California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1619 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/17/2017

                    Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1619Introduced by Assembly Member BermanFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Section 94885.6 to the Education Code, relating to private postsecondary education.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1619, as amended, Berman. Private postsecondary education.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 requires the bureau to adopt by regulation minimum operating standards for institutions that are subject to the acts provisions. Under existing federal law, in order to be eligible for funding under the federal Higher Education Act Title IV student assistance programs, an educational program must lead to a degree at a nonprofit or public institution or it must prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Existing federal law establishes debt-to-earnings rates to determine whether a gainful employment program prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.This bill, as of January 1, 2019, would prohibit the bureau from granting an approval to operate to an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017. The bill would, as of January 1, 2019, automatically suspend the approval to operate of an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017, as specified.This bill would require the bureau to prohibit institutions that are subject to the acts provisions from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for 2 out of 3 consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for 4 consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) On July 1, 2015, the federal regulations took effect.(2) Through the regulatory process, the United States Department of Education established debt-to-earnings rates based on the typical loan debt and earnings of students who previously completed a gainful employment (GE) program.(3) Two debt-to-earnings rates are calculated pursuant to the federal regulations, one based on annual earnings and one based on discretionary income.(4) The two rates described in paragraph (3) are calculated for each GE program as a measure of the ability of graduates of the GE program to reasonably repay their student loan debt.(5) For the annual earnings rate, the numerator is the calculated annual loan payment amount, which is an estimate of the annual loan repayment amount based on the median educational debt of the members of the cohort, and the denominator is the higher of the cohorts mean or median earnings.(6) The discretionary income rate uses the same annual loan payment amount in the numerator as the annual earnings rate, but the denominator is the higher of the mean or median earnings minus 150 percent of the poverty guideline.(7) To maintain federal Title IV financial aid eligibility, GE programs are required to meet minimum standards for the debt-to-earnings rates of their graduates and are provided a pass, zone, or fail rating.(8) The pass rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments less than or equal to 8 percent of total earnings, or less than or equal to 20 percent of discretionary income.(9) The zone rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 8 percent but less than or equal to 12 percent of total earnings, or greater than 20 percent but less than or equal to 30 percent of discretionary income.(10) The fail rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 12 percent of total earnings, and greater than 30 percent of discretionary income.(11) The current federal regulations have been reviewed and upheld in their entirety by two different federal courts and affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to continue the student protections in the federal regulations by applying the federal debt-to-earnings rates to California law.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(3) Gainful employment program or GE program has the same meaning as the term is defined for purposes of the federal regulations.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 94885.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.(c)(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1619Introduced by Assembly Member BermanFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Section 94885.6 to the Education Code, relating to private postsecondary education.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1619, as amended, Berman. Private postsecondary education.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 requires the bureau to adopt by regulation minimum operating standards for institutions that are subject to the acts provisions. Under existing federal law, in order to be eligible for funding under the federal Higher Education Act Title IV student assistance programs, an educational program must lead to a degree at a nonprofit or public institution or it must prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Existing federal law establishes debt-to-earnings rates to determine whether a gainful employment program prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.This bill, as of January 1, 2019, would prohibit the bureau from granting an approval to operate to an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017. The bill would, as of January 1, 2019, automatically suspend the approval to operate of an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017, as specified.This bill would require the bureau to prohibit institutions that are subject to the acts provisions from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for 2 out of 3 consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for 4 consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017

Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1619

Introduced by Assembly Member BermanFebruary 17, 2017

Introduced by Assembly Member Berman
February 17, 2017

 An act to add Section 94885.6 to the Education Code, relating to private postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1619, as amended, Berman. Private postsecondary education.

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 requires the bureau to adopt by regulation minimum operating standards for institutions that are subject to the acts provisions. Under existing federal law, in order to be eligible for funding under the federal Higher Education Act Title IV student assistance programs, an educational program must lead to a degree at a nonprofit or public institution or it must prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Existing federal law establishes debt-to-earnings rates to determine whether a gainful employment program prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.This bill, as of January 1, 2019, would prohibit the bureau from granting an approval to operate to an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017. The bill would, as of January 1, 2019, automatically suspend the approval to operate of an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017, as specified.This bill would require the bureau to prohibit institutions that are subject to the acts provisions from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for 2 out of 3 consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for 4 consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates.

