BILL NUMBER: AB 35 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 15, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 12, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Furutani
DECEMBER 1, 2008
An act to add Section 88550.7 to the Education Code, and to
add Section 14013.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 35, as amended, Furutani. Education: workforce development.
Under existing law, the public school system of the state
includes, among other schools, secondary and technical schools.
Existing law provides for various career technical and workforce
preparation programs in the public schools.
Existing law also establishes the University of California, the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges as
the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
Existing law declares that it is the intent of the Legislature that
those institutions provide a collegiate experience that gives each
student specified skills and that an undergraduate education prepare
students to have the flexibility to adapt to, among other things, new
workforce needs.
Existing law establishes the California Postsecondary Education
Commission as the statewide postsecondary education planning and
coordinating agency and provides for its functions and
responsibilities, including advising the Legislature and the Governor
on matters related to postsecondary education.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system. Existing law declares that the board is
appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State
Workforce Investment Plan.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to develop a strategic plan in the education system for
workforce preparation and career technical education.
This bill would require the California Postsecondary
Education Commission and require the California
Workforce Investment Board and the Office of the Chancellor and
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to
develop a strategic plan , containing specified elements,
for connecting education and workforce development in the state. The
bill would require the commission board
and the Office of the Chancellor to cooperate with the State
Department of Education , the California Workforce
Investment Board , and representatives from education,
business, and labor organizations to make specified recommendations
in the strategic plan. The bill would require that the
strategic plan include specified provisions. The bill would
require the commission board and the
Office of the Chancellor to report their recommendations for the
strategic plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before July
1, 2011 . The bill , and would require
the Office of the Chancellor to provide the staffing and resources
necessary for developing and reporting the strategic plan.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to develop a strategic plan in the education system for
workforce preparation and career technical education.
SEC. 2. Section 88550.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
88550.7. (a) The California Postsecondary Education
Commission California Workforce Investment Board
, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges,
and the Board of the Governors of the California Community Colleges
shall develop a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce
development in the state as part of the board's next biennial
California Strategic Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act . In cooperation with the
State Department of Education , the California Workforce
Investment Board, and representatives from education,
business, and labor organizations, the commission
board and the Office of the Chancellor shall make
recommendations in the strategic plan that address the contribution
of academic and career technical education, at all levels of
education, to workforce development.
(b) The strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to, all
of the following provisions:
(1) How the state determines appropriate measures for evaluating
and collecting data on future workforce needs.
(2) The alignment of workforce needs with future postsecondary
education programs and capacity at both the state and regional
levels.
(3) Strategies for fostering long-term improvements in workers'
skills and knowledge.
(4) Methods for closing the skills gap and strengthening the nexus
between education and the workforce.
(5) Appropriate measures for improving data collection on future
workforce needs.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
commission board and the Office of the
Chancellor solicit input from K-12 and postsecondary education
institutions, local workforce investment boards, regional
occupational centers and programs, adult school programs, and other
appropriate governmental entities in developing recommendations for
the strategic plan.
(d) (1) The commission board and the
Office of the Chancellor shall report their recommendations for the
strategic plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before July
1, 2011.
(2) (A) The requirement for submitting the report imposed under
paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
(B) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall provide the staffing and resources necessary for
developing and reporting the strategic plan developed pursuant to
this section.
(f) For purposes of this section, "board" means the California
Workforce Investment Board established pursuant to Article 1
(commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code.
SEC. 3. Section 14013.5 is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code , to read:
14013.5. The board shall assist the Office of the Chancellor and
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to
develop a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce
development in the state pursuant to Section 88550.7 of the Education
Code.