AB 916, as introduced, O'Donnell. Career technical education: student organizations: funding.
Existing law provides funding for various career technical education programs, including regional occupational centers and programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical education programs.
This bill would appropriate the sum of $1,170,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the purposes of allocating funds in support of career technical education student organizations, as specified. The bill would also express various findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to career technical education.
Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
P2 1(a) Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) have long
2been recognized for their contribution in developing leadership
3skills and other “soft skill” competencies to pupils involved in
4high-quality career technical education programs and courses.
5(b) The programs and activities of CTSOs play an integral part
6in the effective delivery of career technical education programs
7and courses, and motivate many pupils to further develop their
8leadership potential.
9(c) Funding for the programs and activities of CTSOs were cut
10from the annual Budget Act
during the recent budget crisis,
11resulting in a tremendous loss of opportunities for pupils enrolled
12in career technical education programs and courses.
13(d) CTSOs chartered in California include Cal-Health
14Occupation Student Association (Cal-HOSA) for health career
15pupils; the California Future Farmers of America (California FFA)
16for pupils studying agriculture and its related careers; the Future
17Business Leaders of America (FBLA) for pupils enrolled in
18business courses; Future Homemakers of America - Home
19Economics Related Occupations (FHA-HERO) for pupils interested
20in home economics related occupations; Distributive Education
21Clubs of America (DECA) for pupils engaged in marketing
22programs; and SkillsUSA for pupils interested in transportation,
23arts, media, entertainment, engineering, and construction.
24(e) High school graduates of CTSOs serve as industry leaders
25on boards,
commissions, in elected offices, and as executive
26officers in businesses both in California and worldwide.
27(f) Student leadership is an important part of every career
28technical education program. CTSOs, and the opportunities they
29provide, separate career technical education programs and courses
30from the typical experiences pupils receive.
(a) The sum of one million one hundred seventy
32thousand dollars ($1,170,000) is appropriated from the General
33Fund to the State Department of Education, to be allocate in support
34of career technical education student organizations for purposes
35of supporting youth leadership development programs and
36activities, training teachers who advise these student organizations,
37maintaining affiliation with national career technical education
38organizations, and supplying support services necessary to carry
39out these activities.(b) For purposes of making the computations
40required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution,
P3 1the funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be deemed to
2be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as
3
defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code,
4for the 2015-16 fiscal year, and included within the “total
5allocations to school districts and community college districts from
6General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article
7XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the
8Education Code, for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
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