Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education: Successorship.

Existing law establishes the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, which, among other things, provides for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools in the state. Existing law establishes the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs to regulate private postsecondary institutions through the powers granted, and the duties imposed, by the act. Existing law establishes the California Postsecondary Education Commission as the statewide postsecondary education coordinating and planning agency and provides for its functions and responsibilities. This bill would abolish the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, and would transfer the bureau's powers and duties under the act to the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The bill would require the commission to adopt the regulations of the bureau and, by January 1, 2013, to revise the regulations in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would make various conforming changes to existing law.