BILL NUMBER: AB 1319	CHAPTERED  09/14/06

	CHAPTER  264
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 26, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Liu

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 10700) to Part
7 of the Education Code, relating to adult education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1319, Liu  Adult education: joint data systems: California
Community Colleges: State Department of Education.
   Existing law provides for adult educational programs offered by
school districts and community colleges.
   This bill would make specified findings and declarations and would
express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
develops a coordinated adult education data system.
   The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, using existing
resources, to convene a working group of adult education and data
experts to review the separate, existing adult education and
noncredit instruction data systems, and report to the Legislature and
the Governor by July 1, 2007, on the feasibility, design, and cost
of a common data set in adult education.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

   (a) Existing law assigns responsibility for adult education in
California to the high school and unified school districts, except
where, by mutual agreement, responsibility is assigned to or shared
with community college districts.
   (b) The adult education system plays a critical role in providing
adult learners with the necessary education and skills to earn a high
school diploma or its equivalent, obtain jobs, and become
self-sufficient, active, and productive members of society.
   (c) Adult education is essential to the needs of society in an era
of rapid technological, economic, and social change, and the adult
education system must meet the needs of a growing and knowledge-based
workforce and economy.
   (d) There is a substantial need for adult education service. The
state's large immigrant and English-language learner population, the
large number of persons with less than a high school education, and
the growing demand for a more skilled workforce have generated an
increased need for access to high-quality adult education and
literacy programs.
   (e) The current adult education and community college noncredit
data systems function independently and are not coordinated, making
it difficult to assess the extent to which these programs are meeting
the critical workforce and social needs of the state. A more
coordinated and unified data set would benefit the state as it
grapples with growing adult education needs and limited resources.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 10700) is added to
Part 7 of the Education Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 7.5.  JOINT DATA SYSTEMS

   10700.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
that will develop a coordinated adult education data system that
accomplishes all of the following:
   (a) Uses standardized procedures to collect data.
   (b) Complies with relevant federal statutes in elementary,
secondary, and postsecondary education.
   (c) Makes efficient use of existing data systems in the California
Community College system and the department.
   (d) Is based upon individual pupil and student records that,
preferably, can be linked through the use of a common student
identifier.
   (e) Contains a common data dictionary that can be used to provide
valid, comparable data regarding enrollment, demographics, outcomes,
and other educational or economic policy issues.
   (f) Complies with all relevant state and federal privacy laws and
regulations.
   10701.  The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and
the superintendent, using existing resources, shall convene a working
group of adult education and data experts to review the separate,
existing adult education and noncredit instruction data systems, and
report to the Legislature and the Governor by July 1, 2007, on the
feasibility, design, and cost of a common data set in adult
education.