AB 1846, as amended, Lopez. Adult Education Block Grant 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. 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.begin insert Existing law also requires, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from this program for a fiscal year, that members of a consortium approve an adult education plan, as specified.end insert 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 require that report to also include abegin delete summaryend deletebegin insert summary, based upon a review of the annual adult education plan for each consortium,end insert of the extent to which fundsbegin insert from the programend insert provided to eachbegin delete consortiumend deletebegin insert
consortium, in combination with other funds available to the consortium and other entities that provide education and workforce services for adults in the region,end insert were insufficient to address the adult education demands within the service area of the consortium.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 84917 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the
4Legislature related to adult education, the chancellor and the
5Superintendent shall submit to the Director of Finance, the State
6Board of Education, and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the
7Government Code, the Legislature, by September 30 following
8any fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the program,
9a report about the use of these funds and outcomes for adults
10statewide and in each adult education region. The report shall
11include at least all of the following:
12(1) A summary of the adult education plan operative for each
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consortium.
14(2) The distribution schedule for each consortium.
15(3) The types and levels of services provided by each
16consortium.
17(4) The effectiveness of each consortium in meeting the
18educational needs of adults in its respective region.
19(5) Any recommendations related to delivery of education and
20workforce services for adults, including recommendations related
21to improved alignment of state programs.
22(6) A summary, based on an assessment by each consortium,
23regarding the extent to which funds provided to the consortium
24pursuant to this article were insufficient to address the demands
25for adult education
within the service area of the consortium.
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(6) A summary, based upon a review of the annual adult
2education plan for each consortium required pursuant to Section
384906, of the extent to which funds provided pursuant to this
4article, in combination with other funds available to the consortium
5and other entities that provide education and workforce services
6for adults in the region, were insufficient to address the demands
7for adult education within the service area of the consortium.
8(b) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent may require a
9consortium, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment, to submit
10any reports or data necessary to produce the report described in
11subdivision (a).
12(2) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall align the data
13used to produce the report described in subdivision (a) with data
14reported by local educational agencies for other purposes, such as
15data used for purposes of the federal Workforce Opportunity and
16Innovation Act (Public Law 113-128).
17(3) The Employment Development Department and the
18California Workforce Investment Board shall provide any
19assistance needed to align delivery of services across state and
20regional workforce, education, and job service programs.
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