BILL NUMBER:  AB 1996
  VETOED	DATE: 09/28/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1996 without my signature.

This bill exempts a nonprofit institution that meets specific, narrow
criteria from the requirements of the California Private
Postsecondary Education Act.

While I understand the desire to escape from the burdens of
regulation, conferring this new, exclusive statutory exemption on a
single qualifying nonprofit lacks fairness.¦

Hundreds of private postsecondary providers on the state's Eligible
Provider Training List have gained the necessary approval from the
state to operate. Many have revenues under $5 million and also have
nonprofit status.

Rather than supporting this one-provider exemption, I will direct the
relevant departments and agencies to work together to consider
whether further exemption from portions of the Act or the Act itself
are warranted for this class of private postsecondary providers.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.