BILL NUMBER: AB 2156	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to add Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 99070) to Part
65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2156, as introduced, Levine. Public postsecondary education:
higher education regional workforce coordination.
   Under existing law, the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, and
the California State University, under the administration of the
Trustees of the California State University, are 2 of the segments of
public postsecondary education in this state.
   This bill would require the California State University (CSU), and
request the University of California (UC), to participate in
regional conversations pursuant to the Federal Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act. The bill would require CSU, and request UC, to
submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2018, on
specified topics related to regional workforce demands.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in order
to meet the demands of today's regionally based economy, all of
California's institutions of higher education must be involved in
geographic workforce development initiatives that seek to align our
education system with regional workforce needs.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature for the University of
California to continue its mission in educating our state's top
students and offering the highest quality of professional degrees,
and for the California State University to continue its mission in
educating the bulk of our state's undergraduate students.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 99070) is added to
Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 1.7.  HIGHER EDUCATION REGIONAL WORKFORCE COORDINATION


   99070.  The California State University shall, and the University
of California is requested to, participate in regional conversations
pursuant to the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The
California State University shall, and the University of California
is requested to, submit a report to the Legislature on or before
January 1, 2018, on both of the following:
   (a) Efforts they have made to increase the number of degrees in
order to meet regional labor demands.
   (b) Identify barriers to addressing regional workforce demands and
the progress that is needed to overcome these barriers.