AB 1481, as introduced, Mullin. Workforce development.
Existing law declares the need to have a well-educated and highly skilled workforce in the state. Existing law also declares specified principle to guide the state’s workforce investment system.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this declaration.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14000 of the Unemployment Insurance
2Code is amended to read:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in order
4for California to remain prosperous and globally competitive,begin delete itend delete
5begin insert the stateend insert needs to have a well-educated and highly skilled
6workforce.
7(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the following
8principles shall guide the state’s workforce investment system:
9(1) Workforce investment programs and services shall be
10responsive to the needs of employers, workers, and students by
11accomplishingbegin insert
all ofend insert the following:
P2 1(A) Preparing California’s students and workers with the skills
2necessary to successfully compete in the global economy.
3(B) Producing greater numbers of individuals who obtain
4industry-recognized certificates and degrees in competitive and
5emerging industry sectors and filling critical labor market skills
6gaps.
7(C) Adapting to rapidly changing local and regional labor
8markets as specific workforce skill requirements change over time.
9(D) Preparing workers for good-paying jobs that foster economic
10security and upward mobility.
11(2) State and local workforce investment boards are encouraged
12to collaborate with other public and private
institutions, including
13businesses, unions, nonprofit organizations, kindergarten and
14grades 1 to 12, inclusive, career technical education programs,
15adult career technical education and basic skills programs,
16community college career technical education and basic skills
17programs, entrepreneurship training programs, where appropriate,
18the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
19Development Program, and the Employment Training Panel, to
20better align resources across workforce education and training
21service delivery systems and build a well-articulated workforce
22investment system by accomplishing the following:
23(A) Adopting local and regional training and education strategies
24that build on the strengths and fill the gaps in the education and
25workforce development pipeline in order to address the needs of
26job seekers, workers, and employers within regional labor markets
27by supporting sector strategies.
28(B) Leveraging resources across education and workforce
29training delivery systems to build career pathways and fill critical
30skills gaps.
31(3) Workforce investment programs and services shall be data
32driven and evidence based when setting priorities, investing
33resources, and adopting practices.
34(4) Workforce investment programs and services shall develop
35strong partnerships with the private sector, ensuring industry
36involvement in needs assessment, planning, and program
37evaluation.
38(A) Workforce investment programs and services shall
39encourage industry involvement by developing strong partnerships
P3 1with an industry’s employers and the unions that represent the
2industry’s workers.
3(B) Workforce
investment programs and services may consider
4the needs of employers and businesses of all sizes, including large,
5medium, small, and microenterprises, when setting priorities,
6investing resources, and adopting practices.
7(5) Workforce investment programs and services shall be
8outcome oriented and accountable, measuring results for program
9participants, including, but not limited to, outcomes related to
10program completion, employment, and earnings.
11(6) Programs and services shall be accessible to employers, the
12self-employed, workers, and students who may benefit from their
13operation, including individuals with employment barriers, such
14as persons with economic, physical, or other barriers to
15employment.
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