BILL NUMBER: AB 1412 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 988
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2002
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2002
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 31, 2002
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 29, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 28, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 5, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 18, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 26, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 15, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Wright and Wyland
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Wiggins)
(Coauthor: Senator McPherson)
FEBRUARY 23, 2001
An act to amend Section 51226 of, and to add Sections 51221.5,
52525, and 66205.5 to, the Education Code, relating to adult and
career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1412, Wright. Career education.
Existing law sets forth the required course of study for schools
maintaining grades 7 to 12, inclusive, including, but not limited to,
courses in vocational-technical education.
This bill would provide that the term "vocational-technical
education" shall have the same meaning as "career technical
education."
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
coordinate the development of certain model curriculum standards
regarding high school graduation requirements and for a vocational
education course of study. Existing law also requires the
superintendent to develop curriculum standards for education courses
and adopt those standards by May 1, 1991.
This bill would extend the time for adoption of the curriculum
standards to January 1, 2005, and would require the superintendent to
work with an advisory group with a specified membership in
developing the standards. This bill would state the intent of the
Legislature that school districts not be required to make curriculum
changes pursuant to these or related provisions.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets
forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's
public and independent segments of higher education, and their
respective institutions of higher education. Provisions of the act
apply to the University of California only to the extent that the
Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution,
act to make a provision applicable. Among other things, the act sets
forth legislative intent relating to admission to the University of
California and the California State University.
This bill would require the California State University, and would
request the University of California, to establish model uniform
academic standards, develop, by January 1, 2006, a speedy process
whereby high schools may obtain approval of their courses as
satisfying specified admissions requirements, and develop a simple
procedure to evaluate a career technical education course that is
submitted by one high school that identifies it as a duplicate of a
course offered by another high school that is approved by, and
satisfies the admission criteria of, the university, with the
duplicate course being approved to the same extent as the original.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51221.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
51221.5. For the purposes of this code, the phrase
"vocational-technical education" shall have the same meaning as
"career technical education" as described in subdivision (i) of
Section 51220.
SEC. 2. Section 51226 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51226. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
coordinate the development of, and the State Board of Education shall
adopt, model curriculum standards for the career technical education
course of study permitted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
51225.3. To assist school districts in complying with subdivision
(b) of Section 51228, the model standards shall integrate career
technical education with the prescribed course of study pursuant in
subdivision (b) of Section 51225.3. However, neither the
superintendent nor the board shall adopt regulations on course
content or methods of instruction pursuant to this section.
(b) In developing the model curriculum standards, the
superintendent shall work in consultation and coordination with an
advisory group, including, but not limited to, representatives from
all of the following:
(1) Business and industry.
(2) Institutions of higher education, including, but not limited
to, the California Community Colleges, the University of California,
and the California State University.
(3) Classroom teachers.
(4) School administrators.
(5) Parents and guardians.
(6) The Legislature.
(c) The superintendent shall, to the extent applicable,
incorporate the integration of career technical and academic
education into the development of curriculum standards for career
technical education courses. The standards for a career technical
education course of study shall be adopted by January 1, 2005.
(d) Costs incurred by the superintendent in complying with this
section shall be covered solely by funds available pursuant to the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20
U.S.C. Sec. 2301).
SEC. 3. Section 52525 is added to the Education Code, to read:
52525. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) A healthy state economy is dependent on an educated and
well-prepared workforce. Career technical education plays a critical
role in developing the workforce necessary for the economic
viability of the state, keeping pupils engaged in the educational
process, and providing meaningful skills that translate to productive
careers.
(b) Data and projections from the Employment Development
Department reveal that between the years of 2000 and 2006,
approximately 711,290 jobs that do not require a college degree will
need to be filled.
(c) The United States Department of Labor indicates that only
about 20 percent of the jobs in the workforce require a baccalaureate
degree.
(d) The State Department of Education reports that over 75 percent
of the "industrial technology education," which includes, but is not
limited to, automotive, construction, and manufacturing programs in
California's schools have closed since the mid-1970s.
(e) The Employment Development Department and other sources reveal
that current course offerings and enrollments are insufficient to
fill the projected need of the state's future labor market. Existing
courses provide only 65 percent of the projected course
requirements.
SEC. 4. Section 66205.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
66205.5. The California State University shall, and the
University of California is requested to, do all of the following:
(a) Establish a model uniform set of academic standards for high
school courses, including career technical courses pursuant to
subdivision (i) of Section 51220, for the purposes of recognition for
admission to the California State University and to the University
of California, respectively. In developing the model academic
standards, the faculty of the postsecondary segments may work in
consultation with administrators and faculty from schools maintaining
any of grades kindergarten through 12. Participating schools that
maintain any of grades kindergarten through 12 shall consult with an
advisory group that shall include, but need not be limited to,
representatives from all of the following:
(1) The University of California and the California State
University.
(2) Business and industry, related to career technical programs in
any of grades kindergarten through 12, inclusive.
(3) Classroom teachers in career technical education.
(4) School administrators.
(5) Parents.
(b) Develop and implement a speedy process whereby high schools
may obtain approval of their courses to satisfy specified admissions
requirements of the California State University and the University of
California, respectively, by January 1, 2006. The approval process
shall, by August 1 of each school year, notify applying schools
whether the application for approval has been approved or denied.
(c) Develop a simple procedure to evaluate a career technical
education course submitted by a high school that identifies it as a
duplicate of a course offered by another high school that is approved
by and satisfies the admissions criteria of the California State
University or the University of California. The procedure shall
ensure that a duplicated course shall be approved as satisfying the
admissions criteria of the California State University or the
University of California, respectively, to the same extent as the
original course if the review determines that the course successfully
duplicates the content and requirements of the original course. If
a course is not approved as a duplicate, the California State
University or the University of California shall inform the applicant
high school of the reasons why the course was not approved and shall
provide the applicant with a specific list of requirements that the
course must meet in order to be approved as a duplicate. In the
event an applicant high school, whose course was not approved as a
duplicate, revises the course and resubmits its application, the
California State University or the University of California shall
respond as expeditiously as possible so that if the course meets the
necessary requirements for approval it may be offered in the next
fall term.
(d) Take into consideration any previous work completed or
policies adopted regarding matters related to subdivisions (a) to
(c), inclusive, by the California State University or the University
of California, respectively.
SEC. 5. It is the intent of the Legislature that a school district
maintaining any of kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall not be
required to make changes to existing curriculum pursuant to the
amendments made to Section 51226 of the Education Code by this act or
by the addition of Section 66205.5 of the Education Code, added by
this act.