BILL NUMBER: AB 2393	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 94928 of the Education Code, relating to
private postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2393, as amended, Ammiano. Private postsecondary educational
institutions: fair business practices.
   The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009
provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational
institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, with
specified exceptions. The act requires private postsecondary
educational institutions to comply with various fair business
practices, as specified.
   The act requires private postsecondary educational institutions to
annually report to the bureau, and publish various statistics
including job placement rates. The act requires job placement rates
to be calculated by dividing the number of graduates employed in the
field by the number of graduates available for employment for
specified programs. The act defines "graduates employed in the field"
for the purposes of these provisions.
   This bill, with respect to occupations or jobs in an
apprenticeship program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship
Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations or a position for
which the Board of Registered Nursing has established licensure
requirements, would separately define "graduates employed in the
field" for purposes of the reporting requirements and the fair
business practices provisions of the act.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 94928 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   94928.  As used in this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Cohort population" means the number of students that began a
program on a cohort start date.
   (b) "Cohort start date" means the first class day after the
cancellation period during which a cohort of students attends class
for a specific program.
   (c) "Graduates" means the number of students who complete a
program within 100 percent of the published program length. An
institution may separately state completion information for students
completing the program within 150 percent of the original contracted
time, but that information may not replace completion information for
students completing within the original scheduled time. Completion
information shall be separately stated for each campus or branch of
the institution.
   (d) "Graduates available for employment" means the number of
graduates minus the number of graduates unavailable for employment.
   (e) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), "graduates
employed in the field" means graduates who are gainfully employed
within six months of graduation in a position for which the skills
obtained through the education and training provided by the
institution are required or provided a significant advantage to the
graduate in obtaining the position.
   (2) With respect to an occupation or job for which the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations
has approved a certified apprenticeship program, "graduates employed
in the field" means graduates who are gainfully employed for not less
than 60 days within six months of graduation in a position with job
duties meeting all of the criteria of the apprenticeable occupation
or job set forth by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
   (3) With respect to an occupation or job for which the Board of
Registered Nursing has established licensure requirements, "graduates
employed in the field" means graduates who are gainfully employed
for not less than 60 days within six months of  graduation
  passage of the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing Licensure Examination  in a position with job duties
meeting all of the criteria of the licensed occupation or job set
forth by the Board of Registered Nursing.
   (f) "Graduates unavailable for employment" means graduates who,
after graduation, die, become incarcerated, are called to active
military duty, are international students that leave the United
States or do not have a visa allowing employment in the United
States, or are continuing their education at an accredited or
bureau-approved postsecondary institution.
   (g) "Students available for graduation" means the cohort
population minus the number of students unavailable for graduation.
   (h) "Students unavailable for graduation" means students who have
died, been incarcerated, or called to active military duty.