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          Date of Hearing:  August 10, 2016


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                               Lorena Gonzalez, Chair


          SB 66  
          (Leyva) - As Amended August 2, 2016


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill:


          1)Requires the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to provide  
            of the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office  
            (CCCCO), upon request, with specified information regarding  
            licensees of DCA's boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs,  
            only for the purpose of enabling the Chancellor's Office to:   








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            a) measure employment outcomes of students participating in  
            CCC career technical education (CTE) programs, and  b) to  
            recommend improvements in those programs. The information must  
            be provided consistent with state and federal privacy laws.


          2)Requires the CCC, to the extent possible, to align performance  
            accountability outcome measures for its Economic and Workplace  
            Development Program (EWDP) with the performance accountability  
            measures of the federal (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity  
            Act) WIOA. 


          FISCAL EFFECT:


          1)The CCCCO foresees significant ongoing savings from obtaining  
            the licensure information directly from DCA rather than  
            through an expansion of existing surveys of students to track  
            program outcomes. Costs to evaluate the licensing data in  
            relation to CTE programs and to align the outcome measures  
            will be minor and absorbable.



          2)Costs will be minor and absorbable for the DCA to establish an  
            interface with the CCC in order to electronically provide the  
            licensure information. 



          COMMENTS:


          1)Sharing Licensure Information. According to the author,  
            "Currently, it is very difficult to acquire information on  
            employment outcomes after students leave the education system.  
            This is especially true when looking at third party licensure  
            and certification because a lack of information makes it  








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            difficult to determine how well CTE programs prepared students  
            for these various fields."  
            SB 66 addresses this issue by requiring, to the extent the  
            disclosure is in compliance with state and federal privacy  
            laws, the DCA to make any licensure information available to  
            the CCCCO for the purposes of matching students and evaluating  
            the outcomes of CTE programs.


          2)WIOA and EWDP.  Enacted in 2014, WIOA, which superseded the  
            Workforce Investment Act of 1998, is intended to help job  
            seekers and workers access employment, education, training,  
            and support services to succeed in the labor market and match  
            employers with skilled workers they need to compete in the  
            global economy.  The community college's EWDP advances the  
            economic growth and global competitiveness of California and  
            its regional economies by providing education, training, and  
            other services that contribute to continuous workforce  
            improvement, technology deployment, and business development.



            With the enactment of WIOA, a single set of common performance  
            measures has been adopted for programs serving both adults and  
            youths under the Act. This bill replaces existing  
            accountability language under the EWDP with performance  
            accountability outcome measures consistent to those required  
            under WIOA. 
          


          Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081














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