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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1070
Author: Steinberg (D)
Amended: 3/26/12
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/18/12
AYES: Lowenthal, Alquist, Hancock, Huff, Liu, Price,
Simitian, Vargas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Blakeslee, Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/24/12
AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Dutton, Lieu, Price,
Steinberg
SUBJECT : Career Technical Education Pathways Program
SOURCE : California Department of Education
California Community Colleges Chancellors
Office
DIGEST : This bill recasts and revises provisions of the
Education Code that govern the Career Technical Education
(CTE) Pathways Initiative, and extends the program's sunset
date from January 1, 2013 until January 1, 2018. This bill
makes numerous legislative findings and declarations.
ANALYSIS : 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
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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.
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 economic and
workforce regional development centers and consortia,
middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational
centers and programs to improve linkages and 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.
1.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,
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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 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.
1.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.
2.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.
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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.
1.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, 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:
Outcome-based data.
Expenditure information by type,
industry, and region.
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
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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.
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.
Comments
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
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to ensure students and adults succeed in college and
career." Key findings of the evaluation:
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.
A growing number of industries and businesses see the
value of CTE and are eager to provide opportunities for
job shadowing, observation, and workplace internships.
There is increasing teacher interest and creativity in
the integration of career and industry related material
in academic subjects.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, sunset
extensions: Substantial General Fund cost pressure
beginning in 2014-15, after the program's current funding
source is reduced by $28 million. On-going annual cost
pressure of $48 million beginning in 2015-16, after the
program's current funding source ends.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/24/12)
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
(co-source)
California Department of Education (co-source)
Advancement Project
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
Association of California School Administrators
California Communities United Institute
California Community College Association for Occupational
Education
California Hospital Association
California School Boards Association
California State PTA
Career Ladders Project
Community College Districts of Contra Costa, Feather River,
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Mt. San
Jacinto, Napa Valley, San Luis Obispo, and San Mateo
Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges
Foothill College
Metropolitan Education District
North State Building Industry Association
Placer Union High School District
Real Coalition: Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Bay Area
Council; Orange County Business
Council; North Bay Leadership Council; Inland Empire
Economic Partnership; San Diego Regional Economic
Development Corp.; Los Angeles County Economic Development
Corp.; Business Council of San Joaquin County; East Bay
Economic Development Alliance;
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership; Southern
California Leadership Council; Chambers of Commerce of
Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San
Diego, San
Francisco, and San Jose/Silicon Valley
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : 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.
PQ:nl 5/25/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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