Amended in Senate January 4, 2016

Senate BillNo. 66


Introduced by Senator Leyva

January 7, 2015


An act tobegin delete repeal and add Section 88540end deletebegin insert add Section 463 to the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Sections 69439 and 88650end insert of the Education Code, relating to career technicalbegin delete education, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.end deletebegin insert education.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 66, as amended, Leyva. begin deleteCareer Technical Education Pathways Program. end deletebegin insertCareer technical education.end insert

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(1) Existing law establishes various career technical education programs, including regional occupational centers and programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical education programs. Existing law provides for numerous boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the Department of Consumer Affairs that administer the licensing and regulation of various businesses and professions.

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This bill would require the department to make available to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges any licensure information that the department has in electronic format for its boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs to enable the office of the chancellor to measure employment outcomes of students who participate in career technical education programs offered by the California Community Colleges and recommend how these programs may be improved.

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(2) The Cal Grant Program establishes Cal Grant C awards, which may be used only for occupational or technical training in a course of not less than 4 months, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law requires the maximum award amount and the total amount of funding for Cal Grant C awards to be determined each year in the annual Budget Act.

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Unless adjusted in the annual Budget Act, this bill would set the maximum Cal Grant C award amount for tuition and fees at $2,462 and for access costs at $3,000.

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(3) Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to implement performance accountability outcome measures for the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program.

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This bill would urge the chancellor to align these measures with the performance accountability measures of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

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Existing law, until June 30, 2015, establishes the Career Technical Education Pathways Program, which requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia, community colleges, middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational centers and programs to improve linkages and career technical education pathways between high schools and community colleges, as specified.

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This bill would extend the operation of the program until July 1, 2018.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Vote: begin delete23 end deletebegin insertmajorityend insert. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertThe Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:end insert

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3(a) The economic competitiveness of California is fueled by the
4strength of regional economies and their skilled workers. Upward
5social and economic mobility and increased opportunities keep
6the state’s economy diversified and vibrant.

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7(b) The pathway out of poverty for millions of California
8residents is the attainment of industry-valued “middle skill
9credentials,” which is defined as a job requiring a certificate,
P3    1associate’s degree, or third-party credential that is less advanced
2than a bachelor’s degree, but more advanced than a high school
3diploma.

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4(c) Middle skill credentials serve as the gateway for a large
5number of careers in the state’s prioritized and emergent industry
6sectors.

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7(d) The California Community Colleges Board of Governor’s
8Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy,
9also referred to as the Strong Workforce Task Force, identified
1025 policy and strategy recommendations to help close the gap on
11these middle skill credentials.

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12(e) The recommendations built upon the foundation established
13by the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
14Development Program in Part 52.5 (commencing with Section
1588600) of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, the Office
16of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges Doing
17What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy framework, and the
18federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (Public Law
19113-128).

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20(f) With the enactment of the federal Workforce Innovation and
21Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), California agencies
22receiving workforce-related funds have adopted the following
23common program strategies articulated by the California
24Workforce Investment Board:

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25(1) Partnering in sector strategies to ensure training programs
26are relevant to the economy.

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27(2) Building career pathways to increase access, flexibility, and
28facilitated navigation of training and education programs.

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29(3) Utilizing “earn and learn” to increase simultaneous access
30to income and training for those who cannot afford full-time
31education.

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32(4) Organizing regionally to benefit from economies of scale,
33recognizing gains when labor markets and industry are organized
34regionally.

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35(5) Providing supportive services to remove barriers to program
36completion and employment.

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37(6) Creating cross-system data capacity to ensure effective use
38of resources.

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P4    1(7) Integrating service delivery and braiding of resources to
2optimize limited resources and make use of program specializations
3to better serve individuals.

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begin insertSEC. 2.end insert  

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begin insertSection 463 is added to the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions
5Code
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(a) The department shall make available to the Office of
7the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges any licensure
8information that the department has in electronic format for its
9boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs to enable the office
10of the chancellor to measure employment outcomes of students
11who participate in career technical education programs offered
12by the California Community Colleges and recommend how these
13programs may be improved.

14(b) The department may make available confidential information
15pursuant to subdivision (a) only to the extent that making the
16information available is in compliance with state and federal
17privacy laws.

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begin insertSection 69439 of the end insertbegin insertEducation Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
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69439.  

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
21have the following meanings:

22(1) “Career pathway” has the same meaning as set forth in
23Section 88620.

24(2) “Economic security” has the same meaning as set forth in
25Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

26(3) “Industry cluster” has the same meaning as set forth in
27Section 88620.

28(4) “Long-term unemployed” means, with respect to an award
29applicant, a person who has been unemployed for more than 26
30weeks at the time of submission to the commission of his or her
31application.

