BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Alan Lowenthal, Chair
2011-12 Regular Session
BILL NO: SB 1070
AUTHOR: Steinberg
AMENDED: March 26, 2012
FISCAL COMM: Yes HEARING DATE: April 18, 2012
URGENCY: No CONSULTANT:Beth Graybill
NOTE : This bill has been referred to the Committee on
Education and the Committee on Business, Professions and
Economic Development. A "do pass" motion should include
referral to the Business, Professions and Economic
Development Committee.
SUBJECT : Career Technical Education Pathways Program.
SUMMARY
This bill recasts and revises provisions of the Education
Code that govern the Career Technical Education Pathways
Initiative and extends the program's sunset date from January
1, 2013 to January 1, 2018.
BACKGROUND
Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the
California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program and requires the California Community
Colleges (CCC) 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 (ROC/P) to improve
linkages and career-technical education pathways between high
schools and community colleges. (Education Code § 88530 and
§ 88532)
ANALYSIS
This bill recasts and revises provisions governing the Career
Technical Education Pathways Program (CTEPP). Specifically,
this bill:
1) Requires the Chancellor of the CCC and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to assist
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economic and workforce regional development centers and
consortia, middle schools, high schools, and ROC/Ps to
improve linkages and career technical education (CTE)
pathways between high schools and community colleges to
accomplish the following:
a) Increase the readiness of middle school and
high school pupils for, and their access to,
postsecondary education and careers in high-need,
high-growth, or emerging regional economic sectors.
b) Increase student success in postsecondary
education and training for careers in high-need,
high-growth, or emerging regional economic sectors.
2) Requires the assistance to be provided in the form of
contracts and competitive grants for programs and
initiatives that demonstrate a plan for close
collaboration among regional institutions and entities,
including school districts, public postsecondary
educational institutions, and businesses or industries
to jointly accomplish the following:
a) Align existing postsecondary technical
preparation programs with high school CTE
curriculum.
b) Increase attainment of industry-recognized
certificates in high-need, high-growth, or emerging
regional economic sectors.
c) Promote productive partnerships between
high school CTE programs, postsecondary educational
institutions, and labor organizations connected to
those businesses and industries, as specified.
d) Promote and track the participation of
middle school and high school pupils and college
students in articulated courses between high
schools, community colleges, and where appropriate,
four-year postsecondary institutions.
e) Provide professional development to middle
and high school teachers and community college
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faculty to improve their delivery of
career-oriented academic and technical education,
as specified.
f) Expand middle and high school pupil and
college student opportunities for paid work
opportunities, paid or unpaid internships, and
student participation in CTE organizations, and
expand teacher and faculty opportunities for
externships in high-need, high-growth, or emerging
regional economic sectors.
3) Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to jointly
administer the contracts and grants and give first
priority to applicants that can demonstrate
comprehensive regional collaboration to create new
pathways or sequences that begin with foundational
preparation or exploration in middle school, continue
with high school level courses that combine rigorous
academics with career education and are articulated with
local community colleges and four-year public
postsecondary educational institutions, with meaningful
involvement from regional industry and labor
organizations and professional trade associations.
4) Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to grant special
consideration to:
a) Applicants that demonstrates statewide
benefit through dissemination of courses, best
practices, or other means.
b) Applicants that identify, acquire, and
leverage additional financial and in-kind public
and private resources to support their efforts.
c) Applicants from rural regions of the state
where traditional articulation and collaboration
among segments and public postsecondary educational
institutions may not be practical due to geography.
5) Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to do all of the
following:
a) Require applicants granted a contract or
grant to submit outcome-based data for evaluation,
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as specified.
b) Develop standardized procedures and tools
to collect and share data.
c) Submit a report to the Governor and
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature on or before March 1 of each year that
contains the following information:
i) Outcome-based data.
ii) Expenditure information by type, industry,
and region.
iii) The number of pupils and students served by
the CTEPP.
1) Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to consider
program performance in determining eligibility for
contract and grant renewal; specifies that contracts and
grants may be terminated or rescinded for failure to
provide required data, and authorizes the Chancellor and
the SPI to consider past performance prior to awarding
additional funds to those reapplying for contracts and
grants. Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to deny
applications from grantees that exhibit unsatisfactory
performance.
2) Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to provide
adequate notice of the availability of contracts and
grants and the application process.
3) Authorizes, for programs developed under the CTEPP, a
CCC district to enroll a high school pupil who is not a
resident of the CCC district and provides that the
district shall not be subject to any other geographic
limitations for the program.
4) Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to develop an
implementation strategy plan for the program objectives
specified as part of an annual expenditure plan.
Requires the plan to be submitted to the appropriate
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature and to
the Department of Finance at least 30 days before taking
an action to implement the plan.
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5) Specifies that the authorizing statute for CTEPP
shall be operative only in fiscal years for which funds
have been appropriated for that purpose and that the
program is to remain in effect until June 30, 2018.
STAFF COMMENTS
1) Need for the bill : The Career Technical Education
Pathways Initiative (Initiative), established by SB 70
(Scott, Chapter 352, Statutes of 2005), is a component
of the California Community Colleges Economic and
Workforce Development (EWD) Program and has served
nearly 750,000 California middle and high school pupils
and college students through a variety of programs and
services designed to increase their success in college
and career. The Initiative funds various entities that
equip students in schools and community colleges with
the knowledge and capabilities they need for careers in
the 21st workforce. These and other investments have
also built nearly 5,800 partnerships, developed or
revised more than 1,000 courses, and provided trainings
or externship to more than 36,000 staff at high schools
and community colleges. The Initiative, administered by
the Chancellor of the CCC and the SPI, has focused on
enhanced articulation and collaboration. Some of the
programs supported through the Initiative include high
school California Partnership Academies, community
college Career Advancement Academies, and the University
of California Curriculum Integration Institute.
In its November 2011 statewide evaluation of the Initiative's
efforts, WestEd noted that reviewers found "example
after example of CTE Initiative projects helping to
ensure students and adults succeed in college and
career." Key findings of the evaluation:
a) More students from kindergarten to
adult learners in the community
colleges have access to pathway courses,
opportunities for career
exploration, internships/apprenticeships, and
access to
business/industry mentors.
b) A growing number of industries and
businesses see the value of CTE
and are eager to provide opportunities for job
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shadowing, observation,
and workplace internships.
c) There is increasing teacher interest
and creativity in the integration of
career and industry related material in
academic subjects.
According to the author, the statutory "sunset" of the
Initiative at the end of 2012 provides an opportunity to
strengthen and focus the program on high priority
sectors of the state's economy. Staff notes that a
companion bill, SB 1402 (Lieu) extends the sunset date
for the other provisions and components of the EWD
program and moves them to a new section of the Education
Code (§ 88600 et seq.). As this bill leaves the CTE
Pathways Initiative in the existing code section, the
effect will be to remove the Initiative from the EWD
program. However, the provisions requiring improved
linkages between schools and community colleges remains,
satisfying the original legislative intent of SB 70.
2) Fiscal note . Funding for the grants and contracts
authorized by SB 1070 is budgeted through 2014-15 as
part of the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA)
settlement. This bill provides statutory guidance for
those funds that have already been budgeted.
3) Related and prior legislation .
SB 1402 (Lieu), also scheduled to be heard by this Committee
on April 18, 2012, generally recasts and revises
provisions governing the California Community Colleges
Economic and Workforce Development Program that sunsets
on January 1, 2013.
SB 1133 (Torlakson, Chapter 751, 2006), the Quality Education
Investment Act, this bill implemented the QEIA
settlement with the California Teachers Association and
makes funding available to allocate to elementary,
secondary, and charter schools that are ranked in either
decile 1 or 2 as determined by the 2005 Academic
Performance Index base.
SB 70 (Scott, Chapter 352, 2005) established the Career
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Technical Education Pathways Initiative and provided
funding for activities to be carried out through the
Initiative.
SUPPORT
California Community College Association for Occupational
Education
California Community Colleges Board of Governors
California Hospital Association
Career Ladders Project for California Community Colleges
Contra Costa Community College District
Contra Costa Community College District
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Feather River Community College District
Foothill College
Mt. San Jacinto Community College District
Napa Valley Community College District
San Luis Obispo Community College District
San Mateo County Community College District
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson
OPPOSITION
None received.