Amended in Senate April 7, 2015

Senate BillNo. 148


Introduced by Senators McGuire and Leyva

(Principal coauthor: Senator Huff)

(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Burke and Wood)

(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Hall, Mendoza, and Vidak)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)

January 29, 2015


An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 52465) to Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to career technical education, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 148, as amended, McGuire. Career technical education: Career and Job Skills Education Act.

(1) Existing law establishes the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and specifies that the Superintendent is the ex officio Director of the State Department of Education. Under existing law, the State Department of Education administers numerous programs relating to elementary and secondary education.

Existing law authorizes, among other things, the governing board of any high school district to establish and maintain, in connection with any high school or regional occupational center or program under its jurisdiction, cooperative career technical education programs or community classrooms as part of a career technical education course, as specified.

This bill would establish the Career and Job Skills Education Act, which would authorize the governing board ofbegin delete a school districtend deletebegin insert one or more end insertbegin insertschool districts, county offices of education, direct-funded charter schoolsend insertbegin insert, and regional occupational centers or programs operated by joint powers authorities with the written consent from each participating local education agency,end insert thatbegin delete operatesend deletebegin insert operateend insert any state-approved career technical education sequence of coursesbegin insert,end insert to apply to the Superintendent for a grant for the development and enhancement of high-quality career technical education programsbegin delete in the school districtend delete. The bill would requirebegin delete the governing board of a recipient school districtend deletebegin insert each grant recipientend insert to, among other things, adopt certain policies and procedures and establish a career technical education program that satisfies specified criteria. The bill would establish the Career and Job Skills Education Fund in the State Treasury, and would also require the Superintendent to, among other things, administer the fund and distribute awards through an annual application process tobegin delete the governing boards of school districtsend deletebegin insert applicantsend insert that meet certain requirements. The bill would further require the Superintendent and the State Board of Education to incorporate appropriate metrics into state-adopted accountability measures to determine career readiness of California’s high school pupils.

The bill would appropriate $600,000,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent, for deposit in the Career and Job Skills Education Fund, for purposes of the Career and Job Skills Education Act, and would express the intent of the Legislature that additional funds be appropriated from the General Fund, as necessary, for those purposes in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years.

(2) Funds appropriated by the bill for purposes of funding this act would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declaresbegin insert all ofend insert the
2following:

3(a) Section 51220 of the Education Codebegin delete states, in part, “Theend delete
4begin insert states that theend insert adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
5shall offer courses in the following areas of study:

begin delete

6(h)

end delete

P3    1begin insert(1)end insert Applied arts, including instruction in the areas of consumer
2and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business
3education, or general agriculture.

begin delete

4(i)

end delete

5begin insert(2)end insert Career technical education designed and conducted for the
6purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the
7occupations and in the numbers that are appropriate to the
8personnel needs of the state and the community served and relevant
9to the career desires and needs of thebegin delete pupils.”end deletebegin insert pupils.end insert

10(b) Section 51224 of the Education Code states, “The governing
11board of any school district maintaining a high school shall
12prescribe courses of study designed to provide the skills and
13knowledge required for adult life for pupils attending the schools
14within its school district. The governing board shall prescribe
15separate courses of study, including, but not limited to, a course
16of study designed to prepare prospective pupils for admission to
17state colleges and universities and a course of study for career
18technical training.”

19(c) California has invested $500 million in Proposition 1D
20funding for purposes of modernizing and building new career
21technical education facilities for high school pupils.

22(d) California has invested $90 million in the purchase of new
23career technical education equipment for high school pupils.

24(e) California has invested $500 million in the California Career
25Pathways Trust for the development of robust career pathways
26aligned with regional economies.

27(f) California needs to satisfy maintenance of effort requirements
28to continue to receive funds pursuant to the federal Carl D. Perkins
29Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006begin insert (20
30U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.)end insert
, for the improvement of career technical
31education programs.

32(g) Tobegin insert help the stateend insert remain a competitive economy, California
33high schools need to provide resources that promote career
34readiness and 21st century career technical skills forbegin delete itsend delete pupils.

35(h) California needs to use limited resources more efficiently
36to do a better job of preparing pupils for an economy that demands
37workers to have strong academic and careerbegin delete knowledge,end deletebegin insert knowledgeend insert
38 and skills, to be adaptable to change, and prepared for college and
39careers.

P4    1(i) The rapid growth of California’s population and the labor
2force depends on attracting, supporting, and retaining businesses
3that pay sustainable wages to highly skilled and qualified workers.
4Therefore, improvement in the overall quality of California’s
5workforce is a vital component to the state’s continued economic
6development.