32(5) “Occupational or technical training” means that phase of
33education coming after the completion of a secondary school
34program and leading toward recognized occupational goals
35approved by the commission.

36(b) A Cal Grant C award shall be utilized only for occupational
37or technical training in a course of not less than four months. There
38shall be the same number of Cal Grant C awards each year as were
39made in the 2000-01 fiscal year. Thebegin delete maximum award amount
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total amount of funding shall be determined each year in
P5    1the annual Budgetbegin delete Act.end deletebegin insert Act and the maximum award amount shall
2be in accordance with the following:end insert

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3(1) The maximum amount of an annual Cal Grant C award for
4tuition and fees shall not exceed two thousand four hundred
5sixty-two dollars ($2,462).

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6(2) The maximum amount of an annual Cal Grant C award for
7access costs shall not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000).

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8(3) The maximum amount of a Cal Grant C award pursuant to
9paragraphs (1) and (2) may be adjusted in the annual Budget Act.

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10(c) The commission may use criteria it deems appropriate in
11selecting students to receive grants for occupational or technical
12training and shall give special consideration to the social and
13economic situations of the students applying for these grants, giving
14additional weight to disadvantaged applicants, applicants who face
15economic hardship, and applicants who face particular barriers to
16employment. Criteria to be considered for these purposes shall
17include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

18(1) Family income and household size.

19(2) Student’s or the students’ parent’s household status,
20including whether the student is a single parent or child of a single
21parent.

22(3) The employment status of the applicant and whether the
23applicant is unemployed, giving greater weight to the long-term
24unemployed.

25(d) The Cal Grant C award recipients shall be eligible for
26renewal of their grants until they have completed their occupational
27or technical training in conformance with terms prescribed by the
28commission. A determination by the commission for a subsequent
29award year that the program under which a Cal Grant C award was
30initially awarded is no longer deemed to receive priority shall not
31affect an award recipient’s renewal. In no case shall the grants
32exceed two calendar years.

33(e) Cal Grant C awards may be used forbegin delete institutional fees,
34charges, and other costs, including tuition, plusend delete
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35defined in subdivision (b) of Section 69432.7, andend insert
training-related
36costs, such as special clothing,begin delete local transportation,end delete requiredbegin delete tools,end delete
37begin insert tools andend insert equipment,begin delete supplies, books, and living expenses.end deletebegin insert and
38institutional charges.end insert
In determining the individual award amounts,
39the commission shall take into account the financial means
40available to the student to fund his or her course of study and costs
P6    1of attendance as well as other state and federal programs available
2to the applicant.

3(f) (1) To ensure alignment with the state’s dynamic economic
4needs, the commission, in consultation with appropriate state and
5federal agencies, including the Economic and Workforce
6Development Division of the Office of the Chancellor of the
7California Community Colleges and the California Workforce
8Investment Board, shall identify areas of occupational and technical
9training for which students may utilize Cal Grant C awards. The
10commission, to the extent feasible, shall also consult with
11representatives of the state’s leading competitive and emerging
12industry clusters, workforce professionals, and career technical
13educators, to determine which occupational training programs and
14industry clusters should be prioritized.

15(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the areas of
16occupational and technical training developed pursuant to
17paragraph (1) shall be regularly reviewed and updated at least
18every five years, beginning in 2012.

19(B) By January 1, 2016, the commission shall update the priority
20areas of occupational and technical training.

21(3) (A) The commission shall give priority in granting Cal
22Grant C awards to students pursuing occupational or technical
23training in areas that meet two of the following criteria pertaining
24to job quality:

25(i) High employer need or demand for the specific skills offered
26in the program.

27(ii) High employment growth in the occupational field or
28industry cluster for which the student is being trained.

29(iii) High employment salary and wage projections for workers
30employed in the occupations for which they are being trained.

31(iv) The occupation or training program is part of a
32well-articulated career pathway to a job providing economic
33security.

34(B) To receive priority pursuant to subparagraph (A), at least
35one of the criteria met shall be specified in clause (iii) or (iv) of
36that subparagraph.

37(g) The commission shall determine areas of occupational or
38technical training that meet the criteria described in paragraph (3)
39of subdivision (f) in consultation with the Employment
40Development Department, the Economic and Workforce
P7    1Development Division of the Office of the Chancellor of the
2California Community Colleges, and the California Workforce
3Investment Board using projections available through the Labor
4Market Information Data Library. The commission may supplement
5the analyses of the Employment Development Department’s Labor
6Market Information Data Library with the labor market analyses
7developed by the Economic and Workforce Development Division
8of the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
9Colleges and the California Workforce Investment Board, as well
10as the projections of occupational shortages and skills gap
11developed by industry leaders. The commission shall publish, and
12retain, on its Internet Web site a current list of the areas of
13occupational or technical training that meet the criteria described
14in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f), and update this list as necessary.

