BILL NUMBER: AB 1019	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Anderson   and Hancock  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 2053.4 of, and to add Section 2053.5 to,
the Penal Code, relating to state prisons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1019, as amended, Ammiano. State prisons: correctional
education and vocational training.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to appoint a Superintendent of
Correctional Education to oversee and administer all prison education
programs, set long-term and short-term goals for inmate literacy and
testing, and establish priorities for prison education. Existing law
also establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board to
review the mental health, substance abuse, educational, and
employment programs for inmates of state prisons.
   This bill would require goals for career technical education to be
set by the Superintendent of Correctional Education, and would
establish factors that are required to be  taken into account
  considered  when establishing a career technical
education program, including the demand for the skills being trained
and the availability of employment in those fields.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Given that, as of June 2012, 60.8 percent of state
prison inmates have a medium to high need for academic or career
technical programs, and it has been shown that career technical
education programs are both effective at reducing recidivism and cost
effective to the state, it is the intent of the Legislature in
enacting this act that the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall, within its existing resources, set both short-
and long-term goals for career technical education programs.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2053.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   2053.4.  The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional
Education, who shall oversee and administer all prison education
programs. The Superintendent of Correctional Education shall set both
 short-term   short-  and long-term goals
for inmate literacy and testing and career technical education
programs, and shall establish priorities for prison academic and
career technical education programs.
  SEC. 3.  Section 2053.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   2053.5.   Based upon   Consistent with 
the goals and priorities of the department, a career technical
education program  established, given the department's goals
and priorities,  shall  take into account 
 consider  all of the following factors:
   (a) Whether the program aligns with the workforce needs of
high-demand sectors of the state and regional economies.
   (b) Whether there is an active job market for the skills being
developed where the inmate will likely be released.
   (c) Whether the program increases the number of inmates who obtain
a marketable and industry or apprenticeship  board
recognized   board-recognized  certification,
credential, or degree.
   (d) Whether there are formal or informal networks in the field
that support finding employment upon release from prison.
   (e) Whether the program will lead to employment in occupations
with a livable wage.