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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2061
Author: Waldron (R), et al.
Amended: 4/25/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: 7-0, 6/14/16
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Glazer, Leno, Liu, Monning, Stone
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 5/19/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant
Program
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill 1) establishes an additional Supervised
Population Workforce Training Grant Program (SPWTGP) priority
for applications that include one or more employers who have
demonstrated interest in employing individuals in the supervised
population, including "earn and learn" opportunities, and intent
to hire; 2) expands the areas of the final program assessment to
include whether the SPWTGP provided training opportunities in
areas related to work skills learned while incarcerated,
including, but not limited to, while working with the Prison
Industry Authority; and 3) makes additional technical changes.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
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1)Establishes the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB).
(Unemp. Ins. Code, § 14010 et seq.)
2)Establishes the SPWTGP, to be administered by the California
Workforce Investment Board (now known as the California
Workforce Development Board (CWDB)). (Pen. Code, §1234.1.)
3)Requires the CWDB to administer the SPWTGP by doing certain
things relating to grant development and selection, as
specified. (Pen. Code, § 1234.2.)
4)Provides that preference shall be awarded to applications for
the following:
a) Propose matching funds, as specified;
b) Is proposed by a county that currently administers or
participates in a workforce training program for the
supervised population; and
c) Proposes participation by one or more nonprofit
community-based organizations that serve the supervised
population. (Pen. Code, § 1243.3, subd. (e).)
5)Requires, on at least an annual basis, and upon completion of
the grant period, grant recipients to report to the CWDB
regarding their use of the funds and workforce training
program outcomes. (Penal Code § 1234.4 (a).) Existing law
further requires that, by January 1, 2018, the CWIB CWDB shall
submit a report to the Legislature using the reports from the
grant recipients. The report is required to contain certain
specified information. (Pen. Code § 1234.4.)
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This bill:
1)Updates references to the CWIB to reflect its new name, the
California Workforce Development Board.
2)Gives preference to an application that proposes participation
by one or more employers who have demonstrated interest in
employing individuals in the supervised population, including,
but not limited to, earn and learn opportunities and intent to
hire letters for successfully completing the program.
3)Defines "earn and learn" to have the same meaning as in
Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
4)Adds to existing reporting language, whether SPWTGP provided
training opportunities in areas related to work skills learned
while incarcerated, including, but not limited to, while
working with the Prison Industry Authority.
Background
This bill refines provisions enacted into law in 2015 by AB 2060
(V. Manuel Pérez, Chapter 384). That bill created the SPWTGP,
administered by the CWIB, to provide 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. CWIB is required to administer the SPWTGP through a
public process, as specified. SB 852 (Leno, Chapter 25), the
2014-2015 Budget Bill, contained an appropriation of $1 million
for "support of Employment Development Department, for a
recidivism reduction workforce training and development grant
program, payable from the Recidivism Reduction Fund . . . ."
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/27/16)
A New Way of Life Re-entry Project
California Catholic Conference
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
California Public Defenders Association
California Workforce Association
Chief Probation Officers of California
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Rock Church Prison Ministry
Second Chance
One individual
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/27/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 5/19/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, 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, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Chang, Mathis, McCarty, Williams
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Prepared by:Alison Anderson / PUB. S. /
6/29/16 15:50:44
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