BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 29, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
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916 (O'Donnell) - As Amended April 20, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill appropriates $1.17 million (Proposition 98/GF) to a
county office of education (COE), for the purposes of supporting
career technical education student organizations (CTSOs).
Specifies this funding is for purposes of supporting youth
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leadership development programs and activities, training
teachers who advise these student organizations, maintaining
affiliation with national career technical education
organizations, and supplying support services necessary to carry
out these activities.
FISCAL EFFECT:
1)Appropriates $1.17 million (Proposition 98/GF) for the
purposes of supporting career technical education student
organizations (CTSOs).
2)General Fund administrative costs to the California Department
of Education (CDE) in the range of $15,000 to $30,000 to write
a Request for Proposal and award funding to a COE.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. Prior to the recession, Career Technical Student
Organizations were funded outside of Proposition 98. As the
state struggled to balance its budget in 2012-13, the decision
was made to free up General Fund dollars by eliminating
non-Proposition 98 funds that were supporting educational
activities. According to the author, this reduction in funding
has reduced access to career technical education programs and
forced students to shoulder more of the financial burden for
participating in CTSOs. This bill provides a one-time
allocation to help restore state funding to CTSOs.
2)Background. There are six CTSOs in the state, with the
following current membership:
Future Farmers of America: 76,415 students.
FHA-HERO: 4,015 students
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Skills USA: 10,588 students
Future Business Leaders of America: 7,326.
Distributive Education Clubs of America: 4,573
students.
Health Occupations Students of America: 5,229 students
State funding for CTSOs began when AB 8 (Greene) of 1979
authorized $500,000 in horseracing license fees to support these
organizations. From 1991 through 2012, the state supported
these programs with non-Proposition 98/GF. Local education
agencies may now use discretionary funds under the Local Control
Funding Formula to support these programs.
Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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