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Committee advances bill to let governor opt California into interstate reciprocity for online college courses with consumer protections
Summary
Sen. Cabaldon’s SB 790 would authorize the governor to join an interstate reciprocity agreement for online postsecondary programs, subject to specified consumer-protection conditions and state administration, and the Senate committee voted to send the bill to the Education Committee.
Sen. Cabaldon’s SB 790 would permit the governor to join an interstate reciprocity agreement for authorization of out-of-state providers of online higher education — with specified consumer-protection conditions — and direct a state agency to administer and enforce participation.
Cabaldon said California is the only state not participating in the interstate reciprocity arrangement and that the current patchwork forces California institutions to obtain authorization from every state or territory individually, a process he said imposes substantial administrative costs on institutions including community colleges, CSU, UC…
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