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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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