BILL NUMBER: AB 2285	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add and repeal Section 19818.22 of the Government Code,
relating to state employment, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2285, as introduced, McCarty. State employment: former foster
youth.
   Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, provides for filling
certain state positions through the process of examinations and the
establishment of eligible lists and promotional lists. Existing law
requires the Department of Human Resources to administer the
Personnel Classification Plan of the State of California, including
the allocation of every position to the appropriate class in the
classification plan.
   Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to
administer the Limited Examination and Appointment Program (LEAP) to
provide an alternative to the traditional civil service examination
and appointment process to facilitate the hiring of persons with
disabilities in state civil service. Existing law requires the
department to conduct competitive examinations to determine
eligibility for appointment under LEAP and to refer the names of
eligible applicants who meet the minimum qualifications of a job
classification to the appointing powers for examination appointments,
as specified.
   Existing law authorizes the Employment Development Department to
contract with a specified nonprofit organization meeting specified
criteria to manage grant programs designed to help eligible at-risk
youth complete their secondary education and acquire the skills
necessary to successfully transition into the workforce or enroll in
postsecondary education.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2021, require the Department of
Human Resources to establish a class in the classification plan that
would enable former foster youth who do not otherwise meet the
eligibility criteria for any current class to obtain employment with
the state. The bill would, until January 1, 2021, also require the
department to establish 100 positions within this class and allocate
them to an appointing power based upon the appropriate match between
the responsibilities of the position and the responsibilities of the
appointing power. The bill would require these positions to be
located within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento.
   This bill would appropriate $______ from the General Fund to the
department for allocation to the appointing powers that receive an
allocation of these positions in order to fill the positions.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19818.22 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19818.22.  (a) Notwithstanding any law, the department shall
establish a class that would enable former foster youth who do not
otherwise meet the eligibility criteria for any current class within
the state to obtain employment with the state.
   (b) Notwithstanding any law, the department shall establish 100
positions within the class established pursuant to subdivision (a)
and allocate those positions to an appointing power based upon the
appropriate match between the responsibilities of the position and
the responsibilities of the appointing power. Allocations may be made
to more than one appointing power.
   (c) The positions established pursuant to this section shall be
located within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  There sum of hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Department of Human Resources for allocation to the appointing
powers that receive an allocation of positions within the class
established pursuant Section 19818.22 of the Government Code in order
to fill those positions.