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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 119
Author: Muratsuchi (D), et al.
Amended: 8/4/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/5/14 (Consent) - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Community colleges: career technical education
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution encourages the Chancellor of the
California Community College (CCC) in consultation with affected
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, experts in the
field of career technical education (CTE), business and industry
representatives, faculty, and organized labor representatives to
develop at least three options to address the long-term funding
needs of CTE and other workforce and training programs at the
CCC campuses, in a manner that adequately funds the programs
that regions deem valuable to their economies, and to submit
those options to the Legislature before April 1, 2015.
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ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. The CCC comprises the nation's largest system of higher
education with 112 colleges that serve more than 2.3 million
students each academic year; and the CCC play an important
role in boosting our state's economy and providing students
with the education, training, and skills necessary to keep
our state and nation globally competitive.
2. The CCC offer a broad array of career-oriented courses,
certificates, and associate degrees through CTE and other
workforce and training programs; and recent high school
graduates, underemployed and unemployed adults, incumbent
workers searching for career advancement, veterans, and
college graduates seeking retraining can all benefit from CTE
and other workforce and training programs.
3. After several years of budget cuts during the recession, CCC,
CTE, and other workforce and training course offerings have
been reduced.
4. Prioritizing existing CTE and other workforce and training
resources in major regional industry sectors may help close
the skills gap in our state's labor force; furthermore the
CTE and other workforce and training programs in the CCC lack
adequate long-term funding to meet the needs of today's
growing economy.
This resolution encourages the Chancellor of the CCC in
consultation with affected stakeholders, including, but not
limited to, experts in the field of CTE, business and industry
representatives, faculty, and organized labor representatives to
develop at least three options to address the long-term funding
needs of CTE and other workforce and training programs at the
CCC campuses, in a manner that adequately funds the programs
that regions deem valuable to their economies, and to submit
those options to the Legislature before April 1, 2015.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
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Potentially significant cost pressure to the CCC Chancellor's
Office to develop CTE funding options, and present them to the
Legislature by April 1, 2015.
Potentially substantial cost pressure for the Legislature to
"address the long-term funding needs" of CTE and other
workforce and training programs during the 2015-16 legislative
session.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/15/14)
California Business Education Association
California Community College Association for Occupational
Education
California EDGE Coalition
California Forward Action Fund
California Labor Federation
California Professional Firefighters
California Workforce Association
Educators for Fair Consideration
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
State Building and Construction Trades Council
Torrance Unified School District
Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, by
2018, 64% of all jobs will require workers with education or
training beyond a high school degree. Prioritizing existing CTE
and other workforce and training resources in regional sectors
may help close the skills gap in our state's labor force.
Despite the impact that CTE and workforce development programs
have on the state's workforce, California has seen cutbacks of
more than $500 million to programs that prepare individual for
employment in recent years. The author's office indicates that
with the relatively high costs of offering the CCC CTE programs
due to their need for smaller class sizes, instructional
equipment, and the cost of maintaining partnerships with
business and industry, there is a constraint on maintaining and
increasing program offerings that meet the needs of regional
economies. As a result, the CTE and workforce programs have
lacked adequate long-term funding.
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ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/5/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hall, Logue, Mansoor, Melendez, Vacancy
PQ:d 8/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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