California Code
TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
DIVISION 10 - PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

PART 59 - PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Leland Stanford Junior University

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 94000. - 94000. The trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University may...

Section 94001. - 94001. The board may adopt a seal which shall read,...

Section 94002. - 94002. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to alter...

ARTICLE 2 - Tuition

Section 94010. - 94010. The trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University may...

ARTICLE 3 - Taxation

Section 94020. - 94020. The exemption from taxation of the Leland Stanford Junior...

Section 94021. - 94021. Property held in trust for the founding, maintenance or...

CHAPTER 1.5 - General Provisions

Section 94050. - 94050. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

CHAPTER 2 - California Educational Facilities Authority Act

ARTICLE 1 - Purpose

Section 94100. - 94100. It is the purpose of this chapter to accomplish...

Section 94101. - 94101. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 94102. - 94102. All assets and obligations of the California Student Loan...

Section 94102.1. - 94102.1. In addition to the definition provided in Section 94110,...

Section 94103. - 94103. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no city,...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 94110. - 94110. As used in this chapter, the following words and...

ARTICLE 3 - Organization of Authority and General Powers and Duties Thereof

Section 94120. - 94120. (a) There is in the state government an authority...

Section 94121. - 94121. The powers of the authority shall be vested in...

Section 94123. - 94123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law neither of the...

Section 94124. - 94124. The authority shall maintain an office in the City...

Section 94125. - 94125. The authority may employ an executive director and such...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties; Notes and Bonds

Section 94140. - 94140. The authority shall have power to do all of...

Section 94141. - 94141. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of...

Section 94142. - 94142. The authority shall establish financial eligibility standards by studying...

Section 94143. - 94143. The authority is authorized from time to time to...

Section 94144. - 94144. (a) The authority is authorized from time to time...

Section 94145. - 94145. In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued...

Section 94145.5. - 94145.5. A provision that the authority may include in a...

Section 94146. - 94146. (a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter...

Section 94147. - 94147. (a) The authority may fix, revise, charge, and collect...

Section 94148. - 94148. Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of...

Section 94149. - 94149. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this...

Section 94150. - 94150. (a) The authority may issue bonds of the authority...

Section 94151. - 94151. (a) The authority is hereby authorized to loan funds...

Section 94152. - 94152. Bonds and notes issued by the authority under the...

Section 94154. - 94154. The State of California pledges and agrees with the...

Section 94155. - 94155. On or before March 31 in each year the...

Section 94156. - 94156. The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter...

ARTICLE 4.1 - California Student Loan Refinancing Program

Section 94157. - 94157. As used in this article, unless the context requires...

Section 94158. - 94158. (a) The California Student Loan Refinancing Program is hereby...

Section 94159. - 94159. (a) The authority shall establish a loss reserve account...

Section 94160. - 94160. (a) If a financial institution seeks to enroll a...

Section 94161. - 94161. (a) The authority shall establish procedures under which financial...

Section 94162. - 94162. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the authority...

Section 94163. - 94163. The authority may enter into agreements with financial institutions,...

Section 94164. - 94164. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this article, the authority...

Section 94165. - 94165. The authority may adopt emergency regulations for the implementation...

ARTICLE 5 - Conflicts of Interest

Section 94170. - 94170. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, any...

ARTICLE 6 - Examination and Visitorial Power of State; Assistance of State Employees

Section 94180. - 94180. The State Controller and his legally authorized representatives are...

Section 94181. - 94181. The authority shall be entitled to call to its...

ARTICLE 7 - Construction of Facilities

Section 94190. - 94190. (a) In addition to the foregoing powers, the authority...

Section 94191. - 94191. The authority also shall have power: (a) To make...

Section 94192. - 94192. For the purpose of obtaining and securing loans under...

Section 94193. - 94193. Moneys of the authority received from any participating private...

Section 94194. - 94194. (a) Whenever the authority under Section 94190 undertakes to...

Section 94195. - 94195. Any pledge of moneys, earnings, income, or revenues authorized...

ARTICLE 8 - Construction

Section 94210. - 94210. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the...

Section 94211. - 94211. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed or...

Section 94212. - 94212. (a) This chapter shall be deemed to provide a...

Section 94213. - 94213. The powers granted to the authority by this chapter...

