California BPPE Implements New Statutory Provisions
Kate Lee Carey and Shannon Noonan
March 3, 2022
California Senate bills became effective January 1, 2022 that impact the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education and institutions subject to the BPPE’s oversight.
The California Legislature passed a number of bills during the 2021 session impacting the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) and institutions subject to the BPPE’s oversight. Senate bills 607, 802 and 803 all became effective on January 1, 2022. This post does not cover all the statutory changes included in these bills, so we encourage you to visit the BPPE’s website for more detail.
High School Diploma/Ability-to-Benefit (ATB) Changes (SB607)
Following a legal challenge aimed at the BPPE’s requirement that all students attending BPPE-approved institutions have a high school diploma or pass an ATB exam, the Legislature amended the Education Code, allowing institutions to enroll students without a high school diploma or equivalent without requiring that those students pass an ATB exam.
