BILL NUMBER:  AB 2719
  VETOED	DATE: 09/28/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2719 without my signature.

The bill makes several changes to the California Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act related to services for out-of-school youth and
requires local workforce boards to consider programs accredited by
the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) when
provisioning services for these youth.

I agree that out-of-school youth need our attention. Federal law
already requires these youth to be a priority, and our state plan
recognizes the need to focus on this very vulnerable group of young
people.

Rather than amending state law to give WASC-accredited programs an
implied preference, the current, more inclusive approach is a better
way to go.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.