(a)As a condition for its voluntary participation in the Cal Grant Program, each Cal Grant participating institution, or the systemwide central office of the public postsecondary educational institution acting on behalf of the participating institution, shall, on or before March 31, 2026, and on or before March 31 of each year thereafter, annually report to the commission, and as further specified in the institutional participation agreement, both of the following for its undergraduate
programs in order for the commission to meet the requirements of subdivision (b):
(1)(A) Enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for all students,
disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, Pell Grant status, first generation status, transfer status, student parent status, foster youth status, and eligibility used of state financial aid received, including Cal Grant A, Cal Grant B, Cal Grant C, Cal Grant Access Awards, and Middle Class Scholarship, to the extent data is available. Data shall be redacted when the number of students is insufficient to ensure student privacy under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Public Law 93-280, as amended).
(B)To the extent feasible, Cal Grant participating institutions or the systemwide central office of the public postsecondary educational institution acting on behalf of the participating institution, may satisfy the reporting requirements of subparagraph (A) by submitting that data to the Cradle-to-Career Data
System, and subsequently having the Cradle-to-Career Data System share the aggregated data with the commission, subject to privacy protection protocols that prevent redisclosure of individuals pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 10867.
(2)The job placement rate and salary and wage information for each program that is either designed or advertised to lead to a particular type of job or advertised or promoted with a claim regarding job placement.
(b)The commission
shall post both of the following on its
internet website on or before August 1, 2026, and on or before August 1 of each year thereafter:
(1)The information submitted by a Cal Grant participating institution pursuant to subdivision (a), which shall be made available in a searchable database.
(2)Other information and links that are useful to students and parents who are in the process of selecting a college or university. This information may include, but not be limited to, local occupational profiles available through the Employment Development Department’s Labor Market Information Data Library.
(c)Data reported to the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) by postsecondary educational institutions shall be reported in a manner
that complies with applicable federal and state laws to protect individual privacy, as determined by the postsecondary educational institution. The applicable federal and state laws to protect individual privacy shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1)The federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-280, as amended).
(2)The federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329, as amended).
(3)The federal Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579, as amended).
(4)The information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).
(d)Data reported to the commission
pursuant to subdivision (a) by the Cradle-to Career Data System shall be reported in a manner that complies with federal and state privacy laws applicable to the system, as described in Section 10860.