AB 752, as amended, Salas. Private postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.
Existing law, 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. The act requires an institution that is subject to the act’s provisions to enroll each student solely by means of executing an enrollment agreement, and requires a student without a high school diploma or its equivalent, before enrolling, to take an independently administered examination from a list of examinations prescribedbegin insert as of July 1, 2012,end insert by the United States Department of Education and achieve a passing score, as specified by the United States Department of Education. The act further authorizes the bureau to publish its own list of acceptable examinations and required passing scores if the United States Department of Education does not have a list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended occupational training.
If the bureau publishes its own list of acceptable examinations in this context, the
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begin insertThisend insert bill would require the bureau tobegin delete include the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System examination on the list.end deletebegin insert review, on or before July 1, 2016, the list of examinations
prescribed by the United States Department of Education as of the time of the review. If the bureau determines there is no examination on that list appropriate for students with limited English proficiency and without a high school diploma or its equivalent, the bill would require the bureau to approve an alternative examination for these students, as specified.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 94904 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) begin deleteBefore end deletebegin insertExcept as provided in subdivision (c), before end insert
4an ability-to-benefit student may execute an enrollment agreement,
5the institution shall have the student take an independently
6administered examination from the list of examinations prescribed
7begin delete as of July 1, 2012,end delete by the United States Department of Education
8pursuant to Section 484(d) of the federal Higher Education Act of
91965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070a et seq.). The student shall not enroll
10unless the student achieves a score, as specified by the United
11States
Department of Education, demonstrating that the student
12may benefit from the education and training being offered.
13(b) If the United States Department of Education does not have
14a list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended
15occupational training, the bureau may publish its own list of
16acceptable examinations and required passing scores.begin delete If the bureau
17publishes its own list, the list shall include the Comprehensive
18Adult Student Assessment System examination.end delete
19(c) The bureau shall, on or before July 1, 2016, review the list
20of examinations prescribed by the United States Department of
21Education. If the bureau determines there is
no examination on
22the list appropriate for ability-to-benefit students with limited
23English proficiency, the bureau shall approve an alternative
24examination for these students. When approving the alternative
P3 1examination, the bureau may consider the Comprehensive Adult
2Student Assessment System examination.
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