BILL NUMBER: SB 747	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 747, as introduced, Romero. Career technical education:
aerospace.
   Existing law establishes the Health Science and Medical Technology
Project, administered by the State Department of Education to
provide competitive grant funds to California public schools to
enhance existing or establish new health-related career pathway
programs.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to create a pilot program for career technical education
or preapprenticeship curriculum that consists of coursework in
aerospace machining technology and maintenance with mathematics and
science applications curriculum, as specified.
   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 create a pilot program for career technical education
or preapprenticeship curriculum specifically geared toward high
school pupils. The pilot program would consist of coursework in
aerospace machining technology and maintenance with mathematics and
science applications curriculum, and that will meet employer needs in
the aerospace industry, thus strengthening California's economy.
Instruction would occur at community colleges and position pupils to
pursue higher education in related math or science fields, or to go
directly into an apprenticeship program with an aerospace employer
with the ultimate goal of employment in the aerospace industry or
another related field.