15(h) Using the best available data, the commission shall examine
16the graduation rates and job placement data, or salary data, of
17eligible programs. Commencing with the 2014-15 academic year,
18the commission shall give priority to Cal Grant C award applicants
19seeking to enroll in programs that rate high in graduation rates and
20job placement data, or salary data.

21(i) (1) The commission shall consult with the Employment
22Development Department, the Office of the Chancellor of the
23California Community Colleges, the California Workforce
24Investment Board, and the local workforce investment boards to
25develop a plan to publicize the existence of the grant award
26program to California’s long-term unemployed to be used by those
27consulting agencies when they come in contact with members of
28the population who are likely to be experiencing long-term
29unemployment. The outreach plan shall use existing administrative
30and service delivery processes making use of existing points of
31contact with the long-term unemployed. The local workforce
32investment boards are required to participate only to the extent
33that the outreach efforts are a part of their existing responsibilities
34under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law
35105-220).

36(2) The commission shall consult with the Workforce Services
37Branch of the Employment Development Department, the Office
38of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the
39California Workforce Investment Board, and the local workforce
40investment boards to develop a plan to make students receiving
P8    1awards aware of job search and placement services available
2through the Employment Development Department and the local
3workforce investment boards. Outreach shall use existing
4administrative and service delivery processes making use of
5existing points of contact with the students. The local workforce
6investment boards are required to participate only to the extent
7that the outreach efforts are a part of their existing responsibilities
8under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law
9105-220).

10(j) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
11Code, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall submit a report to the
12Legislature on the outcomes of the Cal Grant C program on or
13before April 1, 2015, and on or before April 1 of each
14odd-numbered year thereafter. This report shall include, but not
15necessarily be limited to, information on all of the following:

16(A) The age, gender, and segment of attendance for recipients
17in two prior award years.

18(B) The occupational and technical training program categories
19prioritized.

20(C) The number and percentage of students who received
21selection priority as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f).

22(D) The extent to which recipients in these award years were
23successfully placed in jobs that meet local, regional, or state
24workforce needs.

25(2) For the report due on or before April 1, 2015, the Legislative
26Analyst’s Office shall include data for two additional prior award
27years and shall compare the mix of occupational and technical
28training programs and institutions in which Cal Grant C award
29recipients enrolled before and after implementation of subdivision
30(f).

31(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall
32be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
33Code.

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(a) The chancellor shall implement performance
37accountability outcome measures for the economic and workplace
38development program that provide the Governor, Legislature, and
39general public with information that quantifies employer and
40student outcomes for those participating in the program.begin delete At a
P9    1minimum, these performance measures shall include all of the
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3the extent possible, align with the performance accountability
4measures of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
5Act (Public Law 113-128).end insert

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6(1) Measures of skills or competency attainment by students
7and workers receiving educational or workforce training services
8under the program.

9(2) Measures relevant to program completion, including
10measures of course, certificate, degree, and program of study rates
11of completion for students or workers receiving education or
12workforce training services under the program.

13(3) Measures of employment placement or measures of
14educational progression, such as transfer readiness, for students
15or workers receiving education or workforce training services
16under the program, depending on whether the client is entering
17the labor market or continuing in education.

18(4) For those who have entered the labor market following
19completion of the education or workforce training services offered
20under the program, measures of income, including wage measures.

21(5) A quantitative assessment of impacts on businesses receiving
22services under the program. These may include data pertaining to
23profitability, labor productivity, workplace injuries, employer cost
24savings resulting from improved business processes, levels of
25customer satisfaction, employee retention rates, estimates of new
26revenue generated, sales, and market penetration, as well as
27information pertaining to new products or services developed.

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28(b) The chancellor shall submit a report to the Governor and
29Legislature on or about March 1 of each year. This report shall
30include, but not necessarily be limited to,begin delete allend deletebegin insert bothend insert of the following:

31(1) Sufficient information to ensure the understanding of the
32magnitude of expenditures, by type of expenditure, including those
33specified in Section 88625, disaggregated by industry sector or
34cluster, region, and type of grant.

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35(2) Information pertaining to the type of services provided to
36colleges and employers, and the number of businesses, students,
37and employees served, including information to identify the
38benchmarks and indicators used to demonstrate the results
39achieved.

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40(3)

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SECTION 1.  

Section 88540 of the Education Code is repealed.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 88540 is added to the Education Code, to read:

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88540.  

This part shall become inoperative on July 1, 2018,
6and, as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted
7statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019,
8deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and
9is repealed.

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SEC. 3.  

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
11immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
12the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
13immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

14In order to continue these career technical education programs
15uninterrupted and with the same level of funding, it is necessary
16for this act to take effect immediately.

17This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
18preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
19meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
20immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

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