7(j) California needs to develop and sustain educational programs
8that can provide youth with career readiness, organizational help
9in their pursuit of career opportunities, leadership skills, networks
10of support, and the academic and technical skills necessary to serve
11as a foundation for successful careers.

12(k) The average high school graduation rate in the United States
13for pupils concentrating in career technical education programs is
1490.18 percent, compared to an average national freshman
15graduation rate of 74.9 percent.

16(l) Eighty-one percent of high school dropouts in the United
17States say relevant, real-world learning opportunities would have
18kept them from dropping out of high school.

19(m) In the United States, more than 70 percent of secondary
20career technical education concentrators pursued postsecondary
21education shortly after graduating from high school.

22(n) According to the United States Censusbegin insert Bureauend insert for the year
232010, 70 percent of pupils will not go on to receive a four-year
24postsecondary education degree.

25(o) California’s future of providing high-quality education and
26training programs requires greater public-private collaboration and
27cooperation.

28(p) California’s policies and methods that provide elementary
29and secondary education to prepare young people for lifelong
30learning, higher educational opportunities, and high-skilled careers
31leading to sustainable wages are major components to California’s
32continued economic growth.

33(q) California’s continued economic development and growth
34is critically linked to providing pupils with educational
35opportunities that prepare those pupils for lifelong learning, higher
36education, and high-skilled, high-wage careers.

37(r) Sustaining and developing a strong system for the delivery
38of career technical education should be a top priority of California’s
39educational systems and must be addressed at the local, regional,
P5    1and state levels to establish a seamless system from career technical
2education to employment.

3(s) California’s career pathways system is a long-term
4investment in developing human capital by supplying the demand
5for a highly skilled and adaptable workforce. By successfully
6matching the skills of the emerging workforce with the needs of
7California’s growth economies, high-quality career pathways will
8provide essential components to ensure the state’s competitive
9edge in the growing global economy.

10(t) Career pathway programs are an educational approach that
11is designed to improve academic rigor through relevant, real-world
12experiences by integrating appropriate academic and essential
13career technical education knowledge and skills focused around a
14career pathway.

15(u) High-quality and coordinated career pathways provide a
16much needed nexus between those preparing the future workforce
17and those employing the future workforce. The collaboration of
18educators, business, and labor fosters the use of contextual and
19applied teaching strategies that provide opportunities for all pupils
20to gain exposure to career-related coursework, workplace
21experiences, internships, and jobsite mentoring.

22(v) A rigorous high-quality education curriculum encompasses
23a range of subjects and grade levels. Incorporating career technical
24education into that curriculum can strengthen pupils’ understanding
25of career opportunities, provide pupils with direction for education
26beyond high school, and produce better informed citizens in the
27state.

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SEC. 2.  

Article 8 (commencing with Section 52465) is added
29to Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
30Code
, to read:

31 

32Article 8.  Career and Job Skills Education Act
33

 

34

52465.  

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
35Career and Job Skills Education Act.

36

52466.  

The Career and Job Skills Education Fund is hereby
37established in the State Treasury. The moneys in the fund shall be
38available to the Superintendent, upon appropriation by the
39Legislature pursuant to Section 52471, for the implementation and
40administration of this article.

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52467.  

(a) begin delete(1)end deletebegin deleteend deleteThe governing board ofbegin delete a school districtend deletebegin insert one
2or more school districts, county offices of education, direct-funded
3charter schools, including pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section
447605.1, or regional occupational centers or programs operated
5by joint powers authorities with the written consent from each
6participating local education agency,end insert
that begin deleteoperatesend deletebegin insert operateend insert any
7begin delete state approvedend deletebegin insert state-approvedend insert career technical education sequence
8of courses may apply to the Superintendent for a grant for the
9development and enhancement of high-quality career technical
10educationbegin delete courses in the school district.end deletebegin insert courses. end insert

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11(2) The department shall retain up to 2 percent of the total funds
12apportioned to the governing board of a school district pursuant
13to this article, to provide all of the following to that school district
14for the purposes of this article:

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15(A) Technical assistance.

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16(B) Professional development.

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17(C) Accountability services and local monitoring.

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18(b) The Superintendent shall award grants tobegin delete applicant school
19districts that satisfy the following requirements:end delete
begin insert applicantsend insertbegin insert thatend insert

20begin delete(1)end deletebegin deleteend deletebegin deleteThe school district shallend delete contribute an amount of funds equal
21to the amount of the grant for use in career technical education
22programs as defined by the California State Plan for Career
23Technical Educationbegin insert and that satisfy the requirements outlined in
24Section 52469end insert
.

