SECTIONS 94928-94929.8 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 94928-94929.8

94928. As used in this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Cohort population" means the number of students that began a
program on a cohort start date.
(b) "Cohort start date" means the first class day after the
cancellation period during which a cohort of students attends class
for a specific program.
(c) "Graduates" means the number of students who complete a
program within 100 percent of the published program length. An
institution may separately state completion information for students
completing the program within 150 percent of the original contracted
time, but that information may not replace completion information for
students completing within the original scheduled time. Completion
information shall be separately stated for each campus or branch of
the institution.
(d) "Graduates available for employment" means the number of
graduates minus the number of graduates unavailable for employment.
(e) "Graduates employed in the field" means graduates who are
gainfully employed within six months of graduation in a position for
which the skills obtained through the education and training provided
by the institution are required or provided a significant advantage
to the graduate in obtaining the position.
(f) "Graduates unavailable for employment" means graduates who,
after graduation, die, become incarcerated, are called to active
military duty, are international students that leave the United
States or do not have a visa allowing employment in the United
States, or are continuing their education at an accredited or
bureau-approved postsecondary institution.
(g) "Students available for graduation" means the cohort
population minus the number of students unavailable for graduation.
(h) "Students unavailable for graduation" means students who have
died, been incarcerated, or called to active military duty.

94929. (a) An institution shall annually report to the bureau, as
part of the annual report, and publish in its School Performance Fact
Sheet, the completion rate for each program. Except as provided in
subdivision (b), the completion rate shall be calculated by dividing
the number of graduates by the number of students available for
graduation.
(b) In lieu of calculating graduation data pursuant to subdivision
(a), an institution may report graduation data reported to, and
calculated by, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System of
the United States Department of Education.

94929.5. An institution shall annually report to the bureau, as
part of the annual report, and shall publish in its School
Performance Fact Sheet, all of the following:
(a) The job placement rate, calculated by dividing the number of
graduates employed in the field by the number of graduates available
for employment for each program that is either (1) designed, or
advertised, to lead to a particular career, or (2) advertised or
promoted with any claim regarding job placement.
(b) The license examination passage rates for the immediately
preceding two years for programs leading to employment for which
passage of a state licensing examination is required, calculated by
dividing the number of graduates who pass the examination by the
number of graduates who take the licensing examination the first time
that the examination is available after completion of the
educational program. The institution shall use state agency licensing
data to calculate license examination passage rates. If those data
are unavailable, the institution shall calculate the license
examination passage rate in a manner consistent with regulations
adopted by the bureau.
(c) Salary and wage information, consisting of the total number of
graduates employed in the field and the annual wages or salaries of
those graduates stated in increments of five thousand dollars
($5,000).

94929.7. (a) The information used to substantiate the rates
calculated pursuant to Sections 94929 and 94929.5 shall be documented
and maintained by the institution for five years from the date of
the publication of those rates. An institution may retain this
information in an electronic format.
(b) An institution shall provide a list of employment positions
used to determine the number of graduates employed in the field for
purposes of calculating job placement rates pursuant to this article.

94929.8. (a) On or before January 1, 2011, and pursuant to Section
94877, the bureau shall establish, by regulation, a uniform method
for institutions to obtain statistically valid, current, and
representative data to comply with this article.
(b) A violation of the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision
(a) is a material violation of this chapter.