Article 20Reporting

Section § 94948

Explanation

This law requires the director to provide written updates to the Legislature every six months and participate in oversight hearings. These updates should report on how well the bureau is protecting consumers and enforcing laws, focusing on information gathered about student complaints. The updates must include the total number of complaints received, the general nature of these complaints, and their outcomes.

In addition to any other reporting requirements under this chapter, the director shall provide written updates to the Legislature every six months and shall participate in all oversight hearings conducted by the appropriate policy committees and budget subcommittees of the Senate and Assembly. The updates shall describe the bureau’s progress in protecting consumers and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information received pursuant to Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code:
(a)CA Education Code § 94948(a) The total number of student complaints received.
(b)CA Education Code § 94948(b) The general nature of these complaints.
(c)CA Education Code § 94948(c) The outcome of these student complaints.
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(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 593, Sec. 26. (SB 1192) Effective January 1, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

Section § 94949

Explanation

This section required that by March 15, 2015, the director provided an independent review to the Legislature about the staffing needs and qualifications for a specific bureau to properly implement a chapter of law. This report also needed to include cost estimates and an evaluation of the fee structure's adequacy to meet these needs. Additionally, the report had to comply with another law (Section 9795 of the Government Code), but this requirement was repealed on January 1, 2017.

(a)CA Education Code § 94949(a) The director shall provide to the Legislature a copy of an independent review of the bureau’s staffing resources needs and requirements no later than March 15, 2015. The director shall include with this report an overview of how the director intends to ensure that the bureau’s staff are sufficiently qualified for purposes of implementing the provisions of this chapter, and the estimated costs of meeting staffing and other requirements to implement this chapter based on findings of the independent review. The director shall include a brief evaluation of whether the current fee structure is appropriate to satisfy those staffing and other requirements.
(b)Copy CA Education Code § 94949(b)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 94949(b)(1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2)CA Education Code § 94949(b)(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2017.
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(Repealed and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 840, Sec. 40. (SB 1247) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)