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 available, only to the extent specified, 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 for the sole purpose of enabling 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.
(2) 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:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
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.
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,
10associate’s degree, or third-party credential that is less advanced
11than a bachelor’s degree, but more advanced
than a high school
12diploma.
13(c) Middle skill credentials serve as the gateway for a large
14number of careers in the state’s prioritized and emergent industry
15sectors.
16(d) The California Community Colleges Board of Governor’s
17Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy,
18also referred to as the Strong Workforce Task Force, identified 25
19policy and strategy recommendations to help close the gap on these
20middle skill credentials.
21(e) The recommendations built upon the foundation established
22by the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
23Development Program in Part 52.5 (commencing with Section
2488600) of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, the Office
25of the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges Doing
26What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy framework, and the
27federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (Public Law
28113-128).
P3 1(f) With the enactment of the federal Workforce Innovation and
2Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), California agencies
3receiving workforce-related funds have adopted the following
4common program strategies articulated by the California Workforce
5Investment Board:
6(1) Partnering in sector strategies to ensure training programs
7are relevant to the economy.
8(2) Building career pathways to increase access, flexibility, and
9facilitated navigation of training and education programs.
10(3) Utilizing “earn and learn” to increase simultaneous access
11to income and training for those who cannot afford full-time
12education.
13(4) Organizing regionally to benefit from economies of scale,
14recognizing gains when labor markets and industry are organized
15regionally.
16(5) Providing supportive services to remove barriers to program
17completion and employment.
18(6) Creating cross-system data capacity to ensure effective use
19of resources.
20(7) Integrating service delivery and braiding of resources to
21optimize limited resources and make use of program specializations
22to better serve individuals.
Section 463 is added to the Business and Professions
24Code, to read:
(a) The department shall make available to the Office of
26the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges any licensure
27information that the department has in electronic format for its
28boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs to enable the office of
29the chancellor to measure employment outcomes of students who
30participate in career technical education programs offered by the
31California Community Colleges and recommend how these
32programs may be improved. Licensure information made available
33by the department pursuant to this section shall not be used for
34any other purpose.
35(b) The department may make available information pursuant
36to subdivision (a) only to
the extent that making the information
37available complies with state and federal privacy laws.
38(c) The department may, by agreement, condition or limit the
39availability of licensure information pursuant to subdivision (a) in
P4 1order to ensure the security of the information and to protect the
2privacy rights of the individuals to whom the information pertains.
3(d) All of the following apply to the licensure information made
4available pursuant to subdivision (a):
5(1) It shall be limited to only the information necessary to
6accomplish the purpose authorized in subdivision (a).
7(2) It shall not be used in a manner that permits third parties to
8personally
identify the individual or individuals to whom the
9information pertains.
10(3) Except as provided in subdivision (e), it shall not be shared
11with or transmitted to any other party or entity without the consent
12of the individual or individuals to whom the information pertains.
13(4) It shall be protected by reasonable security procedures and
14practices appropriate to the nature of the information to protect
15that information from unauthorized access, destruction, use,
16modification, or disclosure.
17(5) It shall be immediately and securely destroyed when no
18longer needed for the purpose authorized in subdivision (a).
19(e) The department or the Office of the Chancellor of the
20California
Community Colleges may share licensure information
21with a third party who contracts to perform the function authorized
22in subdivision (a), if the third party is required by contract to follow
23the requirements of this section.
Section 88650 of the Education Code is amended to
25read:
(a) The chancellor shall implement performance
27accountability outcome measures for the economic andbegin delete workplaceend delete
28begin insert workforceend insert development program that provide the Governor,
29Legislature, and general public with information that quantifies
30employer and student outcomes for those participating in the
31program. These performance accountability measures should, to
32the extent possible, align with the performance accountability
33measures of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
34Act (Public Law 113-128).
35(b) The chancellor
shall submit a report to the Governor and
36Legislature on or about March 1 of each year. This report shall
37include, but not necessarily be limited to, both of the following:
38(1) Sufficient information to ensure the understanding of the
39magnitude of expenditures, by type of expenditure, including those
P5 1specified in Section 88625, disaggregated by industry sector or
2cluster, region, and type of grant.
3(2) Data summarizing outcome accountability performance
4measures required by this section.
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