BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 19, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Marty Block, Chair
SB 1070 (Steinberg) - As Amended: June 11, 2012
SENATE VOTE : 38-0
SUBJECT : Career Technical Education Pathways Program.
SUMMARY : Recasts and revises provisions that govern the Career
Technical Education Pathways Program (CTEPP) and extends the
program's sunset date from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2018.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor
and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to assist
economic and workforce regional development centers and
consortia, middle schools, high schools, CCCs, and regional
occupational centers and programs (ROC/Ps) to improve linkages
and career technical education (CTE) pathways between high
schools and CCCs 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, and,
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
jointly-administered 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, ROC/Ps, 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
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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, CCCs, and where appropriate,
four-year postsecondary institutions,
e) Provide professional development to middle and high
school teachers and CCC 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 participation in CTE organizations, and
expand teacher and faculty opportunities for externships in
high-need, high-growth, or emerging regional economic
sectors,
g) Support a districtwide linked learning program, as
specified, and,
h) Validate, or establish and validate, reliable and stable
measures of pupil readiness for postsecondary education and
career.
3)Requires the CCC Chancellor and the SPI to give first priority
for contracts and grants to applicants that can demonstrate
comprehensive regional collaboration to create new pathways or
course 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 CCCs and four-year public
postsecondary educational institutions with meaningful
involvement from regional industry and labor organizations and
professional trade associations.
4)Requires the CCC Chancellor and the SPI to grant special
consideration to:
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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, and,
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 CCC Chancellor and the SPI to do the following:
a) Require applicants awarded a contract or grant to submit
outcome-based data for evaluation, as specified, that
assesses the systemic impact of the contract or grant on
the success of participants in achieving specified goals;
b) Develop standardized procedures and tools to collect and
share data; and,
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.
6)Requires the CCC 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 CCC Chancellor and the SPI to consider past
performance prior to awarding additional funds to those
reapplying for contracts and grants. Requires the CCC
Chancellor and the SPI to deny applications from grantees that
exhibit unsatisfactory performance.
7)Requires the Chancellor and the SPI to provide adequate notice
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of the availability of contracts and grants and the
application process.
8)Authorizes, for programs developed under the CTEPP, a CCC
district to do both of the following:
a) 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, and,
b) Provide priority enrollment to a high school pupil
enrolled in a focused curricular pathway program that is
developed and implemented by a CCC district pursuant to
this section, as specified.
9)Requires the CCC 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.
10)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.
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 ROC/Ps to improve linkages and
career-technical education pathways between high schools and
CCCs. (Education Code § 88530 and § 88532)
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, the sunset extensions will result in substantial
General Fund cost pressure beginning in 2014-15, after the
program's current funding source is reduced by $28 million and
on-going annual cost pressure of $48 million beginning in
2015-16, after the program's current funding source ends.
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COMMENTS : This bill is double referred to the Assembly
Education Committee.
Background . In 2005, the Career Technical Education Pathways
Initiative (Initiative) was established by SB 70 (Scott, Chapter
352, Statutes of 2005) to provide resources for the support of
CTE programs at middle schools, high schools, ROC/Ps, and CCCs.
The Initiative sunsets effective January 1, 2013.
According to information provided by the author, the Initiative
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, administered by the CCC Chancellor and
the SPI, has focused on enhanced articulation and collaboration.
Some of the programs supported through the Initiative include
high school California Partnership Academies, CCC 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:
1)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.
2)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.
3)There is increasing teacher interest and creativity in the
integration of career and industry related material in
academic subjects.
Need for this bill . 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. This bill recasts the
Initiative as the CTEPP and focuses its efforts on 1) increasing
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the readiness of middle and high school students for
college/training leading to careers in high-need, high-growth or
emerging regional economic sectors and 2) increasing student
success in college/training for careers in those sectors.
Author's amendment . The author has agreed to remove the
provision authorizing CCC districts to grant priority enrollment
to students enrolled in these K-12 programs in response to
concerns that this might result in K-12 students receiving
access to impacted CCC courses ahead of CCC students.
Fiscal note . Funding for the grants and contracts authorized by
this bill 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.
Related and prior legislation . SB 1402 (Lieu), scheduled to be
heard by this Committee on July 3, generally recasts and revises
provisions governing the CCC Economic and Workforce Development
Program that sunsets on January 1, 2013. SB 1133 (Torlakson,
Chapter 751, 2006) 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 Technical Education Pathways
Initiative and provided funding for activities to be carried out
through the Initiative.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Advancement Project
American Federation of State, County and Municipal employees,
AFL-CIO
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
California Communities United Institute
California Hospital Association
California State PTA
Center for International Trade Development
Community College League of California
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
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Metropolitan Education District
North State Building Industry Association
Placer Union High School District
Regional Economic Association Leaders
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
California Department of Education
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960