Private postsecondary education: ability-to-benefit students: horseshoeing or farrier schools.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an institution that is subject to the act's provisions to enroll each student solely by means of executing an enrollment agreement, and requires an ability-to-benefit student, defined for purposes of the act as a student without a high school diploma or its equivalent, before enrolling, to take an independently administered examination from a list of examinations prescribed by the United States Department of Education and achieve a passing score, as specified by the United States Department of Education. This bill would exempt an ability-to-benefit student who enrolls at an institution that offers training in horseshoeing and other skills necessary for proficiency as a farrier from the requirement of taking, and achieving a passing score on, an independently administered examination before enrolling.