BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2393
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2393 (Ammiano)
As Amended April 22, 2010
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 6-3 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS
7-4
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|Ayes:|Block, Chesbro, Fong, |Ayes:|Hayashi, Eng, Hernandez, |
| |Galgiani, Portantino, | |Hill, Ma, Nava, Ruskin, |
| |Ruskin | | |
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|Nays:|Norby, Adams, Fuller |Nays:|Emmerson, Conway, Niello, |
| | | |Smyth |
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SUMMARY : Requires institutions subject to the Private
Postsecondary Education Act (Act) and the related oversight
provided by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
(Bureau) to comply with placement rate calculations for
specified programs. Specifically, this bill :
1)Provides that for the purposes of determining job placement
rates for an occupation or job for which the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) has approved a certified
apprenticeship program, "graduates employed in the field"
means graduates gainfully employed for at least 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 DAS.
2)Provides that for the purposes of determining job placement
rates for an occupation or job for which the Board of
Registered Nursing (BRN) has established licensure
requirements, "graduates employed in the field" means
graduates who are gainfully employed for at least 60 days
within six months of graduation in a position with job duties
meeting all of the criteria of the licensed occupation or job
set forth by BRN.
EXISTING LAW : AB 48 (Portantino), Chapter 310, Statutes of
2009, established the Act, created the Bureau within the
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Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), and provided for Bureau
oversight and regulation of specified California private
postsecondary institutions. AB 48 provides that for the
purposes of determining placement rates, "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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill has been keyed non-fiscal by
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS : Purpose of this bill: According to the author, under
existing law, private postsecondary schools can report and
advertise successful job placement rates that may not accurately
reflect the placement rates for apprenticeship programs approved
by DAS or nursing programs licensed by BRN. This bill is
intended to establish minimum requirements for the reporting of
successful placements for apprenticeship and nursing jobs.
Narrowing the jobs that can be counted in placement rates: This
bill would specify that for specific apprenticeship and nursing
programs, graduates counted as employed in the field must be
employed in positions or jobs with duties meeting criteria set
fort by DAS or BRN, as applicable. Existing law requires, in
order to be counted towards placement rates, graduates be
employed in positions 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. The additional limitations on counting graduate
placements, as proposed in this bill, could ensure that
prospective students receive an accurate accounting of the
number of former graduates who gained employment in the actual
jobs for which they were trained.
Requiring graduates to be employed for 60 days: This bill would
require that graduates counted as employed in nursing and
apprenticeship fields be employed for at least 60 days within
six months of graduation. Existing law requires that graduates
be employed within six months of graduation but does not require
that the graduate remain employed for 60 days. As initially
passed by the Assembly, AB 48 contained the 60 day requirement;
however, it was removed at the request of the Senate Business
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and Professions Committee, which argued that the requirement
would be burdensome to students, who would have to report all of
their job changes, and could result in harassment of students by
schools trying to obtain the data. This bill would establish
different employment timeline standards for nursing and
apprenticeship placements versus other job placements.
Related legislation: AB 1889 (Portantino), currently on the
Suspense File in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, would
provide for substantive changes and technical cleanup to the Act
including altering the definition of jobs and occupations that
can be included in placement rate calculations.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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