California Assembly Bill AB634 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 634AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 1, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez FEBRUARY 20, 2013 An act to amend Section 94818 of the Education Code, relating to private postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 634, as amended, Gomez. Private postsecondary education: avocational education. The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, until January 1, 2015, provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law exempts certain institutions from those provisions, including institutions that offer solely avocational or recreational education programs, and defines the term avocational education as education offered for the purpose of personal  ,  entertainment, pleasure, or enjoyment. This bill would  expand the definition of "avocational education" to also include education offered for the purpose of personal enhancement   require the bureau to promulgate regulations to clarify the definition of "avocational education" for those purposes  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 94818 of the Education Code is amended to read: 94818.  (a)    "Avocational education" means education offered for the purpose of personal  enhancement,  entertainment, pleasure, or enjoyment.  (b) The bureau shall promulgate regulations to clarify the definition of avocational education for purposes of this section.