BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SB 760
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Date of Hearing: August 17, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 760 (Alquist) - As Amended: June 28, 2011
Policy Committee: Higher
EducationVote:7-1
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill clarifies recently enacted budget trailer bill
legislation requiring postsecondary education institutions
participating in the Cal Grant program to annually report to the
California Student Aid Commission specified information on
student performance. Specifically, this bill:
1)Postpones the initial report due date from 2012 to December 1,
2013.
2)Clarifies that institutions shall report on all students in
its Cal Grant eligible undergraduate programs.
3)Authorizes the commission to use data already available from
federal or other state agencies in lieu of requiring
institutions to report, if the commission determines such data
are sufficient.
FISCAL EFFECT
Potential minor savings to the University of California,
California State University, and the California Community
Colleges from the deferred initial report date and the other
clarifications.
COMMENTS
1)Background . SB 70 (Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal
Review)/Chapter 7 of 2011, a trailer bill to the 2011-12
Budget Act, requires each Cal Grant participating institution
to provide the following information to the commission in
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order to participate in the Cal Grant program:
a) Enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for all
students; and,
b) Job placement rate and salary data and wage information
for each program that is either (1) designed or advertised
to lead to a particular type of job or (2) advertised or
promoted with any claim regarding job placement.
2)Purpose . According to the author, during the budget hearing on
student financial aid programs, there was a desire to have
institutions receiving Cal Grants demonstrate the value that
the state and students get from the grants.
This bill clarifies provisions of SB 70. The commission was to
begin developing regulations to implement SB 70 in July, and
expects the regulatory process to take 12-18 months. The
federal government recently promulgated regulations requiring
institutions to report specified information pertaining to
gainful employment in order to be eligible to participate in
federal student aid programs. It is anticipated that the
commission's regulations will align with federal definitions.
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081