BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2148 (Mullin)
As Amended July 2, 2014
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |78-0 |(May 28, 2014) |SENATE: |33-0 |(August 22, |
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Original Committee Reference: L. & E.
SUMMARY : Requires the California Workforce Investment Board
(CWIB) to, among other duties, assist the Governor in the
development of an annual workforce metrics dashboard to measure
investment in workforce development. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the CWIB to develop an annual workforce metrics
dashboard that measures the state's human capital investments
in workforce development to understand the collective impact
of these investments on the labor market and shall be produced
using existing available data and resources currently
collected and accessible to state agencies.
2)Provides that the CWIB shall convene workforce program
partners to develop a standardized set of inputs and outputs
for the workforce metrics dashboard and outlines the workforce
metrics dashboard shall do all of the following:
a) Provide a status report on credential attainment,
training completion, degree attainment and participant
earnings from workforce education and training programs.
The CWIB shall publish and distribute the final report;
b) Provide demographic breakdowns to include race,
ethnicity, age, gender, veteran status, wage and credential
degree outcomes, and information on workforce outcomes in
different industry sectors, to the extent possible; and,
c) Measure, at a minimum and to the extent feasible within
existing resources, the performance specified workforce
programs.
d) Measure participant earnings, as specified, and the
Employment Development Department (EDD) shall assist the
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CWIB by calculating aggregate participant earnings using
unemployment insurance wage records, without violating any
applicable confidentiality requirements.
3)Authorizes the California Department of Education (CDE) to
collect and keep the information confidential for tracking
purposes social security numbers of adults participating in
adult education programs so that accurate participation in
those programs can be represented in the metrics dashboard.
4)Specifies that the participating workforce programs shall
provide participant data in a standardized format to the EDD.
5)Requires the EDD to aggregate the data provided by the
participating workforce programs and report the data to the
CWIB organized by demographics, earnings and industry of
employment to assist the CWIB in the production of the annual
workforce metrics dashboard.
The Senate amendments measure participant earnings, as
specified, and the EDD shall assist the CWIB by calculating
aggregate participant earnings using unemployment insurance wage
records, without violating any applicable confidentiality
requirements and make other non- substantive changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee
the CWIB and the EDD indicate that costs associated with this
bill would be minor and absorbable. The CDE would incur
one-time costs, potentially in the tens of thousands of dollars
(General Fund), related to the collection of social security
numbers.
COMMENTS : The author seeks with this bill to provide the
parameters of a cross-system workforce metrics dashboard using
existing data collected by workforce programs that reports on
credential and degree attainment, wage gain outcomes of the
workforce education and training programs and the outcomes by
demographic categories. The purpose is to support current
efforts by these programs to increase enrollment in education
and training that has a documented payoff for individuals and
for regional economies.
The author believes the annual snapshot would provide the
Governor, Legislature, and other stakeholders involved with
necessary data to assist them in making informed investment
decisions.
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A broad group of business and labor argue in support of this
bill which creates a cross-system metric dashboard on workforce
and career technical education investments in California. They
also strongly support the provision that authorizes the CDE to
confidentially collect social security numbers for adults
participating in adult education programs since there is
currently no tracking of the impact workforce investments or
training have on the labor market, such as degree attainment and
wage outcomes.
Lastly, they collectively argue, California is currently
implementing a new adult education strategy with the goal of
better alignment between adult education programs offered by CDE
and community colleges. While community colleges currently
collect social security numbers so they can measure the impact
of their programs on subsequent employment and wages, currently
CDE does not. This provision will help to better align local
programs, measure program effectiveness, and improve on program
design and delivery.
Please see policy committee analysis for existing federal and
state law.
Analysis Prepared by : Lorie Alvarez / L. & E. / (916)
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