California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.

The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary educational institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to provide biannual written updates to the Legislature that describe the bureau's progress in protecting consumers and enforcing the act, as specified. The act requires institutions to report to the bureau specified investigations and actions by oversight entities within 30 days. The act is repealed on January 1, 2027. This bill would revise and recast the act's provisions. The bill would instead require the director to provide those written updates to the Legislature annually. The bill would additionally require institutions to report bankruptcy filings, felony charges against the institution or specified persons, and certain civil actions or arbitrations to the bureau, as provided. The bill would specify that an institution's failure to provide the bureau with a required report is a material violation and subjects the institution to citation, probation, suspension, or revocation of its approval to operate. The bill would authorize the bureau to deny an application for approval to operate if the institution would be owned, controlled, or managed by a person who previously owned, controlled, or managed an institution that closed without providing required student refunds or appropriately preserving and making available records. The act requires an out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution to register with the bureau, pay a fee, and comply with additional delineated requirements, including reporting to the bureau certain enforcement or adverse occurrences. The act requires the bureau, after receipt of such a report, to determine if the institution will be permitted to continue to enroll new