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 requires the bureau to adopt by regulation minimum operating standards for institutions that are subject to the acts provisions. Under existing federal law, in order to be eligible for funding under the federal Higher Education Act Title IV student assistance programs, an educational program must lead to a degree at a nonprofit or public institution or it must prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Existing federal law establishes debt-to-earnings rates to determine whether a gainful employment program prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.

This bill, as of January 1, 2019, would prohibit the bureau from granting an approval to operate to an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017. The bill would, as of January 1, 2019, automatically suspend the approval to operate of an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet federal debt-to-earnings rates, as they read on January 1, 2017, as specified.



This bill would require the bureau to prohibit institutions that are subject to the acts provisions from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for 2 out of 3 consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for 4 consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) On July 1, 2015, the federal regulations took effect.(2) Through the regulatory process, the United States Department of Education established debt-to-earnings rates based on the typical loan debt and earnings of students who previously completed a gainful employment (GE) program.(3) Two debt-to-earnings rates are calculated pursuant to the federal regulations, one based on annual earnings and one based on discretionary income.(4) The two rates described in paragraph (3) are calculated for each GE program as a measure of the ability of graduates of the GE program to reasonably repay their student loan debt.(5) For the annual earnings rate, the numerator is the calculated annual loan payment amount, which is an estimate of the annual loan repayment amount based on the median educational debt of the members of the cohort, and the denominator is the higher of the cohorts mean or median earnings.(6) The discretionary income rate uses the same annual loan payment amount in the numerator as the annual earnings rate, but the denominator is the higher of the mean or median earnings minus 150 percent of the poverty guideline.(7) To maintain federal Title IV financial aid eligibility, GE programs are required to meet minimum standards for the debt-to-earnings rates of their graduates and are provided a pass, zone, or fail rating.(8) The pass rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments less than or equal to 8 percent of total earnings, or less than or equal to 20 percent of discretionary income.(9) The zone rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 8 percent but less than or equal to 12 percent of total earnings, or greater than 20 percent but less than or equal to 30 percent of discretionary income.(10) The fail rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 12 percent of total earnings, and greater than 30 percent of discretionary income.(11) The current federal regulations have been reviewed and upheld in their entirety by two different federal courts and affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to continue the student protections in the federal regulations by applying the federal debt-to-earnings rates to California law.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(3) Gainful employment program or GE program has the same meaning as the term is defined for purposes of the federal regulations.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 94885.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.(c)(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) On July 1, 2015, the federal regulations took effect.(2) Through the regulatory process, the United States Department of Education established debt-to-earnings rates based on the typical loan debt and earnings of students who previously completed a gainful employment (GE) program.(3) Two debt-to-earnings rates are calculated pursuant to the federal regulations, one based on annual earnings and one based on discretionary income.(4) The two rates described in paragraph (3) are calculated for each GE program as a measure of the ability of graduates of the GE program to reasonably repay their student loan debt.(5) For the annual earnings rate, the numerator is the calculated annual loan payment amount, which is an estimate of the annual loan repayment amount based on the median educational debt of the members of the cohort, and the denominator is the higher of the cohorts mean or median earnings.(6) The discretionary income rate uses the same annual loan payment amount in the numerator as the annual earnings rate, but the denominator is the higher of the mean or median earnings minus 150 percent of the poverty guideline.(7) To maintain federal Title IV financial aid eligibility, GE programs are required to meet minimum standards for the debt-to-earnings rates of their graduates and are provided a pass, zone, or fail rating.(8) The pass rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments less than or equal to 8 percent of total earnings, or less than or equal to 20 percent of discretionary income.(9) The zone rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 8 percent but less than or equal to 12 percent of total earnings, or greater than 20 percent but less than or equal to 30 percent of discretionary income.(10) The fail rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 12 percent of total earnings, and greater than 30 percent of discretionary income.(11) The current federal regulations have been reviewed and upheld in their entirety by two different federal courts and affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to continue the student protections in the federal regulations by applying the federal debt-to-earnings rates to California law.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(3) Gainful employment program or GE program has the same meaning as the term is defined for purposes of the federal regulations.

SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) On July 1, 2015, the federal regulations took effect.(2) Through the regulatory process, the United States Department of Education established debt-to-earnings rates based on the typical loan debt and earnings of students who previously completed a gainful employment (GE) program.(3) Two debt-to-earnings rates are calculated pursuant to the federal regulations, one based on annual earnings and one based on discretionary income.(4) The two rates described in paragraph (3) are calculated for each GE program as a measure of the ability of graduates of the GE program to reasonably repay their student loan debt.(5) For the annual earnings rate, the numerator is the calculated annual loan payment amount, which is an estimate of the annual loan repayment amount based on the median educational debt of the members of the cohort, and the denominator is the higher of the cohorts mean or median earnings.(6) The discretionary income rate uses the same annual loan payment amount in the numerator as the annual earnings rate, but the denominator is the higher of the mean or median earnings minus 150 percent of the poverty guideline.(7) To maintain federal Title IV financial aid eligibility, GE programs are required to meet minimum standards for the debt-to-earnings rates of their graduates and are provided a pass, zone, or fail rating.(8) The pass rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments less than or equal to 8 percent of total earnings, or less than or equal to 20 percent of discretionary income.(9) The zone rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 8 percent but less than or equal to 12 percent of total earnings, or greater than 20 percent but less than or equal to 30 percent of discretionary income.(10) The fail rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 12 percent of total earnings, and greater than 30 percent of discretionary income.(11) The current federal regulations have been reviewed and upheld in their entirety by two different federal courts and affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to continue the student protections in the federal regulations by applying the federal debt-to-earnings rates to California law.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(3) Gainful employment program or GE program has the same meaning as the term is defined for purposes of the federal regulations.

SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

### SECTION 1.

(1) On July 1, 2015, the federal regulations took effect.

(2) Through the regulatory process, the United States Department of Education established debt-to-earnings rates based on the typical loan debt and earnings of students who previously completed a gainful employment (GE) program.

(3) Two debt-to-earnings rates are calculated pursuant to the federal regulations, one based on annual earnings and one based on discretionary income.

(4) The two rates described in paragraph (3) are calculated for each GE program as a measure of the ability of graduates of the GE program to reasonably repay their student loan debt.

(5) For the annual earnings rate, the numerator is the calculated annual loan payment amount, which is an estimate of the annual loan repayment amount based on the median educational debt of the members of the cohort, and the denominator is the higher of the cohorts mean or median earnings.

(6) The discretionary income rate uses the same annual loan payment amount in the numerator as the annual earnings rate, but the denominator is the higher of the mean or median earnings minus 150 percent of the poverty guideline.

(7) To maintain federal Title IV financial aid eligibility, GE programs are required to meet minimum standards for the debt-to-earnings rates of their graduates and are provided a pass, zone, or fail rating.

(8) The pass rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments less than or equal to 8 percent of total earnings, or less than or equal to 20 percent of discretionary income.

(9) The zone rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 8 percent but less than or equal to 12 percent of total earnings, or greater than 20 percent but less than or equal to 30 percent of discretionary income.

(10) The fail rating is given to GE programs whose graduates have annual loan payments greater than 12 percent of total earnings, and greater than 30 percent of discretionary income.

(11) The current federal regulations have been reviewed and upheld in their entirety by two different federal courts and affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to continue the student protections in the federal regulations by applying the federal debt-to-earnings rates to California law.

(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.

(2) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(3) Gainful employment program or GE program has the same meaning as the term is defined for purposes of the federal regulations.

SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 94885.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.(c)(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.

SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 94885.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.SEC. 2.

94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.(c)(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.

94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.(c)(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.

94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.(c)(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.



94885.6. (a) As of January 1, 2019, the The bureau shall not grant an approval to operate to prohibit an institution that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet is not exempt from this chapter from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for two out of three consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for four consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. rates.

(b)An institution with an approval to operate as of January 1, 2019, that is offering a gainful employment program that does not meet the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017, shall have its approval to operate automatically suspended. The bureau shall issue an order suspending the institution and that suspension shall not be lifted until the institutions gainful employment program is no longer offered or meets the federal debt-to-earnings rates established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on January 1, 2017. A suspended institution shall not enroll new students in any of its degree programs, and shall execute a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.



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(b) The bureau shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this section. section, including regulations to obtain data if the United States Department of Education no longer releases the federal debt-to-earnings rates.

(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) Debt-to-earnings rates are the rates established in the federal regulations.

(2) Fail rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.

(3) Federal regulations mean the federal gainful employment regulations established in Part 668 of Chapter VI of Subtitle B of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations read on January 1, 2017.

(4) Zone rating has the same meaning as the term is described for purposes of the federal regulations.