Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program.

Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards, and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions, as defined. This bill would add provisions that would set the maximum Cal Grant award levels for students attending nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions that are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, commencing with the 2015–16 award year. The bill would require, as a condition for the funding of Cal Grant maximum awards to its students, that a nonpublic postsecondary educational institution accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges submit specified performance metrics related to its students in a cumulative report generated by the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities to the Legislature, the Governor, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office on or before March 15, 2015, and on or before March 15 of each year thereafter. The bill would require the form and content of these metrics to be determined by the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, in collaboration with the public segments of higher education. The bill also would require that the collection, reporting, and housing of data for this report be conducted both in a manner that ensures data integrity and security and that is in conformance with any federal and state laws on the confidentiality of student information.