CHAPTER 3.2 - Accommodation of Religious Creed

Section 94355. - 94355. (a) As a condition of doing business in this...

CHAPTER 3.3 - Speech and Other Communication

Section 94367. - 94367. (a) No private postsecondary educational institution shall make or...

CHAPTER 3.7 - Student Safety

Section 94380. - 94380. Each private postsecondary educational institution with a full-time equivalency...

Section 94385. - 94385. (a) Each private postsecondary educational institution and private vocational...

CHAPTER 4 - Consolidation of Private Colleges

Section 94400. - 94400. Whenever any benevolent, religious, or fraternal organization or society,...

Section 94401. - 94401. The grand lodge, assembly, conference, or other legislative or...

Section 94402. - 94402. The board of trustees of the new corporation shall...

Section 94403. - 94403. After the two or more colleges or institutions of...

Section 94404. - 94404. Unless other provision is made in the articles of...

Section 94405. - 94405. Provision may be made in the articles of incorporation,...

Section 94406. - 94406. Bylaws may be adopted and amended by the trustees...

Section 94407. - 94407. Except as otherwise provided in Section 94406, in the...

Section 94408. - 94408. The board of trustees of the new corporation shall...

Section 94409. - 94409. The several boards of trustees of the consolidating institutions...

CHAPTER 5 - Eminent Domain

Section 94500. - 94500. Any educational institution of collegiate grade within this state...

CHAPTER 6 - Emergency Evacuation Plans for Postsecondary Student Housing

Section 94600. - 94600. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop guidelines...

CHAPTER 8 - Private Postsecondary Institutions

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 94800. - 94800. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 94800.5. - 94800.5. Whenever a reference is made to the former Private...

Section 94801. - 94801. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 94801.5. - 94801.5. (a) Effective July 1, 2017, an out-of-state private postsecondary...

Section 94801.5. - 94801.5. (a) An out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution shall register...

Section 94801.7. - 94801.7. (a) The bureau may establish through regulation thresholds of...

ARTICLE 2 - Transition Provisions

Section 94802. - 94802. An institution that had a valid approval to operate...

Section 94803. - 94803. The bureau shall, by emergency regulation, amend, and repeal...

Section 94804. - 94804. (a) Each unresolved matter submitted to the former Bureau...

Section 94805. - 94805. For the performance of the duties and exercise of...

Section 94806. - 94806. The Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Administration Fund established...

Section 94807. - 94807. The Student Tuition Recovery Fund established by former Section...

Section 94808. - 94808. (a) Any Student Tuition Recovery Fund claims received by...

Section 94809. - 94809. (a) An institution that had an application for an...

Section 94809.5. - 94809.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) For any...

Section 94809.6. - 94809.6. (a) Notwithstanding the inoperative status or repeal of the...

ARTICLE 3 - Definitions

Section 94810. - 94810. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth...

Section 94812. - 94812. “Academic year” means a period, including a minimum of...

Section 94813. - 94813. “Accredited” means an institution is accredited by an accrediting...

Section 94814. - 94814. “Accrediting agency” is an agency recognized by the United...

Section 94815. - 94815. “Annual report” means the yearly report required to be...

Section 94816. - 94816. “Applicant” means a person, as defined in Section 94855,...

Section 94817. - 94817. “Approval to operate” or “approval” means the authorization pursuant...

Section 94817.5. - 94817.5. “Approved to operate” or “approved” means that an institution...

Section 94818. - 94818. “Avocational education” means education offered for the purpose of...

Section 94819. - 94819. “Branch campus” means a site other than the main...

Section 94820. - 94820. “Bureau” means the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in...

Section 94821. - 94821. “Change in business organization form” means a change of...

Section 94822. - 94822. “Change in control” means a change in the ownership...

Section 94823. - 94823. “Change in ownership” means the acquisition by a person...

Section 94823.5. - 94823.5. “Change of location” means a move or relocation more...

Section 94824. - 94824. “Class day” means a day a student is scheduled...

Section 94825. - 94825. “Class session” means part of a class day that...

Section 94826. - 94826. “Commence operations” means an institution has begun to provide...

Section 94827. - 94827. “Continuing education” means instruction that does not lead to...

Section 94828. - 94828. “Curriculum” means an organized set of courses or modules...

Section 94829. - 94829. “Default” means failure of a borrower and endorser, if...

