BILL NUMBER: SB 540	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2013
	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, 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.


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.