BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1093| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 1093 Author: Eduardo Garcia (D) Introduced:2/27/15 Vote: 27 - Urgency SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: 7-0, 6/16/15 AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Glazer, Leno, Liu, Monning, Stone SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Public safety: supervised population workforce training: grant program SOURCE: California Workforce Association Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice PolicyLink DIGEST: This bill makes minor modifications to the criteria for the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program administered by the Workforce Investment Board, as specified. ANALYSIS: Existing law: 1)States that California Workforce Investment Board ("WIB") is the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of AB 1093 Page 2 the 21st century economy and workforce. (Unemp. Ins. Code, § 14010.) 2)Establishes the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program to be administered by the WIB. (Pen. Code, § 1234.1.) 3)Requires the WIB to administer the grant program as follows: a) Develop criteria for the selection of grant recipients through a public application process, including the rating and ranking of applications that meet threshold criteria; and b) Design the grant program application process to ensure all of the following occurs: i) Outreach and technical assistance is made available to eligible counties; ii) There is fairness and competitiveness for all counties, including for smaller and rural counties; iii) It encourages applicants to develop evidence-based, best practices to serve the target population; and, iv) It addresses the education and training needs of both individuals with some postsecondary education who can benefit from services that result in certifications, and placement on a middle skill career ladder, and individuals who require basic education and training to obtain entry level jobs. (Pen. Code § 1234.2.) 4)Requires the grant program to be competitively awarded through at least two rounds of funding, as specified, and provides that each county is eligible to apply but that a single application may include multiple counties applying jointly. Requires each application to include a partnership agreement between the county, or counties, and one or more local workforce investment boards that outline the actions each party agrees to undertake as part of the project proposed in the application. (Pen. Code § 1234.3.) 5)Requires, at a minimum, each project proposed in the application to include a provision for an education and AB 1093 Page 3 training assessment for each individual of the supervised population who participates in the project. (Pen. Code, § 1234.3, subd. (c).) 6)Provides that eligible uses of grant funds include, but are not limited to, vocational training, stipends for trainees, and apprenticeship opportunities for the supervised population. Current law further states that supportive services and job readiness activities are to serve as bridge activities that lead to enrollment in long-term training programs. (Pen. Code, § 1234.3, subd. (d).) 7)Requires the WIB to report to the Legislature the outcomes from the grant program, as specified. (Pen. Code, § 1234.4.) This bill: 1)Revises the criteria described above to allow applicants to address either the education and training needs of individuals with some postsecondary education, or individuals who require basic education and training to obtain entry level jobs, instead of requiring the applicants to serve both education needs. 2)Authorizes the WIB to delegate the responsibility for determining the sufficiency of a prior assessment to one or more local workforce investment boards. 3)Expands the content of the report to be given to the Legislature evaluating the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program to include the following: a) The education and workforce readiness of the supervised population at the time individual participants entered the program and how this impacted the types of services needed and offered; and b) Whether the metrics used to evaluate the individual grants were sufficiently aligned with the objectives of the program. 4)Includes uncodified legislative findings and declarations concerning the importance of job training for formerly incarcerated persons, as specified. AB 1093 Page 4 Background The WIB is the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. The WIB administers the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program, a program to award grant funding for vocational training and apprenticeship opportunities for offenders under county jurisdiction who are on probation, mandatory community supervision, or post-release community supervision. This bill makes various minor technical changes to the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program in the WIB. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified6/30/15) California Workforce Association (co-source) Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (co-source) PolicyLink (co-source) California Edge Coalition California Public Defenders Association National Center for Youth Law Office of the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools REDF Root & Rebound OPPOSITION: (Verified6/30/15) None received ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: The author states: AB 1093 Page 5 With orders from the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce its prison population, the state needs smart, effective policies to help local jurisdictions achieve realignment goals and reduce recidivism. Workforce development for the re-entry population is a practical strategy for improving access to a stable job. It helps improve offender outcomes, reduce the likelihood of recidivism, and promote community safety and stability. AB 1093 makes key program changes to the 2014 bill [AB 2060 (V. Manuel Perez)]. ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Roger Hernández, Steinorth Prepared by:Alison Anderson / PUB. S. / 7/2/15 8:48:09 **** END ****