BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
2288 (Burke)
As Amended August 16, 2016
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |63-12 |(May 19, 2016) |SENATE: |27-10 |(August 23, |
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Original Committee Reference: L. & E.
SUMMARY: Enacts provisions related to pre-apprenticeship
programs in the building and construction trades.
The Senate amendments:
1)Recast the bill to specify that the California Workforce
Development Board (Board) and each local board shall ensure,
to the maximum extent feasible, that federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) funds awarded by
them for purposes of preapprenticeship training in the
building and construction trades fund programs and services
that do both of the following:
a) Follow the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum implemented by
the State Department of Education for its pilot project
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with California Partnership Academies.
b) Develop a plan for outreach and retention for women
participants in the preapprenticeship program to help
increase the representation of women in the building and
construction trades.
2)Require the Board to develop policies for the implementation
of these provisions.
3)Make other related changes.
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
to develop a policy of fostering collaboration between
community colleges and approved apprenticeship programs in the
geographic area.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, the Board indicates that its costs to implement the
bill would be up to $117,000 annually, depending upon the extent
to which it would be required to review plans for compliance.
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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
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:
0004367
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