BILL NUMBER: AB 1846 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lopez
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez and Eduardo Garcia)
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
An act relating to adult education, and making an
appropriation therefor. to amend Section 84917 of the
Education Code, relating to adult education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1846, as amended, Lopez. Adult Education Block Grant
Program. Program: report.
Existing law creates the Adult Education Block Grant Program under
the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, which
provides funds for certain adult education consortia.
Instruction. Under this program, the chancellor and Superintendent,
with the advice of the executive director of the State Board of
Education, are required to divide the state into adult education
regions and approve one adult education consortium in each adult
education region. Existing law requires the chancellor and the
Superintendent to submit to the Director of Finance, the State Board
of Education, and the Legislature, by September 30 following any year
for which funds are appropriated for the program, a
report about the use of specified funds and outcomes for adults
statewide and in each adult education region.
This bill would appropriate $250,000,000 every fiscal year from
the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction for ongoing
support of the Adult Education Block Grant Program.
This bill would also declare the intent of the Legislature to add
this appropriation to the $500,000,000 appropriated annually in
recent state budgets for the Adult Education Block Grant Program for
a total of $750,000,000 annually, and would make certain findings and
declarations relating to adult education funding.
The 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.
This bill would require that report to also include a summary of
the extent to which funds provided to each consortium were
insufficient to address the adult education demands within the
service area of the consortium.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes no
. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 84917 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
84917. (a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the
Legislature related to adult education, the chancellor and the
Superintendent shall submit to the Director of Finance, to
the State Board of Education, and, in conformity with
Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the
Legislature, by September 30 following any fiscal year for which
funds are appropriated for the program, a report about the use of
these funds and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult
education region. The report shall include at least all of the
following:
(1) A summary of the adult education plan operative for each
consortium.
(2) The distribution schedule for each consortium.
(3) The types and levels of services provided by each consortium.
(4) The effectiveness of each consortium in meeting the
educational needs of adults in its respective region.
(5) Any recommendations related to delivery of education and
workforce services for adults, including recommendations related to
improved alignment of state programs.
(6) A summary, based on an assessment by each consortium,
regarding the extent to which funds provided to the consortium
pursuant to this article were insufficient to address the demands for
adult education within the service area of the consortium.
(b) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent may require a
consortium, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment, to submit
any reports or data necessary to produce the report described in
subdivision (a).
(2) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall align the data
used to produce the report described in subdivision (a) with data
reported by local educational agencies for other purposes, such as
data used for purposes of the federal Workforce Opportunity and
Innovation Act (Public Law 113-128).
(3) The Employment Development Department and the California
Workforce Investment Board shall provide any assistance needed to
align delivery of services across state and regional workforce,
education, and job service programs.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and
declares both of the following:
(1) According to the Regional Planning Report of 2015 authored by
the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, between the years of 2008 and
2013 an estimated 65 adult schools across California were closed.
(2) Increasing funding for the Adult Education Block Grant Program
established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of
Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code
to seven hundred fifty million dollars ($750,000,000) would restore
adult education funding to its 2008 level.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to add two hundred fifty
million dollars ($250,000,000) annually to the five hundred million
dollars ($500,000,000) appropriated annually in recent state budgets
for the Adult Education Block Grant Program for a total provided for
these purposes each year of seven hundred fifty million dollars
($750,000,000).
(c) The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is
hereby appropriated every fiscal year from the General Fund to the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction for ongoing support of the Adult
Education Block Grant Program implemented pursuant to Section 84900
of the Education Code.