BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 640
Author: Hancock (D)
Amended: 5/4/09
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 5/6/09
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado,
Padilla, Simitian, Wyland
SUBJECT : Regional occupational centers and programs
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires Regional Occupational Centers
and Program employer advisory boards to recommend
appropriate methods for evaluating pupils enrolled in the
program and allows centers and programs under corrective
action a longer timeline to reduce adult average daily
attendance (ADA).
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes various state
technical education programs for public schools including
Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (ROC/Ps) for the
purpose of enabling students from multiple schools or
districts to attend career technical training programs
regardless of the geographic location of their residence in
a county or region.
Existing law provides for the phased reduction of adult
pupils in ROC/Ps by limiting the funding for ROC/P
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attendance that is not generated by pupils who are enrolled
in grades 9-12:
1.For the 2008-09 fiscal year, no more than 50 percent of
ADA may be generated by pupils who are not enrolled in
grades 9-12.
2.For the 2009-10 fiscal year, no more than 30 percent of
ADA may be generated by pupils who are not enrolled in
grades 9-12.
3.For the 2011-12 fiscal year and every year thereafter, no
more than 10 percent of ADA may be generated by pupils
who are not enrolled in grades 9-12.
Existing law requires the governing board of each ROC/P to
establish and maintain an employer advisory board or boards
to evaluate the program curriculum, validate whether there
are employment opportunities in the training area, and make
suggestions regarding program operation.
This bill:
1.Specifies that ROC/P advisory boards shall recommend,
rather than approve, measures, criteria, and methods to
evaluate whether pupils in the program have met the
skills and knowledge goals established for the program.
2.Requires ROC/P advisory boards to assist in the
identification and creation of college scholarships for
pupils in the program.
3.Allows an ROC/P that has a high adult student population
to continue to receive adult ADA provided the program is
working under a corrective action plan to achieve the
threshold established by AB 2448 (Hancock), Chapter 572,
Statutes of 2006 (see comments below).
Comments
Earlier reform . According to the Department of Education,
there are 74 ROC/Ps serving approximately 460,000 K-12
pupils and adult students through 100 career pathways and
programs. AB 2448 (Hancock, Chapter 572, Statutes of 2006)
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established high school students as the primary population
to be served in ROC/Ps. The legislation implemented clear
timeframes for reducing the adult population to 10 percent
by July 1, 2011, allowing an additional five percent for
programs whose adult students are CalWorks, Job Corps, or
Workforce Investment Act participants. A program may claim
more than 15 percent adult ADA if all of the adult students
are enrolled in those assistance programs and the program
develops a plan to transition these students to community
college or adult education programs so that the ROC/P can
become in compliance with the minimum threshold established
by AB 2448. Programs that claim more than 40 percent of
its students as adults were given until July 1, 2013 to
reduce their adult ADA.
Corrective action . Programs that fail to meet the minimum
threshold by the deadlines specified in AB 2448 are
required to enter into a corrective action agreement with
the Department of Education that identifies alternative
means of meeting the needs of adult students and specifies
a timeframe for coming into compliance with the adult
enrollment limits. This bill essentially clarifies the
intent of AB 2448 to allow a program that is under
corrective action to continue to receive funding for its
adult students as long as the program is making a good
faith effort to meet the secondary participation goals.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/7/09)
California Teachers Association
DLW:nl 5/7/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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