States
Department of Education as of the time of the review. If the bureau
determines there is no examination on that list appropriate for
students with limited English proficiency and without a high school
diploma or its equivalent, the bill would require the bureau to
approve an alternative examination for these students, as specified.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 94904 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   94904.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), before an
ability-to-benefit student may execute an enrollment agreement, the
institution shall have the student take an independently administered
examination from the list of examinations prescribed by the United
States Department of Education pursuant to Section 484(d) of the
federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070a et seq.).
The student shall not enroll unless the student achieves a score, as
specified by the United States Department of Education, demonstrating
that the student may benefit from the education and training being
offered.
   (b) If the United States Department of Education does not have a
list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended
occupational training, the bureau may publish its own list of
acceptable examinations and required passing scores.
   (c) The bureau shall, on or before July 1, 2016, review the list
of examinations prescribed by the United States Department of
Education. If the bureau determines there is no examination on the
list appropriate for ability-to-benefit students with limited English
proficiency, the bureau shall approve an alternative examination for
these students. When approving the alternative examination, the
bureau may consider the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System
examination.