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Postsecondary admissions: no inquiry about a prospective student’s criminal history before the admission decision
Cal. Education Code section 66024.5
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a postsecondary educational institution, do not inquire about a prospective student’s criminal history on an initial application form or at any time in the admissions process before your final decision on the application (section 66024.5(b)).
- This does not apply to an application for a professional degree or to law enforcement basic training courses and programs (section 66024.5(b)).
- The section reaches the University of California only to the extent that the Regents make it applicable by resolution (section 67400).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section bars an inquiry about criminal history in the admissions process. It names no log, no record to be kept, no retention period and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Education Code section 66024.5(b) bars a postsecondary educational institution from inquiring about a prospective student’s criminal history on an initial application form or at any time during the admissions process before the institution’s final decision on the application. The bar does not apply to an application for a professional degree or to law enforcement basic training courses and programs. Section 66024.5(a) applies the section to all segments of postsecondary education in the state.
Section 66024.5(c) required each institution to make the changes to its application form needed to comply by the fall term of the 2021–22 academic year. The section was added by Statutes 2020, chapter 29 (SB 118), effective .
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