SB 1348: Postsecondary education: allied health professional clinical programs: reporting.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state.

Existing law establishes the Strong Workforce Program, which provides funding to career technical education regional consortia made up of community college districts. Existing law requires the Office of the California Community Colleges to report to the Legislature specified data relating to the program.

This bill would require, beginning in 2019 and in each year thereafter, the chancellor to also report, for each community college program that offers a certificate or degree related to allied health professionals, specified information, including the number of students participating in the clinical training and the license number or employer identification number of each clinical training site, delineated by program and occupation, with multiyear implementation for the reporting.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, requires an institution that is subject to the acts provisions to submit an annual report to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education under penalty of perjury, signed by a responsible corporate officer, by July 1 of each year, or another date designated by the bureau, that includes specified information for educational programs offered in the reporting period.

This bill would, by 2019, and in each year thereafter, require each institution approved by the bureau, offering a certificate or degree related to allied health professionals that requires clinical training, to annually report specified information, including the number of students participating in the clinical training, and the license or employer identification number of each clinical training site, delineated by program and occupation, with multiyear implementation for the reporting. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.