BILL NUMBER: AB 788	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act relating to community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 788, as introduced, Swanson. California Community Colleges:
career technical education.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges,
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, as a segment of public postsecondary education in the
state. Existing law establishes community college districts,
administered by a governing board, throughout the state and
authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the
community college campuses maintained by the districts.
   Existing law requires the board of governors to assist economic
and workforce regional development centers and consortia, including
middle and junior high schools or high schools and regional
occupational centers and programs, to improve linkages and career
technical education pathways between high schools and community
colleges for the benefit of pupils and students in both education
systems.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to allocate funds received from the federal government to
support the expansion of career technical education programs at the
California Community Colleges.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
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 allocate funds received from the federal government to
support the expansion of career technical education programs at the
California Community Colleges.