Private postsecondary education.

Existing law establishes the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law imposes various requirements upon the private institutions subject to the act in order to ensure minimum standards of instructional quality and institutional stability, including a requirement that an ability-to-benefit student, as defined, must take and pass an independently administered examination from the list of examinations prescribed by the United States Department of Education before executing an enrollment agreement. This bill would provide that if the United States Department of Education does not have a list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended occupational training, the bureau may publish its own list of acceptable examinations. Existing law requires institutions that do not participate in the federal student financial aid programs to refund to a student 100% of the amount paid for institutional charges, less a reasonable deposit or application fee, as specified, if notice of cancellation is made through attendance at the first class session, or the 7th class day after enrollment, whichever is later.This bill would reduce the time period during which the notice of cancellation may be made from the 7th class day after enrollment to the 7th day after enrollment.