BILL NUMBER: SB 540	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 4, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 52377.3 to the Education Code, relating to
career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 540, as amended, Wyland. Career technical education:
recognition certificates.
   Existing law authorizes a school district to issue diplomas or
certificates evidencing the completion of a prescribed course of
study following a pupil's satisfactory completion of that course of
study.
   This bill would authorize a school district or county office of
education to award a pupil a career technical education certificate
if the pupil meets specified requirements, including satisfactory
completion of  the equivalent of  4 semester-long career
technical education courses, a structured work-based learning
experience, and a related culminating project. The bill would
prohibit the award of a career technical education certificate
awarded under the bill from being construed as equivalent to the
award of a high school diploma or as a change to the statutory
curriculum or compulsory education requirements.
   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.  Section 52377.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52377.3.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or
county office of education may award a pupil a career technical
education certificate if all of the following requirements are met:
   (1) The pupil has satisfactorily completed  the equivalent of
 four semester-long career technical education courses. To the
extent possible, the courses shall be within the same industry sector
as identified in the California Career Technical Education Model
Curriculum Standards adopted by the state board.
   (2) The pupil has satisfactorily participated in a structured
work-based learning experience related to the career technical
education courses.
   (3) The pupil has satisfactorily completed a culminating project
related to the career technical education courses.
   (b) The award of a career technical education certificate under
this section shall in no way be construed as equivalent to the award
of a high school diploma or as a change to the requirements of
Section 48200 or 51225.3.