Section 94830. - 94830. “Degree” means a recognized educational credential awarded by an...

Section 94831. - 94831. “Degree title” means the designated subject area of the...

Section 94832. - 94832. “Diploma” means a recognized educational credential, other than a...

Section 94833. - 94833. “Director” means the Director of Consumer Affairs. (Added by...

Section 94834. - 94834. “Distance education” means transmission of instruction to students at...

Section 94835. - 94835. “Document of record” means any document required to be...

Section 94836. - 94836. “Educational materials” means textbooks, supplies, implements, tools, machinery, computers,...

Section 94837. - 94837. “Educational program” means a planned sequence composed of a...

Section 94838. - 94838. “Educational program approval” means authorization by the bureau, another...

Section 94839. - 94839. “Enrollment” means the execution of an enrollment agreement. (Added...

Section 94840. - 94840. “Enrollment agreement” means a written contract between a student...

Section 94841. - 94841. “Faculty” means the instructional staff of an institution, whether...

Section 94842. - 94842. “Graduate” means an individual who has been awarded a...

Section 94843. - 94843. “Institution” means any private postsecondary educational institution, including its...

Section 94844. - 94844. “Institutional charges” means charges for an educational program paid...

Section 94845. - 94845. “Institution manager” means an individual who is a member...

Section 94846. - 94846. “Instruction” means an institution’s specific, formal arrangements in which...

Section 94847. - 94847. “License and examination preparation” means instruction designed to assist...

Section 94848. - 94848. “Licensure” includes any license, certificate, permit, or similar credential...

Section 94849. - 94849. “Main campus” means the institution’s sole or primary teaching...

Section 94850. - 94850. “Noninstitutional charges” means charges for an educational program paid...

Section 94850.2. - 94850.2. “Nonprofit corporation” means an institution to which contributions have...

Section 94850.5. - 94850.5. “Out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution” means a private entity...

Section 94851. - 94851. “Owner” means an individual in the case of a...

Section 94852. - 94852. “Ownership” means a legal or equitable interest in an...

Section 94853. - 94853. “Parent company” means a partnership, limited liability company, or...

Section 94854. - 94854. “Period of attendance” means a semester, quarter, or trimester...

Section 94855. - 94855. “Person” means a natural person or a business organization,...

Section 94856. - 94856. “Person in control” means a person who, by his...

Section 94857. - 94857. “Postsecondary education” means a formal institutional educational program whose...

Section 94858. - 94858. “Private postsecondary educational institution” means a private entity with...

Section 94858.5. - 94858.5. “Public institution of higher education” means any of the...

Section 94859. - 94859. “Recruiter” means an employee of an institution whose principal...

Section 94860. - 94860. “Recruitment” means actions taken by recruiters seeking enrollment of...

Section 94861. - 94861. “Reporting period” means the institution’s fiscal year or any...

Section 94862. - 94862. “Satellite location” means an auxiliary classroom or teaching site...

Section 94865. - 94865. “Site” means a main or branch campus or satellite...

Section 94866. - 94866. “Teach-out” means the arrangements an institution makes for its...

Section 94867. - 94867. “Third-party payer” means an employer, government program, or other...

Section 94868. - 94868. “To offer to the public” means to advertise, publicize,...

Section 94869. - 94869. “To operate” means to establish, keep, or maintain any...

Section 94870. - 94870. “Total charges” means the sum of institutional and noninstitutional...

Section 94871. - 94871. “Year” means a calendar year. (Added by Stats. 2009,...

ARTICLE 4 - Exemptions

Section 94874. - 94874. Except as provided in Sections 94874.2, 94874.7, and 94927.5,...

Section 94874.1. - 94874.1. (a) The bureau shall not verify the exemption from...

Section 94874.2. - 94874.2. Beginning January 1, 2016, an institution that is approved...

Section 94874.5. - 94874.5. An institution that is otherwise exempt from this chapter...

Section 94874.7. - 94874.7. The bureau shall establish, by regulation, a process pursuant...

Section 94874.8. - 94874.8. (a) An institution exempt from all or part of...

Section 94874.9. - 94874.9. (a) An independent institution of higher education, as defined...

ARTICLE 5 - Bureau Powers and Duties

Section 94875. - 94875. The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, as established by...

Section 94876. - 94876. (a) The powers and duties set forth in this...

