Tag: California
California Legislature Updates Private Postsecondary Education Act … Again
Kate Lee Carey and Nancy Anderson
The BPPE posted a memo explaining the amendments to the California Private Postsecondary Education Act that took effect in January 2023.
California BPPE Implements New Statutory Provisions
Kate Lee Carey and Shannon Noonan
California Senate bills became effective January 1, 2022 that impact the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education and institutions subject to the BPPE’s oversight.
California Higher Education Bill AB70 Signed into Law by Governor Newsom (and Why it Matters)
Proposed changes to recognition of nonprofit and public institutions have been signed into law and will become effective January 1, 2022, just in time for the out-of-state registration process to become more complex.
California Legislature Passes Bill Impacting Nonprofit Higher Education Institutions
The California Legislature passes AB70, amending the CA Private Postsecondary Education Act as it relates to the authority of the BPPE to verify an institution’s nonprofit status.
2020 San Francisco Edtech Conference Is a Wrap
Jay Vaughan, Erik Edwards, Matt Johnson, Mike Goldstein, Kate Lee Carey, Naomi Harralson May and Caitlyn shelby
Cooley recently completed the 3rd annual San Francisco CooleyED conference and pitch night.
Gov. Newsom Signs Three California Private Postsecondary Education Bills
On October 4, Governor Gavin Newsom approved all three private higher education bills that had previously passed through the California legislative process.
California Senate Appropriations Committee Sends Three Postsecondary Bills for Further Action, Shelves Three Others
Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby
The California Senate Appropriations Committee returned from recess on August 12 and resumed discussion of the six remaining higher education bills.
ED Reinstates Title IV Eligibility to California Students
Nancy Anderson, Mike Goldstein and Paul Thompson
The Department of Education has withdrawn its directive to deny federal financial aid eligibility to California students enrolled in online courses offered by out-of-state public and nonprofit universities.
California Legislature Takes Summer Break With Key Higher Education Bills Still in Air
Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby
California higher education bills remain unresolved during summer break. The seven original bills passed the Assembly, but have undergone amendments in the Senate. Read our summary of the trajectory of the bills over the past few months as we await the Legislature to reconvene on August 12.
Department Announces California Residents at Out-of-State Public and Nonprofit Institutions Ineligible for Federal Student Aid
Nancy Anderson, Mike Goldstein and Paul Thompson
The Department of Education announced yesterday that California residents enrolled in distance education programs at out-of-state public and nonprofit institutions will be ineligible from receiving federal student aid.
California Presses Forward with Bill to Ban OPM Tuition Share Arrangements
Nancy Anderson, Kate Lee Carey, Mike Goldstein, Vince Sampson and Paul Thompson
The California Assembly Higher Education Committee unanimously voted to advance a bill, AB 1345, designed to exclude OPMs and service providers from tuition share arrangements.
California Proposals Would Rewrite Rules for Many Nonprofit Institutions
Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby
Part III in our series on the proposed bills in the California Assembly recaps two bills (AB1341 and AB1342) that would significantly affect both in-state and out-of-state nonprofit institutions and institutions considering a conversion to nonprofit status.