BILL NUMBER: SB 634	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 66027.6 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 634, as introduced, Block. Postsecondary education: interstate
reciprocity agreement.
   Under existing law, the segments of postsecondary education in
this state include the University of California, the California State
University, the California Community Colleges, independent
institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary
educational institutions.
   Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act
of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and
regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the
state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary
Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts
specified institutions from its provisions, does not apply to private
postsecondary educational institutions that do not maintain a
physical presence in the state, and is repealed on January 1, 2017.
   This bill would authorize the Governor to enter into an interstate
reciprocity agreement for purposes of oversight of postsecondary
educational institutions offering postsecondary education in states
in which they maintain no physical presence, 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 66027.6 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66027.6.  The Governor is authorized to enter into an interstate
reciprocity agreement for purposes of oversight of postsecondary
educational institutions offering postsecondary education in states
in which they maintain no physical presence, provided that the
agreement ensures that students enrolled in private postsecondary
educational institutions without a physical presence in this state
that are not independent institutions, as defined in subdivision (b)
of Section 66010, are provided at least with a similar level of
consumer protection as would be provided if the institutions were
regulated by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.