BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB
66 (Leyva and McGuire)
As Amended August 2, 2016
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE: 38-0
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Higher |13-0 |Medina, Baker, Bloom, | |
|Education | |Chávez, Irwin, | |
| | |Jones-Sawyer, Levine, | |
| | |Linder, Low, Olsen, | |
| | |Santiago, Weber, | |
| | |Williams | |
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|----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------|
|Business & |16-0 |Salas, Brough, Baker, | |
|Professions | |Bloom, Campos, | |
| | |Chávez, Dahle, Dodd, | |
| | |Eggman, Gatto, Gomez, | |
| | |Holden, Jones, | |
| | |Mullin, Ting, Wood | |
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|----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------|
|Appropriations |19-0 |Gonzalez, Bigelow, | |
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| | |Bloom, Bonilla, | |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, | |
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| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Holden, Jones, | |
| | |Obernolte, Quirk, | |
| | |Santiago, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood, Chu | |
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SUMMARY: Specifies that the performance accountability outcome
measures implemented by the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges (CCC) for the Economic and Workforce
Development (EWD) program should align with the outcome measures
for the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
and authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to make
specified licensure information available to the chancellor for
purposes of evaluating outcomes for students who participate in
CCC career technical education (CTE) programs. Specifically,
this bill:
1)Makes findings and declarations relative to CTE in California.
2)Specifies that, to the extent possible, the performance
accountability outcome measures implemented by the chancellor
for the EWD should align with the performance accountability
measures of the federal WIOA.
3)Deletes existing statutorily prescribed performance measures
and reduces data collection requirements.
4)Prohibits anyone who has or had access to the information
required to be furnished to the chancellor for purposes of
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measuring employment outcomes of students who participate in
CTE programs from disclosing the information, except when
required to furnish the information as provided.
5)Declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to utilize
the federal employer identification number (EIN), individual
taxpayer identification number, or social security number
(SSN) for the purposes of measuring employment outcomes of
students who participate in CTE programs offered by the CCC,
among other purposes, and to use that information exclusively
for those purposes.
6)Requires the DCA, upon request by the CCC Chancellor's Office,
to furnish to the CCC Chancellor's Office the following
information:
a) Name;
b) Federal EIN, individual taxpayer identification number,
or SSN, as specified;
c) Date of birth;
d) Gender;
e) Type of license;
f) Effective date of license or renewal; and,
g) Expiration date of license.
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7)Requires the DCA to make available the information specified
in 6) above, to measure employment outcomes of students who
participate in CTE programs and recommend how these programs
may be improved and prohibits licensure information provided
to be used for any other purpose.
8)Provides that the DCA may make information available only to
the extent that making the information available complies with
state and federal privacy laws.
9)Requires that the licensure information in 6) above:
a) Is limited to the information necessary to measure
employment outcomes of students who participate in CTE
programs and recommend how these programs may be improved;
b) Is not used in a manner that permits third parties to
personally identify the individual or individuals to whom
the information pertains, except as specified;
c) Is not shared with or transmitted to any other party or
entity without the consent of the individual or individuals
to whom the information pertains;
d) Is, by reasonable security procedures and practices,
protected from unauthorized access, destruction, use,
modification, or disclosure; and,
e) Is immediately and securely destroyed when no longer
needed for measuring employment outcomes of students who
participate in CTE programs.
10)Provides that the DCA or the CCC Chancellor's Office may
share licensure information with a third party who contracts
to perform the measurement of employment outcomes, if the
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third party is required by contract to follow the requirements
for use and release of a licensee's federal EIN, taxpayer
identification number, or SSN.
11)Deletes the requirement that the annual report the chancellor
of the CCC submits to the Governor and Legislature includes
information pertaining to the type of services provided to
colleges and employers, and the number of businesses,
students, and employees served, including information to
identify the benchmarks and indicators used to demonstrate the
results achieved.
12)Makes other technical and nonsubstantive changes.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, this bill will result in:
1)The [CCC Chancellor's Office] 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:
Purpose. This bill is sponsored by the Chancellor's Office of
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
According to the author, "[This bill] will improve the [CCC's
CTE] programs by increasing cross-agency data collection and
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streamlining reporting requirements. These changes originate
from recommendations made by the [CCC] Chancellor's Taskforce on
Workforce, Job Creation, and the Economy. The data collected as
a result of this bill will help ensure that the Community
College system is giving students the skills that they need to
be effectively prepared for successful careers."
Background. In December 2014, the Board of Governors of the CCC
commissioned the Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation and a
Strong Economy to consider strategies and recommend policies and
practices to increase individual and regional economic
competitiveness by providing California's workforce with
relevant skills and quality credentials that match employer
needs and fuel a strong economy. These recommendations were to
prepare students for high-value jobs that currently exist in
California, position California's regions to attract high-value
jobs from other states and around the globe, create more jobs
through workforce training that enables small business
development, and finance these initiatives by aligning state and
federal resources.
The Task Force was comprised of representatives from community
college faculty, staff, administration, trustees and students,
the employer community, labor, public agencies involved in
workforce training and economic development, K-12 education
policy, and community based organizations. After almost a year
of public meetings and stakeholder input, the Task Force issued
25 recommendations that were presented to the Board of Governors
in September 2015 and adopted in November 2015. Implementation
of these recommendations requires statutory, regulatory and
administrative changes.
Streamlining/Aligning Outcome Metrics. Currently, workforce
development program funds for community college CTE offerings
come from the federal Carl Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act, the Economic and Workforce Development Program,
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and the Career Technical Education Pathways Program. The
Chancellor's Office reports that state and national policy
shifts have made these programs more similar in scope. However,
each of these funding streams requires distinct metrics to be
reported, creating duplicative administrative burdens for both
the Chancellor's Office staff and local data collectors. With
the enactment of the federal WIOA another source of funding for
workforce development programs, a single set of common measures
has been adopted for programs serving both adults and youths
under the WIOA.
The Legislature recently provided funding for the development of
metrics to evaluate outcomes for Adult Education programs; these
metrics are also expected to align with the federal WIOA where
applicable.
Data Sharing and Privacy Protections. Information on licensure
has not historically been a data element collected by the
community colleges. The ability to reliably collect this data
is impacted by the fact that these are industry licenses
generally awarded by certifying bodies, and not the schools that
provided the training. The CCC report that they have already
gathered similar data on apprenticeship, Peace Officers
Standards and Training certification, and Computer Technology
Industry Association certification. It is the intent that this
information be used for the Student Success Scorecard as one
measure of a successful completion in CTE pathways and programs.
The CCC reports that they have already entered into several
memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with various state agencies
to facilitate data sharing. These include the Employment
Development, the Department of Social Services, the Office of
Statewide Health Planning and Development, the California
Student Aid Commission and California's public four-year
universities. While these agencies interpret federal and state
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law to allow such sharing of information, according to the CCC,
the DCA believes that state and federal privacy laws restrict
their ability to share licensing information. The provisions of
this bill would provide the statutory clarity necessary to
facilitate the sharing of licensure data for the purpose of
evaluating programmatic outcomes.
Analysis Prepared by:
Gabby Nepomuceno / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301 FN:
0004048