BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
2288 (Burke)
As Introduced February 18, 2016
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Labor |6-1 |Roger Hernández, Chu, |Patterson |
| | |Linder, McCarty, | |
| | |O'Donnell, Thurmond | |
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|Appropriations |16-4 |Gonzalez, Bloom, |Bigelow, Jones, |
| | |Bonilla, Bonta, |Obernolte, Wagner |
| | |Calderon, Chang, | |
| | |Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, | |
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| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |McCarty, Holden, | |
| | |Quirk, Santiago, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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AB 2288
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SUMMARY: Enacts provisions related to pre-apprenticeship
programs in the building and construction trades. Specifically,
this bill:
1)Requires the California Workforce Development Board (Board)
and each local board to ensure, to the maximum extent
feasible, that programs and services funded by the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) and
directed to apprenticeable occupations in the building and
construction trades, including pre-apprenticeship training,
include plans for outreach and retention to increase the
percentage of women in the building and construction trades.
2)Require the Board and each local board to also ensure, to the
maximum extent feasible, that pre-apprenticeship training in
the building and construction trades follows the Multi-Craft
Core Curriculum developed by the Department of Education for
its pilot project with California Partnership Academies.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Provides that the Board is responsible for assisting the
Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous
improvement of California's workforce investment system.
2)Requires that the Board and each local workforce development
board ensure that programs and services funded by WIOA and
directed to apprenticeable occupations are conducted in
coordination with apprenticeship programs approved by the
Division of Apprenticeship Standards, as specified.
3)Requires the Board and each local workforce development board
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to develop a policy of fostering collaboration between
community colleges and approved apprenticeship programs in the
geographic area.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, costs to the Board could range from $117,000 to
minor, depending upon the extent to which Board would be
required to review plans for compliance. In addition, by
imposing a new duty on local workforce development boards, the
bill contains a reimbursable local mandate, the magnitude of
which is unknown, but likely minor.
COMMENTS: This bill is sponsored by the State Building and
Construction Trades Council of California and would require
pre-apprenticeship programs in the building and construction
trades to include a plan for outreach, recruitment, and
retention of women and require the use of the Multi-Craft Core
Curriculum developed for the purpose of preparing students and
pre-apprenticeship participants for labor-management
apprenticeship programs.
Supporters argue that this bill will expand on current efforts
to support women in the trades by requiring pre-apprenticeship
programs funded by WIOA dollars to create a plan for outreach,
recruitment and retention of women seeking a career in the
building trades. In addition, because pre-apprenticeship is a
useful tool to prepare prospective construction worker
apprentices for an apprenticeship program, this bill creates
uniform rules for success in pre-apprenticeship training. They
argue that the two parts of this bill each in different ways
help ensure that the building and construction trades are as
representative of society as possible.
Opponents believe that this bill essentially mandates that all
programs use the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum, which will subject
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those in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs to
outdated curriculum that can only be delivered by a local
Building Trades Council. They contend that there are other
pre-apprentice training programs and other nationally recognized
standards that need to be given equal treatment as basis for
program curricula. Opponents state that they would remove their
opposition if all state and federally approved apprenticeship
training programs and other nationally recognized standards are
added as options to be used for this purpose, similar to what is
permitted by the Federal Department of Labor.
Analysis Prepared by:
Ben Ebbink / L. & E. / (916) 319-2091 FN:
0002839