BILL NUMBER: AB 752	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 94904 of the Education Code, relating to
private postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 prescribed  as of July 1, 2012, 
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 
    This  bill would require the bureau to  include
the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System examination on the
list.   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.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 94904 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   94904.  (a)  Before   Except as provided in
subdivision (c), before  an ability-to-benefit student may
execute an enrollment agreement, the institution shall have the
student take an independently administered examination from the list
of examinations prescribed  as of July 1, 2012,  by
the United States Department of Education pursuant to Section 484(d)
of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070a et
seq.). The student shall not enroll unless the student achieves a
score, as specified by the United States Department of Education,
demonstrating that the student may benefit from the education and
training being offered.
   (b) If the United States Department of Education does not have a
list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended
occupational training, the bureau may publish its own list of
acceptable examinations and required passing scores.  If the
bureau publishes its own list, the list shall include the
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System examination. 

   (c) The bureau shall, on or before July 1, 2016, review the list
of examinations prescribed by the United States Department of
Education. If the bureau determines there is no examination on the
list appropriate for ability-to-benefit students with limited English
proficiency, the bureau shall approve an alternative examination for
these students. When approving the alternative examination, the
bureau may consider the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System
examination.