Bill Text: CA AB1835 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: minimum operating standards: exemptions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1835 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1835-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1835	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2016

   An act to add and repeal Section 94885.2 of the Education Code,
relating to private postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1835, Holden. California Private Postsecondary Education Act of
2009: minimum operating standards: exemptions.
   Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act
of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and
regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the
state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary
Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act, among
other things, requires the bureau to adopt by regulation minimum
operating standards and imposes accreditation requirements for
certain institutions. The act is to be repealed by its own provisions
on January 1, 2017.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2021, exempt institutions that
grant doctoral degrees in psychoanalysis from the provisions of the
act requiring the imposition of the accreditation requirements if,
and as long as, these institutions satisfy specified conditions,
including a requirement that all of the institution's students hold
master's or doctoral degrees before enrollment in the institution,
and a requirement that the institution has obtained accreditation
from, or has submitted a self-study application to, the Accreditation
Council for Psychoanalytic Education on or before July 1, 2018.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 94885.2 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   94885.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an institution that
grants doctoral degrees in psychoanalysis shall not be subject to
subdivision (b) of Section 94885, or Section 94885.1 if, and as long
as, it satisfies all of the following conditions:
   (1) All of the institution's students hold master's or doctoral
degrees before they enroll in the institution.
   (2) All of the institution's students, with the exception of
research candidates governed by subdivision (a) of Section 2529 of
the Business and Professions Code and regulated by the Medical Board
of California, hold a professional license to practice psychotherapy
that remains valid throughout the period of their enrollment at the
institution and carry current malpractice insurance in their
respective fields.
   (3) The institution does not accept federal student aid.
   (4) The institution is a nonprofit entity.
   (5) The institution has obtained accreditation from, or has
submitted a self-study application to, the Accreditation Council for
Psychoanalytic Education on or before July 1, 2018.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.