California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Sent to Executive
8. Enacted

Summary

The bill revises the Education Code to require all private degree‑granting schools to hold full accreditation for every program, limits visa‑student enrollment, and adds new reporting and disclosure duties. It gives the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education more power to grant, suspend, or revoke provisional approvals and to impose fines, while creating a tuition‑recovery fund for harmed students. The changes affect every private college or university operating in California, its students, and the state agencies that regulate them.

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Vote

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5052.) · May 14, 2026

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 13, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 3, 2026
• Education Committee Hearing
  Education · Jul 1, 2026
• Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Hearing
  Business, Professions and Economic Development · Jun 29, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 6, 2026

History

1. May 27, 2026Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and ED.
2. May 14, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5052.)
3. May 14, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
4. May 7, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
5. May 6, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
6. Apr 21, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
7. Apr 15, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
8. Apr 8, 2026Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
9. Apr 7, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
10. Mar 26, 2026Re-referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
11. Mar 16, 2026Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HIGHER ED.
12. Feb 24, 2026From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

The 12 most recent of 13 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Marc Berman (D) · sponsor
• Committee on Business and Professions

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