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25(2) The school district shall identify to the Superintendent the
26school district’s career technical education expenses for that
27application year using Goal Code 3800 of the California School
28Accounting Manual.

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29

52468.  

(a) Each governing board of a school district that
30receives a grant or accepts other funds made available for purposes
31of this article shall adopt policies and procedures for the school
32district to accomplish both of the following objectives:

33(1) Systematically review career technical education courses
34offered by the school district to determine the degree to which
35each course may offer an alternative means for completing and
36receiving credit for specific portions of the school district's
37prescribed course of study to graduate from high school pursuant
38to subdivision (b) of Section 51225.3. The governing board of the
39school district shall ensure that those classes are equivalent, in
P7    1terms of content and rigor, to course requirements prescribed in
2subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3.

3(2) Compare, not less than every five years, the local curriculum,
4course contents, and course sequences of career technical education
5programs in the school district with the California Career Technical
6Education Model Curriculum Standards adopted by the state board.

7(b) Commencing after the governing board of a school district
8adopts policies and procedures pursuant to subdivision (a), and
9every academic year thereafter, the school district shall undergo
10annual performance reviews conducted by any or all of the
11following for purposes of evaluating career technical education
12programs in the school district:

13(1) The department.

14(2) Local industry advisory committees.

15(3) An entity or entities identified and approved by the
16Superintendent for purposes of conducting the annual performance
17reviews.

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52469.  

Each governing board ofbegin delete a school districtend deletebegin insert an applicantend insert
19 that receives a grant or accepts other funds made available for
20purposes of this article shall, in consultation with the county office
21of education,begin insert as applicable,end insertbegin deletearea workforce development offices,
22orend delete
begin insert local workforce investment boards, andend insert community colleges
23serving the geographic area of thebegin delete school district, or with any
24combination of the entities, offices, or community colleges thereof,end delete

25begin insert grant recipientend insert adopt a career technical education program that
26includes all of the following criteria:

27(a) The program shall provide a series of career technical
28education courses aligned with thebegin insert Californiaend insert Career Technical
29Education Model Curriculum Standards adopted by the state board,
30and offer a coherent sequence of career technical education courses
31leading to specific competencies that will enable pupils tobegin delete manage
32personal and work life andend delete
begin insert transition to postsecondary education
33on a career pathway orend insert
attain entry level employment in business
34or industry upon their graduation from high school.begin delete That plan to
35provide a series of career technical education courses shall be
36aligned with local agreements between the school district and the
37county office of education, area workforce development offices,
38or community colleges serving the geographic area of the school
39district regarding the responsibilities for the provision and
P8    1articulation of services provided by those local entities to the school
2district.end delete

3(b) The program shall include plans, developed and implemented
4by thebegin delete governing board of the school district,end deletebegin insert grant recipientend insert for
5articulation of career technical education courses with community
6colleges or apprenticeship programs in the geographic area of the
7begin delete school districtend deletebegin insert grant recipientend insert to continue the sequence of career
8technical education courses through grades 13 and 14begin insert and for the
9acquisition of high-quality industry certifications, credentials, and
10licensesend insert
.

11(c) The program shall include assessments of local business and
12industry needs to ensure that the program provides pupils with the
13competency, knowledge, and skills necessary to pursue
14employment opportunities.

15(d) The program shall provide counseling and guidance services
16to pupils to help them satisfy all of the requirements for high school
17graduation and make informed career preparation choices.
18Counseling and guidance services provided for purposes of this
19subdivision may include counseling for pupils in grades 6 to 12,
20inclusive.

21(e) The program shall involve business and industry in
22cooperative projects with schools in thebegin delete school districtend deletebegin insert geographic
23area of the grant recipientend insert
to provide internships for pupils,
24externships for teachers, paid or nonpaid work experience,
25job-shadowing or mentoring opportunities, instructors from
26business and industry, assistance with needs assessments and
27program evaluations, and access to business and industry
28employment placement services to help graduating pupils obtain
29employment.

30(f) The program shall include a system for data collection to be
31reported annuallybegin delete to the governing board of the school district on
32the success or failure of career technical education courses in the
33school districtend delete
begin insert that shall comply with the requirements established
34by the Superintendentend insert
in terms of all of the following:

35(1) Number of pupils enrolled in career technical education
36courses.

37(2) begin insertNumber of pupils completing high school.end insert

38begin insert(end insertbegin insert3)end insertbegin insertend insert Pupils earning industry recognized certifications, credentials,
39or licenses as determined by a list approved by the Superintendent,
P9    1or who passed third-party career technical education pathway
2specific assessments.

