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12/10/2015 California **CA Board of Behavioral Sciences final regulation effective 1/1/2016: Amendments to the Licensed Professional Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapists Rules Issue: Professional Board Requirements Subissue: Selected Professions First Reported: 03/04/2014 Date Updated: 12/09/2015 Contact: Rosanne Helms (916) 574-7830 Citation: Title 16, Section 1820, 1822 and 1833 Upcoming Action: Nothing Scheduled Status: Final Regulation ID: CA25202 Rule […]

10/14/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Autumn Burke (D) Summary: Current version (5/20/2015): Specifies that the requirement that a student not be 28 years or older by December 31 of the student financial aid award year would not apply to a current or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was seeking […]

10/14/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Henry Perea (D) Summary: Final version (6/23/2015): 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 labor-management apprenticeship programs that are approved by the Division of Apprenticeship […]

10/14/2015 Sponsor: Assemblymember Jose Medina (D) Summary: Final version (7/8/2015): 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 within 12 months of a completed academic year, as defined, specified student loan debt statistics on graduates, to provide students […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]