BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2288 Page 1 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING AB 2288 (Burke) As Introduced February 18, 2016 Majority vote ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Labor |6-1 |Roger Hernández, Chu, |Patterson | | | |Linder, McCarty, | | | | |O'Donnell, Thurmond | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Appropriations |16-4 |Gonzalez, Bloom, |Bigelow, Jones, | | | |Bonilla, Bonta, |Obernolte, Wagner | | | |Calderon, Chang, | | | | |Daly, Eggman, | | | | |Gallagher, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Eduardo Garcia, | | | | |McCarty, Holden, | | | | |Quirk, Santiago, | | | | |Weber, Wood | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ AB 2288 Page 2 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 AB 2288 Page 3 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 AB 2288 Page 4 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