BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 1743
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1743 (Campos)
As Introduced February 17, 2012
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 9-0
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|Ayes:|Block, Olsen, Achadjian, | | |
| |Brownley, Fong, Galgiani, | | |
| |Lara, Miller, Portantino | | |
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SUMMARY : Defines a postsecondary education institution for
purposes of reporting athletic scholarship information, as
specified, as an institution with a physical campus and athletic
facilities used to support one or more of the institution's
athletic programs that is located in the State of California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS : Existing law, established by AB 2079 (Torlakson),
Chapter 592, Statutes of 2010, requires all California
postsecondary educational institutions that offer athletic
scholarships to provide scholarship information on their Web
sites, in order to ensure that the recruitment process and
subsequent scholarship agreements are transparent for both
students and parents. Information that must be posted includes:
1)The college's most recent cost of attendance expenses.
2)The portion of these expenses prohibited, per the National
Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) rules, from inclusion
in a full grant-in-aid scholarship.
3)Whether the college provides athletic scholarships for summer
school.
4)The average monthly scholarship payment received by students
living on- and off-campus.
5)Information regarding the college's and NCAA's policies on
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scholarship renewals, payment of athletically-related medical
expenses, and athletic release for student athletes wishing to
transfer.
6)NCAA scholarship rules related to verbal offers and National
Letters of Intent, as specified.
This bill would define California postsecondary institutions to
exclude entities that have an athletics program at an
institution in another state but have only an educational
presence in California, including Ashford University in Iowa
(which is owned by California-based Bridgepoint Education,
Inc.), the sponsor of this bill. Ashford University
participates in the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics, not NCAA, so posting NCAA scholarship information is
not relevant for its students.
Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960 FN:
0003208