Education: California Educational Facilities Authority.

Existing law, the California Educational Facilities Authority Act, creates the California Educational Facilities Authority, the purpose of which is to provide institutions of higher education, including private colleges, with additional means for specified projects. The act defines "private college" or "private participating college" to mean a private college that neither restricts entry on racial or religious grounds nor requires students gaining admission to receive instruction in the tenets of a particular faith, and that participates with the authority in undertaking the financing and construction or acquisition of a project. This bill would recast the definition of a "private college" or "private participating college" to mean a private college that does not restrict the admission of a student based on his or her race or ethnicity, provided that the financing does not violate specified constitutional provisions.