SB 766: Private postsecondary education.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2021-02-19
The federal Higher Education Act of 1965 prohibits, as a condition of participating in federal student aid programs, a for-profit private postsecondary educational institution from deriving less than 10 percent of its revenues for each fiscal year from sources other than federal financial assistance, as defined. Under the federal act, if an institution fails to comply with the requirement for 2 consecutive fiscal years, it loses its eligibility to participate in federal financial assistance programs for at least two fiscal years. The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
This bill would prohibit private postsecondary educational institutions, commencing with the 202324 academic year, from enrolling California residents if, pursuant to that federal law, for the previous 2 consecutive fiscal years or 2 out of the previous 3 fiscal years it derived less than 10 percent of its revenues from sources other than federal financial assistance.
(a)As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)Annual revenue means the revenue generated during a fiscal year that can be included in its calculation related to compliance with 20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(24).
(2)Federal funds means any federal financial assistance provided to an institution through a grant, a contract, a subsidy, a loan, a guarantee, an insurance policy, or any other means. It includes federal financial assistance that is disbursed to an institution under any federal law on behalf of a student to be used to attend the institution or school.
(3)Federal Funds does not include any monthly housing stipend provided under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
(b)Commencing with the 202324 academic year, an institution shall not enroll California residents in any program if the institution meets one of the following:
(1)In two out of three of the immediately preceding fiscal years the institution fails to satisfy subdivision (c).
(2)For the previous two consecutive fiscal years the institution fails to satisfy subdivision (c).
(c)At least 10 percent of the institutions annual revenue shall be from a source other than federal funds.
(d)The Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education shall adopt regulations necessary for implementing this section by January 1, 2023.
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| Feb 1, 2022 | Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Mar 3, 2021 | Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED. |
| Feb 22, 2021 | Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. |
| Feb 22, 2021 | From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
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