Amended in Senate January 14, 2016

Amended in Senate January 4, 2016

Senate Bill No. 66

Introduced by begin delete Senator end delete begin insert Senators end insert Leyva begin insert and McGuire end insert

January 7, 2015

An act to add Section 463 to the Business and Professions Code, and to amend begin delete Sections 69439 and end delete begin insert Section end insert 88650 of the Education Code, relating to career technical education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 66, as amended, Leyva. Career technical education.

(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.

This bill would require the department to make begin delete available end delete begin insert available, end insert begin insert only to the extent specified, end insert to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community begin delete Colleges end delete begin insert Colleges, end insert any licensure information that the department has in electronic format for its boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs begin delete to enable end delete begin insert for the sole purpose of enabling end insert 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)

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begin insert (2) end insert  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.

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

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

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

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

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

(d) The California Community Colleges Board of Governor’s
Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy,
also referred to as the Strong Workforce Task Force, identified 25
policy and strategy recommendations to help close the gap on these
middle skill credentials.

(e) The recommendations built upon the foundation established
by the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program in Part 52.5 (commencing with Section
88600) of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, the Office
of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges Doing
What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy framework, and the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (Public Law
113-128).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEC. 2.  

Section 463 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:

463.  

(a) The department shall 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. begin insert Licensure information made available
by the department pursuant to this section shall not be used for
any other purpose. end insert

(b) The department may make available begin delete confidential end delete information
pursuant to subdivision (a) only to the extent that making the
information available begin delete is in compliance end delete begin insert complies end insert with state and
federal privacy laws.

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(c) The department may, by agreement, condition or limit the
availability of licensure information pursuant to subdivision (a)
in order to ensure the security of the information and to protect
the privacy rights of the individuals to whom the information
pertains.

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(d) All of the following apply to the licensure information made
available pursuant to subdivision (a):

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(1) It shall be limited to only the information necessary to
accomplish the purpose authorized in subdivision (a).

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(2) It shall not be used in a manner that permits third parties
to personally identify the individual or individuals to whom the
information pertains.

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(3) Except as provided in subdivision (e), it shall not be shared
with or transmitted to any other party or entity without the consent
of the individual or individuals to whom the information pertains.

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(4) It shall be protected by reasonable security procedures and
practices appropriate to the nature of the information to protect
that information from unauthorized access, destruction, use,
modification, or disclosure.

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(5) It shall be immediately and securely destroyed when no
longer needed for the purpose authorized in subdivision (a).

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(e) The department or the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges may share licensure information
with a third party who contracts to perform the function authorized
in subdivision (a), if the third party is required by contract to
follow the requirements of this section.

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SEC. 3.  

Section 69439 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

69439.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) A Cal Grant C award shall be utilized only for occupational
or technical training in a course of not less than four months. There
shall be the same number of Cal Grant C awards each year as were
made in the 2000-01 fiscal year. The total amount of funding shall
be determined each year in the annual Budget Act and the
maximum award amount shall be in accordance with the following:

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

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

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

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

(1) Family income and household size.

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

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

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

(e) Cal Grant C awards may be used for access costs, as defined
in subdivision (b) of Section 69432.7, and training-related costs,
such as special clothing, required tools and equipment, and
institutional charges. In determining the individual award amounts,
the commission shall take into account the financial means
available to the student to fund his or her course of study and costs
of attendance as well as other state and federal programs available
to the applicant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(i) (1) The commission shall consult with the Employment
Development Department, the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, the California Workforce
Investment Board, and the local workforce investment boards to
develop a plan to publicize the existence of the grant award
program to California’s long-term unemployed to be used by those
consulting agencies when they come in contact with members of
the population who are likely to be experiencing long-term
unemployment. The outreach plan shall use existing administrative
and service delivery processes making use of existing points of
contact with the long-term unemployed. The local workforce
investment boards are required to participate only to the extent
that the outreach efforts are a part of their existing responsibilities
under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law
105-220).

(2) The commission shall consult with the Workforce Services
Branch of the Employment Development Department, the Office
of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the
California Workforce Investment Board, and the local workforce
investment boards to develop a plan to make students receiving
awards aware of job search and placement services available
through the Employment Development Department and the local
workforce investment boards. Outreach shall use existing
administrative and service delivery processes making use of
existing points of contact with the students. The local workforce
investment boards are required to participate only to the extent
that the outreach efforts are a part of their existing responsibilities
under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law
105-220).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Section 88650 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

88650.  

(a) The chancellor shall implement performance
accountability outcome measures for the economic and workplace
development program that provide the Governor, Legislature, and
general public with information that quantifies employer and
student outcomes for those participating in the program. These
performance accountability measures should, to the extent possible,
align with the performance accountability measures of the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128).

(b) The chancellor shall submit a report to the Governor and
Legislature on or about March 1 of each year. This report shall
include, but not necessarily be limited to, both of the following:

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

(2) Data summarizing outcome accountability performance
measures required by this section.