Section 94877. - 94877. (a) The bureau shall adopt and shall enforce regulations...

Section 94878. - 94878. (a) The bureau shall establish an Internet Web site...

Section 94880. - 94880. (a) There is within the bureau a 12-member advisory...

Section 94880.1. - 94880.1. (a) (1) The bureau shall establish a task force...

Section 94881. - 94881. The bureau may conduct workshops to provide applicants and...

Section 94882. - 94882. The bureau may empanel visiting committees to assist in...

Section 94883. - 94883. (a) Any individual serving on a visiting committee who...

Section 94884. - 94884. The bureau is subject to Section 27 of the...

ARTICLE 6 - Approval to Operate

Section 94885. - 94885. (a) The bureau shall adopt by regulation minimum operating...

Section 94885.1. - 94885.1. (a) An institution that is not accredited by an...

Section 94885.5. - 94885.5. (a) If an institution that has not been accredited...

Section 94885.7. - 94885.7. (a) When an institution offering at least one degree...

Section 94886. - 94886. Except as exempted in Article 4 (commencing with Section...

Section 94887. - 94887. An approval to operate shall be granted only after...

Section 94888. - 94888. (a) The bureau shall adopt by regulation both of...

Section 94889. - 94889. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 94890,...

Section 94890. - 94890. (a) (1) The bureau shall grant an institution that...

Section 94891. - 94891. (a) The bureau shall adopt by regulation the process...

Section 94892. - 94892. If an agency of this state other than the...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Labor Market Outcome Data Reporting

Section 94892.6. - 94892.6. (a) (1) An institution approved to operate by the...

ARTICLE 7 - Substantive Changes to an Approval to Operate

Section 94893. - 94893. If an institution intends to make a substantive change...

Section 94894. - 94894. The following changes to an approval to operate are...

Section 94895. - 94895. The bureau shall, by January 1, 2011, adopt by...

Section 94896. - 94896. (a) An institution that has been granted an approval...

ARTICLE 8 - Fair Business Practices

Section 94897. - 94897. An institution shall not do any of the following:...

Section 94898. - 94898. (a) An institution shall not merge classes unless all...

Section 94899. - 94899. (a) If an institution offers an educational program in...

Section 94899.5. - 94899.5. (a) Institutions that offer short-term programs designed to be...

ARTICLE 9 - Recordkeeping

Section 94900. - 94900. (a) An institution shall maintain records of the name,...

Section 94900.5. - 94900.5. An institution shall maintain, for a period of not...

Section 94900.7. - 94900.7. The recordkeeping requirements of this article shall not apply...

ARTICLE 10 - Recruiters

Section 94901. - 94901. (a) An institution’s recruiters shall be employees. (b) (1)...

ARTICLE 11 - Enrollment Agreements and Disclosures

Section 94902. - 94902. (a) A student shall enroll solely by means of...

Section 94903. - 94903. A student may not waive any term or receipt...

Section 94905. - 94905. (a) During the enrollment process, an institution offering educational...

Section 94906. - 94906. (a) An enrollment agreement shall be written in language...

Section 94907. - 94907. An enrollment agreement shall not contain a provision that...

Section 94908. - 94908. Any information or statement required by this article to...

Section 94909. - 94909. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), before enrollment,...

Section 94910. - 94910. Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 94909...

Section 94910.5. - 94910.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a law school that...

Section 94911. - 94911. An enrollment agreement shall include, at a minimum, all...

Section 94912. - 94912. Prior to the execution of an enrollment agreement, the...

Section 94912.5. - 94912.5. (a) By January 1, 2020, and permanently thereafter, each...

Section 94913. - 94913. (a) An institution that maintains an Internet Web site...

ARTICLE 12 - Consumer Loans to Students

Section 94916. - 94916. An institution extending credit or lending money to an...

Section 94917. - 94917. A note, instrument, or other evidence of indebtedness relating...

Section 94918. - 94918. In making consumer loans to students, an institution shall...

Section 94918.5. - 94918.5. (a) The bureau’s administration of this article or Article...

ARTICLE 13 - Cancellations, Withdrawals, and Refunds

Section 94919. - 94919. (a) An institution that participates in the federal student...

Section 94920. - 94920. An institution that does not participate in the federal...

Section 94921. - 94921. An institution offering an educational program for which the...

