California Legislature Updates Private Postsecondary Education Act … Again

A number of amendments to the governing statute of the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) took effect January 1, 2023, impacting in-state and out-of-state institutions. The BPPE recently posted a helpful memo on its website, where the amendments to the California Private Postsecondary Education Act are explained in detail. We encourage institutions operating in, or enrolling from, California to carefully review it. We've described the key changes below.

Unaccredited out-of-state institutions

After six years of uncertainty around how the BPPE's "out-of-state registration" process applied to unaccredited institutions offering distance education programs to California residents, the recent update makes clear that an application for registration is required, regardless of accreditation status. The revised California Education Code (CEC) §94801.5 added two words that closed a long-standing "loophole" in the registration process, which for