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The official status indicates the bill passed both chambers, but no effective date is listed in the provided metadata.
AB-718: Salary and Loan Data in College Admission Letters
This law requires the California State University to include average salary and student loan payment data for a student's intended major on admission letters, while requesting the same from the University of California.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the California State University to put average salary information in admission letters based on a student's chosen area of study.
- Requests that the University of California include similar salary and loan data in its admission notifications.
- Mandates that these letters contain details about average student loan payments for graduates in specific fields of study.
- Allows universities to use existing labor market outcome reports to meet this new requirement.
- Requires a link on admission letters directing students to the university website where full data is available.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California State University system
- The University of California system
- Students who receive college admission notifications
Terms To Know
- Labor market outcome information
- Data about what graduates earn and how much they pay in student loans after finishing their degrees.
- Admission letters
- Official documents sent to students telling them if the college has accepted them.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill requires this action for California State University but only requests it from the University of California.
- The text does not specify an exact date when these changes must begin taking effect.
- The source material does not explain how universities will calculate or verify the average salary numbers.