News

CALIFORNIA A.B. 636 – Student Complaints and Arbitration 

CALIFORNIA A.B. 636 – Student Complaints and Arbitration 

10/14/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Jose Medina (D) Summary: Final version (4/29/2015): Authorizes the identification of an alleged assailant, even if the victim does not consent to being identified, if the institution determines both that the alleged assailant represents a serious or ongoing threat to the safety of students, employees or the institution and the […]

Read More
CALIFORNIA A.B. 573 – State Financial Aid 

CALIFORNIA A.B. 573 – State Financial Aid 

10/14/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Jose Medina (D) Summary: Current version (9/4/2015): Authorizes state agencies that provide certification, registration or licensure necessary to promote the safety and protection of the public to, on a case-by-case basis, consider for certification, registration or licensure students who were enrolled in a program of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. that […]

Read More
CALIFORNIA A.B. 25 – State Financial Aid 

CALIFORNIA A.B. 25 – State Financial Aid 

10/14/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D) Summary: Final version (4/8/2015): Requires the California Student Aid Commission to establish an appeal process, as part of the Cal Grant Program, for an otherwise qualifying institution that fails to satisfy the 3-year cohort default rate and graduation rate requirements. Authorizes the commission to grant an appeal […]

Read More
BPPE Proposed Rule

BPPE Proposed Rule

06/10/2015 Amendments to the Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions Rules Establishing Uniform Reporting Requirements Issue: Education Subissue: Regulatory Structure First Reported: 12/06/2013 Date Updated: 06/09/2015 Contact: Joanne Wenzel 916-431-6905 Citation: Title 5, Section 74110 and 74112 Upcoming Action: Comments due 7/20/2015; Public hearing 7/21/2015 Status: Workshop / Meeting / Hearing / Comments Regulation ID: CA24559 Rule Summary: The Bureau has […]

Read More
California A.B. 573 – State Financial Aid 

California A.B. 573 – State Financial Aid 

05/29/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Jose Medina (D) Summary: Current version (5/11/2015): Requires the board of governors, until July 1, 2018, to waive the fee for students who were enrolled at a California campus of a Corinthian Colleges, Inc., institution, and were either unable to complete an educational program offered by the campus due to the […]

Read More
California A.B. 1541 – Privacy (Student Data)

California A.B. 1541 – Privacy (Student Data)

05/29/2015 Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection Summary: Current version (4/29/2015): Requires a business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, […]

Read More
California A.B. 721 – State Financial Aid 

California A.B. 721 – State Financial Aid 

05/29/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Jose Medina (D) Summary: Current version (5/28/2015):  Requires a public, private or independent institution to make available to the public upon request and in a prominent location on its Internet Web site specified student loan debt statistics on graduates, to provide students information concerning unused federal student loan moneys available to […]

Read More
California A.B. 509 – Governance & State Oversight

California A.B. 509 – Governance & State Oversight

California A.B. 509 – Governance & State Oversight 05/29/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Henry Perea (D) Summary: Current version (4/23/2015): Exempts from the provisions of the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 a bona fide organization, association, or council that offers preapprenticeship training programs on behalf of one or more apprenticeship programs that […]

Read More
California A.B. 25 – State Financial Aid 

California A.B. 25 – State Financial Aid 

05/29/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D) Summary: Current version (4/8/2015): Requires the California Student Aid Commission to establish an appeal process, as part of the Cal Grant Program, for an otherwise qualifying institution that fails to satisfy the 3-year cohort default rate and graduation rate requirements. Authorizes the commission to grant an appeal […]

Read More
California A.B. 967 – Student Complaints and Arbitration

California A.B. 967 – Student Complaints and Arbitration

05/26/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Das Williams (D) Summary: Current version (4/23/2015): Requires, in order to receive state funds for student financial assistance, the governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California and the governing board of each independent postsecondary institution to […]

Read More