Amended in Assembly May 6, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1214

Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi

February 22, 2013

An act to add Section 52335.7 to the Education Code, relating to regional occupational centers begin insert and programs end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1214, as amended, Muratsuchi. Regional occupational begin delete centers: Southern California Regional Occupational Center. end delete begin insert centers and programs: funding. end insert

Existing law authorizes the county superintendent of schools of each county, with the consent of the State Board of Education, to establish and maintain a regional occupational center, or regional occupational program, in the county to provide education and training in career technical courses. Existing law also authorizes the governing boards of any school district maintaining high schools in the county, with the consent of the state board and county superintendent of schools, to cooperate in the establishment and maintenance of a regional occupational center or program, except as specified, and authorizes the establishment and maintenance of a regional occupational center or program by 2 or more school districts to be undertaken pursuant to a joint powers authority. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to calculate a revenue limit for each regional occupational center or program, as specified, and requires the Superintendent to apportion funds to the regional occupational center or program based on that calculation.

This bill would require begin delete the Southern California Regional Occupational Center, a joint powers authority, end delete begin insert a regional occupational center or program established and maintained by school districts or a joint powers authority, as specified, end insert to receive an annual appropriation from the General Fund for purposes of providing career technical education services. The bill would require the appropriated funds to be apportioned directly to the begin delete Southern California Regional Occupational Center end delete begin insert regional occupational center or program end insert based on a formula agreed upon by the school districts participating in the begin delete joint powers authority end delete begin insert regional occupational center or program end insert .

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This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Southern California Regional Occupational Center.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) The Southern California Regional Occupational Center
(SoCal ROC) has been providing career technical education for
pupils in the greater Los Angeles area since 1967.

(b) SoCal ROC operates as a joint powers authority pursuant
to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of
Title 1 of the Government Code, and is composed of multiple
school districts that require a unique funding formula.

(c) SoCal ROC operates much the same as a stand-alone school
district, except that its sole function is to offer career technical
education programs.

(d) SoCal ROC provides essential and valuable career technical
education programs and services to over 10,000 pupils annually.

(e) SoCal ROC has prepared hundreds of thousands of pupils
for careers in California’s ever-changing economy.

(f) It is critical that SoCal ROC remains open to continue to
provide valuable career technical education so it can prepare
California’s workforce and encourage economic growth within
the state.

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Section 52335.7 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

52335.7.  

Notwithstanding any other law, begin delete the Southern
California Regional Occupational Center, a joint powers authority, end delete
begin insert a regional occupational center or program established and
maintained by school districts or a joint powers authority pursuant
to Section 52301 end insert shall receive an annual appropriation from the
General Fund for purposes of providing career technical education
services. The appropriated funds shall be apportioned directly to
the begin delete Southern California Regional Occupational Center end delete begin insert regional
occupational center or program end insert based on a formula agreed upon
by the school districts participating in the begin delete joint powers authority end delete
begin insert regional occupational center or program end insert .

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SEC. 3.  

The Legislature finds and declares that a special law
is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable
within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution because of the unique circumstances relating to the
funding of the Southern California Regional Occupational Center.

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