BILL ANALYSIS
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2086 (Coto)
As Amended May 6, 2010
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 9-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-0
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|Ayes:|Block, Norby, Adams, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Conway, Ammiano, |
| |Chesbro, Fong, Fuller, | |Bradford, Coto, Davis, |
| |Galgiani, Portantino, | |Hill, Hall, Harkey, |
| |Ruskin | |Miller, Nielsen, Norby, |
| | | |Skinner, Solorio, |
| | | |Torlakson, Torrico |
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SUMMARY : Requires institutions of higher education that
participate in the Cal-Grant Program to provide information on
license examination passage rates. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires institutions of higher education that participate in
the Cal-Grant Program to provide information on license
examination passage rates for the most recent year available
from graduates of its programs leading to employment for which
passage of a licensing examination is required, if the data is
electronically available through the Web site of the licensing
or regulatory agency.
2)Establishes that "provide" may exclusively include placement
of an internet address listed as an access point for the data
on the internet Web site where enrollment information is
located or on applications for enrollment or other program
information distributed to students.
3)Requires each postsecondary educational institution to certify
compliance with the above to the California Student Aid
Commission (CSAC).
EXISTING LAW provides that, for qualification in the Cal-Grant
Program, an institution must be one of the following:
1)A California private or independent postsecondary educational
institution that participates in the Pell Grant program and at
least two of the following:
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a) Federal Work-Study;
b) Perkins Loan Program; or,
c) Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program.
2)A nonprofit institution headquartered and operating in
California that:
a) Certifies to CSAC that 10% of the institution's
operating budget is expended for institutionally funded
student financial aid;
b) Is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges or is regionally accredited and was deemed
qualified by CSAC for the 2000-01 academic year; and,
c) Meets any other state-required criteria adopted by
regulation by CSAC in consultation with the Department of
Finance.
3)A California public postsecondary educational institution.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor one-time costs for the University of California
(UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses offering
programs leading to state licensure to provide the required
website addresses to licensing agency examination results, and
minor ongoing costs for the campuses to certify compliance with
these requirements to CSAC. Community college districts
offering programs leading to state licensure would incur minor
non-reimbursable costs similar to those for UC and CSU.
COMMENTS :
Purpose of this bill: According to the author, students,
parents, taxpayers, policymakers, and employers should know if
the higher education institutions and programs they attend,
support, and/or finance are effective in terms of student
learning and imparting the skills necessary to be successful in
the workplace. This bill ensures that one measure of the
effectiveness of postsecondary programs, the passage rates for
professional licensure examinations, is made publicly available
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by the institutions.
Licensing entities that publish data: This bill provides that
the data disclosure requirement is contingent upon the licensing
entity publishing that data. It is unclear the degree to which
this requirement would ensure data is made available to students
and the public, as it does not appear that many licensing
entities currently disclose licensure examination passage rates
based on school of graduation.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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