BILL NUMBER: SB 665 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2005
PASSED THE SENATE MAY 9, 2005
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 3, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Senator Migden
FEBRUARY 22, 2005
An act to amend Section 52301.5 of, and to add Chapter 17.5
(commencing with Section 53086) to, the Education Code, and to amend
Sections 10533 and 15037 of, and to repeal Sections 10531 and 10532
of, the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to pupils.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 665, Migden California Career Resource Network.
Existing law establishes various career preparation programs,
including the School-to-Career Program, which provides grants for
local agencies to build connections between educators, employers,
local government, and the community, as specified. Existing law also
establishes the California Occupational Information Coordination
Committee for the purposes of, among other things, developing a plan
for the use of available resources to design and implement a
statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and
demand information system.
This bill would repeal the California Occupational Information
Coordination Committee and instead establish the California Career
Resource Network for the purpose of providing career development
information and resources, as provided. The bill would also make
conforming changes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52301.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
52301.5. For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) "California Occupational Information System" means the
statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and
demand information system described by Section 10530 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code.
(b) "State-Local Cooperative Labor Market Information program"
means that labor market information system established in Section
10533 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(c) "Job market study" means a review of the existing educational
programs in light of available labor market information, including
occupational supply and demand, for a labor market area.
(d) "Labor market area" means a county or aggregation of counties
designated by the Employment Development Department that has one or
more central core cities and that meets criteria of population,
population density, commute patterns, and social and economic
integration specified by the Employment Development Department.
SEC. 2. Chapter 17.5 (commencing with Section 53086) is added to
Part 28 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 17.5. CALIFORNIA CAREER RESOURCE NETWORK
53086. (a) There is in state government the California Career
Resource Network, formerly called the California Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee, composed of the Director of
Employment Development, the Superintendent, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, the Director of Rehabilitation, the
Director of Social Services, the Executive Director of the California
Workforce Investment Board, the Executive Secretary of the Bureau
for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, the Director of
the California Youth Authority, the Director of the Department of
Corrections, and the Director of the Department of Developmental
Services, or their designees. This committee is established for the
purposes of Section 2328 of Title 20 of the United States Code, for
the purposes of this article, and for other purposes authorized by
the Legislature.
(b) The mission of the California Career Resource Network is to
provide all persons in California with career development information
and resources to enable them to reach their career goals.
(c) The primary duty of the California Career Resource Network is
to distribute career information, resources, and training materials
to middle school and high school counselors, educators, and
administrators, in order to ensure that middle schools and high
schools have the necessary information available to provide a pupil
with guidance and instruction on education and job requirements
necessary for career development.
(d) Information and resources distributed by the California Career
Resource Network shall provide all of the following:
(1) Encouragement to completing a secondary education.
(2) Career exploration tools, provided in written and multimedia
format, that offer an introduction to the nature of career planning,
self-assessment, methods of investigating the work world, methods of
identifying and meeting education and training needs, and methods of
creating a career action plan.
(3) Relevant information on the labor market and career
opportunities.
(4) Assistance to a pupil in the acquisition and development of
career competencies including the appropriate skills, attitudes, and
knowledge to allow a pupil to successfully manage his or her career.
(e) The network shall perform its duties only upon funding
provided in the annual Budget Act.
SEC. 3. Section 10531 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
repealed.
SEC. 4. Section 10532 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
repealed.
SEC. 5. Section 10533 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
10533. (a) The Employment Development Department shall operate
the State-Local Cooperative Labor Market Information Program as the
primary component of the comprehensive labor market and occupational
supply and demand information system described by Section 10530. The
department shall consult with agencies listed in Section 10530 in the
development and operation of this program.
(b) The objectives of this program shall be to produce, through
extensive local participation and for distribution in effective
formats to all local users, reliable occupational information, and to
achieve cost-efficient production by avoiding duplication of
efforts. The program shall be a primary source for local and
statewide occupational information and shall be available in all
labor market areas in the state.
(c) In producing this information, state and local agencies shall
use state occupational forecasts and other indicators of occupational
growth, combined with local employer surveys of recruitment
practices, job qualifications, earnings and hours, advancement and
outlook, to provide statistically valid occupational analyses for
local job training and education programs.
(d) Local labor market information studies shall be conducted by
the department or by a local entity and shall include the
participation of local users of the information.
SEC. 6. Section 15037 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
15037. The California Workforce Investment Board shall:
(a) Review and comment on the state workforce development plan
developed pursuant to Section 11011.
(b) Develop and recommend to the Governor a coordination and
special services plan, which includes a dislocated workers assistance
plan, in accordance with Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 10510)
of Part 1 of Division 3.
(c) Recommend to the Governor local service delivery areas. To the
extent permitted by federal law, designation of service delivery
areas shall reflect the intent of the Legislature to integrate and
coordinate employment and training services, public assistance
programs, and other educational and training efforts as may exist
which are designed to assist individuals in preparing for
participation in the labor force.
(d) To the extent permitted by federal law, establish policies
which shall be followed by the department in performing all of the
following functions:
(1) Approval of local service delivery area plans.
(2) Establishment of standards, criteria, and reporting
requirements established by the department pursuant to this division
with respect to local service delivery area plans.
(3) Allocation of funds for local service delivery area plans,
including funds for plans submitted under Chapter 7.5 (commencing
with Section 15075).
(e) Plan, review and approve the allocation, recapture, and
reallocation of federal funds received by the state pursuant to the
federal Job Training Partnership Act. Funds received by the state in
accordance with Sections 202(c)(1)(C) and 262(c)(1)(C) of that act
shall be allocated to the Superintendent of Public Instruction as
necessary to meet the need determined by the superintendent pursuant
to Section 33117.5 of the Education Code. The board shall be deemed
to have approved the disbursement of funds when the Governor approves
a decision of the board specifying a budget for an authorized
program or activity and designating the department or agency
responsible for the expenditure of the budgeted funds. An agreement
shall be entered into between the Employment Development Department
and the State Department of Education and shall provide that Job
Training Partnership Act funds provided for the purposes of Section
33117.5 of the Education Code shall be utilized for payment to local
educational agencies.
(f) Review and approve the annual labor market and occupational
supply and demand information plan described by Section 10530.
(g) Consider and advise the director on all matters connected with
the administration of this code as submitted to it by the director,
and may upon its own initiative recommend changes in administration
as it deems necessary.
(h) Review and comment to the Governor and the Legislature on the
annual report prepared in accordance with Section 15064.
(i) Serve as the body responsible for making recommendations to
the Governor when the director proposes to withdraw funding pursuant
to Section 15028.