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Bill No: SJR 10
Author: Lieu (D), et al.
Amended: 9/3/13
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 30-1, 5/24/13
AYES: Beall, Block, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De
Le�n, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Hernandez, Hill, Jackson, Knight, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Monning,
Padilla, Pavley, Price, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NOES: Anderson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Evans, Hancock, Hueso, Huff, Liu,
Nielsen, Walters, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-1, 9/3/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Workforce Investment Act: reauthorization by the
United States Congress
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges the Congress of the United
States to reauthorize the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
and to include specified policies and strategies in support of
WIA.
Assembly Amendments add coauthors.
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ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. Over eight million people were served nationally by the
public workforce system funded by WIA (29 United States Code
Section 2801 et seq.), a 234% increase in participation rates
in just two years; and over 4.3 million WIA participants
found jobs through the public workforce system.
2. The policy of investing in a highly productive workforce
through programs that foster skills, attainment, and human
capital development is important to ensure that California
and the U.S. can compete in the global economy by providing
opportunities for career advancement and upward mobility for
WIA service recipients.
3. Policies need to be established to encourage collaboration
between state and local workforce investment boards and the
stakeholders whom they serve, including businesses, unions,
nonprofit organizations, K-12 programs, career technical
education programs, basic skills programs, and systems of
higher education including community colleges.
4. Congress should include measures in the WIA to ensure
adequate funding for programs that have demonstrated success
in engaging at risk populations, including high risk youth,
and are instrumental in developing a competitive workforce.
These include career pathways programs, summer youth
employment programs, contextualized adult basic skills
education and the General Educational Development literacy
programs, vocational training, and incumbent worker programs.
This resolution urges the U.S. Congress to reauthorize WIA this
year and include in it specified policies and strategies.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 9/5/13)
City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board
San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board
Verdugo Workforce Investment Board
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author's office points out that a
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shattered job market and record high unemployment rates has left
Californians with the toughest job crisis in over 50 years. At
a time when workers, families and communities need more support,
states are facing difficult budget challenges. Every dollar of
workforce funds must be invested in high quality employment
services that connect workers with good paying jobs. WIA
provides participating states with funding for job training and
employment investment programs. WIA is the largest single
source of federal funding for workforce development activities.
There is broad consensus that well educated and trained workers
are more productive and successful in labor markets. However,
targeting these efforts towards the jobs sectors that are best
positioned to make gains if investments are made is essential
and requires the use of current economic and labor market data.
The law authorizing WIA expired in 2003, although the Congress
has continued to appropriate funding for the program annually.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-1, 9/3/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea,
V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Donnelly
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hall, Vacancy, Vacancy
PQ/RM:k 9/5/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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