Section 94922. - 94922. A student may not waive any provision of this...

ARTICLE 14 - Student Tuition Recovery Fund

Section 94923. - 94923. (a) The Student Tuition Recovery Fund relieves or mitigates...

Section 94924. - 94924. (a) The bureau shall determine the amount of Student...

Section 94925. - 94925. (a) The amount in the Student Tuition Recovery Fund...

ARTICLE 15 - Orderly Institutional Closure and Teach-outs

Section 94926. - 94926. At least 30 days prior to closing, the institution...

Section 94926.5. - 94926.5. (a) An institution’s approval to operate is automatically terminated...

Section 94927. - 94927. An institution shall be considered in default of the...

Section 94927.5. - 94927.5. (a) Prior to closing, an institution shall provide the...

ARTICLE 16 - Completion, Placement, Licensure, and Salary Disclosure Requirements

Section 94928. - 94928. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 94929. - 94929. (a) An institution shall annually report to the bureau,...

Section 94929.5. - 94929.5. (a) An institution shall annually report to the bureau,...

Section 94929.7. - 94929.7. (a) The information used to substantiate the rates and...

Section 94929.8. - 94929.8. (a) On or before January 1, 2011, and pursuant...

Section 94929.9. - 94929.9. (a) The bureau shall consider the graduate salary and...

ARTICLE 17 - Fees

Section 94930. - 94930. (a) All fees collected pursuant to this article, including...

Section 94930.5. - 94930.5. Subject to Section 94930, an institution shall remit to...

Section 94931. - 94931. (a) A fee that is not paid on or...

Section 94931.5. - 94931.5. (a) The bureau may propose modifications to the fee...

ARTICLE 18 - Compliance, Enforcement, Process, and Penalties

Section 94932. - 94932. The bureau shall determine an institution’s compliance with the...

Section 94932.5. - 94932.5. (a) As part of its compliance program, the bureau...

Section 94933. - 94933. The bureau shall provide an institution with the opportunity...

Section 94933.5. - 94933.5. As much as is practicable, the bureau shall seek...

Section 94934. - 94934. (a) As part of the compliance program, an institution...

Section 94934.5. - 94934.5. (a) An institution with an approval to operate that...

Section 94935. - 94935. (a) Bureau staff who, during an inspection of an...

Section 94936. - 94936. (a) As a consequence of an investigation, which may...

Section 94937. - 94937. (a) As a consequence of an investigation, which may...

Section 94938. - 94938. (a) If the bureau determines that it needs to...

Section 94939. - 94939. (a) The bureau may bring an action for equitable...

Section 94940. - 94940. As consequence of an adverse administrative action against an...

Section 94941. - 94941. (a) An individual who has cause to believe that...

Section 94942. - 94942. (a) The bureau shall establish a toll-free telephone number...

Section 94943. - 94943. The following violations of this chapter are public offenses:...

Section 94943.5. - 94943.5. An institution shall designate and maintain an agent for...

Section 94944. - 94944. Notwithstanding any other law, the bureau shall cite any...

Section 94944.5. - 94944.5. Each institution subject to this chapter shall be deemed...

Section 94944.6. - 94944.6. Within 30 days of receiving a written notice from...

Section 94945. - 94945. (a) This chapter does not limit or preclude the...

ARTICLE 19 - Severability

Section 94946. - 94946. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any...

Section 94947. - 94947. (a) Notwithstanding Section 94874.2, an institution described in subdivision...

ARTICLE 20 - Reporting

Section 94948. - 94948. In addition to any other reporting requirements under this...

Section 94949. - 94949. (a) The director shall provide to the Legislature a...

ARTICLE 20.6 - Office of Student Assistance and Relief

Section 94949.7. - 94949.7. There is hereby established an Office of Student Assistance...

Section 94949.71. - 94949.71. (a) The duties of the office shall be vested...

Section 94949.72. - 94949.72. Duties of the office shall include all of the...

Section 94949.73. - 94949.73. (a) The office shall provide individualized assistance to students...

Section 94949.8. - 94949.8. (a) An institution that qualifies as a public institution...

ARTICLE 21 - Termination

Section 94950. - 94950. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Continuation of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 95000. - 95000. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon the repeal of...

ARTICLE 2 - Operative Date

Section 95010. - 95010. This chapter shall become operative upon the repeal of...