Private postsecondary education: community-based organizations.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts an institution from its provisions if any of a list of specific criteria are met. This bill would additionally exempt from the act an institution owned, controlled, operated, and maintained by a community-based organization, as defined under a specified provision of federal law as that provision exists on March 1, 2017, that meets specified conditions, including having programs on, or applying for some or all of its programs to be on, the Eligible Training Provider List established and maintained by the California Workforce Development Board.