Grafilo

Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School (the "School") and its owner, Bob Smith ("Smith"), seek to enroll a potential student, Esteban Narez ("Narez"). Under California's Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (the "Act"), CAL. EDUC. CODE §§ 94800 et seq. , the School may not enroll students unless they meet ability-to-benefit requirements. Because Narez did not meet those requirements, the Act required the School to deny his application. Plaintiffs elected to legally challenge the Act by filing a Complaint in this Court which alleges that the Act abridges the School's and Smith's First Amendment right to teach horseshoeing and Narez's First Amendment right to learn horseshoeing.

*1197 Defendants have moved to dismiss. Mot., ECF No. 15. Plaintiffs oppose dismissal. Opp'n, ECF No. 18. For reasons explained below, the Court grants Defendants' motion.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009

In the Act, the California legislature expressed concern about the value of degrees issued by private postsecondary schools and the lack of protection for the schools' students and consumers of their services. CAL. EDUC. CODE § 94801(b). In promulgating the Act, the…