(a) The bureau shall establish an internet website that includes at least all of the following information:

(1) An explanation of the bureau’s scope of authority.

(2) (A) A directory of approved institutions, and a link, if feasible, to the internet website of each institution.

(B) For each institution, the directory shall be developed in a manner that allows the user to search by institution and shall include all of the following information:

(i) The status of the institution’s approval to operate.

(ii) The information provided by the institutions, including, but not limited to, the annual report, as required by Section 94934, including the school catalog and the School Performance Fact Sheet. The School Performance Fact Sheet shall be maintained on the directory for at least five years after the date of its submission to the bureau.

(iii) If a law school satisfies the requirements of this chapter regarding a School Performance Fact Sheet by complying with the requirements of Section 94910.5, the bureau shall include the information provided by the institution pursuant to Section 94910.5 on its internet website and shall maintain the information in the same manner as required by clause (ii).

(iv) The disciplinary history of the institution, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:

(I) Pending formal accusations filed by the bureau.

(II) Suspensions, revocations, citations, fines, infractions, probations, pending litigation filed by the bureau, and final judgments resulting from litigation filed by the bureau.

(III) Pending or final civil or criminal cases filed by the Attorney General, a city attorney, or a district attorney in this state, or filed in any state by an attorney general or a federal regulatory or prosecutorial agency of which the bureau has received notice.

(IV) Final administrative actions by the United States Department of Education, including orders requiring restitution to students.

(V) All disciplinary actions ordered by an accreditation agency, including any order to show cause, of which the bureau has received notice pursuant to Section 94934 or other information otherwise publicly available of which the bureau has received notice.

(b) The bureau shall maintain the internet website described in subdivision (a). The bureau shall ensure that the information specified in subdivision (a) is kept current. The bureau shall update the internet website at least annually, to coincide with the submission of annual reports by the institutions pursuant to Section 94934.

(c) (1) The bureau shall post on its internet website a list of all institutions that were denied approval to operate, after the denial is final, and describe in clear and conspicuous language the reason the institution was denied approval. The bureau shall include with this list the statement provided in paragraph (2) on its internet website:

(2) “The following institutions were denied approval to operate by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education for failing to satisfy the standards relating to educational quality, or consumer protection, or both. These unlicensed institutions are not operating in compliance with the law, and students are strongly discouraged from attending these institutions.”

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 510, Sec. 94. (SB 887) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)