BILL NUMBER: AB 1969	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1969, as introduced, Levine. Postsecondary education: Career
Pathways Internship Program.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, the
University of California, and the California Community Colleges as
the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
Existing law defines career pathways as an identified series of
positions, work experiences, or educational benchmarks or credentials
that offer occupational and financial advancement within a specified
career field or related fields over time.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that, with
input from the California State University, the University of
California, and the Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, legislation be enacted to establish and provide
funding for a Career Pathways Internship Program, to be funded by a
tax credit proposal, if one is developed as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the
following occur:
   (a) That, with input from the California State University, the
University of California, and the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, legislation be enacted to establish
and provide funding for a Career Pathways Internship Program.
   (b) That the legislation referenced in subdivision (a) include a
tax credit proposal developed by these institutions working with
interested business associations, if the institutions and
associations develop such a proposal to fund the program.