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3(3)

end delete

4begin insert(end insertbegin insert4)end insert Pupils securing employment, particularly in jobs related to
5the area of their career technical preparation in high school.

begin delete

6(4)

end delete

7begin insert(end insertbegin insert5)end insert Pupils proceeding to advanced education or training at the
8postsecondary educational level.

begin delete

9(5)

end delete

10begin insert(end insertbegin insert6)end insert Pupils proceeding tobegin delete advanceend deletebegin insert advancedend insert education or training
11at the postsecondary educational level in the same career pathway
12asbegin delete his or herend deletebegin insert theirend insert career technical preparation in high school.

begin delete

13(6)

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14begin insert(end insertbegin insert7)end insert Number and types of career technical courses offered and
15the number of those courses that qualify as alternative means to
16complete the prescribed course of study requirements as described
17in subdivision (b) of Section 51225.3.

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52470.  

The Superintendent shall do all of the following:

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19(a) Form and convene a Career Technical Education Council
20made up of representatives from industry representing each of the
2115 industry sectors described in the California Career Technical
22Education Model Curriculum Standards, to advise the
23Superintendent on the operational and policy issues important to
24the continual improvement of career technical education in public
25schools.

26(b) Administer the Career and Job Skills Education Fund and
27issue grant awards to recipient school districts.

28(c) Provide for a state-wide system to ensure that career technical
29education pathways are aligned with the 15 industry sectors
30described in the California Career Technical Education Model
31Curriculum Standards. That system shall include subject matter
32expertise, curricular materials, professional development, career
33technical education pupil organization expertise, a networking
34system for sharing best practices and innovative approaches, and
35other resources.

36(d)

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37begin insert(a)end insert Develop a system of accountability, data collecting, and
38begin delete monitoring, including periodic schoolsite visits to assess the
39effectiveness and quality of career technical education course
P10   1sequences,end delete
begin insert reportingend insert to ensure the goals of career technical
2education programs are satisfied.

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3(e) Align accountability measures developed pursuant to
4subdivision (d) into a uniform accountability metric based on

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5begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertDevelop data metrics that are aligned with the core metrics
6required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
7Act, common metrics adopted by the Office of the Chancellor of
8the California Community Colleges,end insert
any career-ready standards
9adopted pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary
10Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and the 11 quality
11indicators described in the California State Plan for Career
12Technical Education.

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13(f) Award grant funds only to eligible applicants who meet or
14exceed quality criteria developed and required by the department.
15The Superintendent may grant a one-year exemption or impose a
16probationary period from this requirement for school districts that
17experience extenuating circumstances, including natural disasters
18or dramatic changes in industry opportunities within the geographic
19region of the school district.

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20(g)

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21begin insert(end insertbegin insertc)end insert Adoptbegin insert and provide grant recipients withend insert a list of approved
22high-quality industry certifications and licenses begin delete that the department
23will recognize for purposes of awarding grant funds pursuant to
24this article, make that list available to school districts, and report
25the list to the department pursuant to the reporting requirements
26of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
27Improvement Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.)end delete
begin insert and
28approved third-party career technical education pathway
29assessments in each career technical education pathway for use
30in program developmentend insert
.

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31(h) Adopt a list of approved third-party career technical
32education pathway assessments in each career technical education
33pathway for purposes of awarding grant funds pursuant to this
34article, make that list available to school districts, and report the
35list to the department pursuant to the reporting requirements of the
36federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
37Improvement Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.).

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38(i) Ensure continued funding pursuant to this article is based on
39a strong accountability system and include data measures
40established by the Superintendent.

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P11   1(j)

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2begin insert(end insertbegin insertd)end insert Provide technical and professional assistance to all grant
3awardbegin delete recipient school districtsend deletebegin insert recipientsend insert.

4

52471.  

(a) The amount of six hundred million dollars
5($600,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
6the Superintendent, for deposit in the Career and Job Skills
7Education Fund, for purposes of this article.

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8(b) Moneys in the fund shall be awarded pursuant to this article
9to a school district through an annual application process. The
10amount of that award shall be determined as follows:

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11(1) Thirty percent shall be determined based on the school
12district’s proportional share of career technical education
13participants who were enrolled in state approved career technical
14education courses the prior academic year.

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15(2) Thirty percent shall be determined based on the school
16district’s proportional share of career technical education
17concentrators from the prior academic year. For purposes of this
18article, “concentrator” is a pupil who has completed one career
19technical education course and has enrolled in a second course
20within a particular sequence of career technical education courses.

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21(3) Thirty-eight percent shall be based on the number of pupils
22who complete a sequence of career technical education courses
23and earn an industry recognized certification, credential, or license,
24or pass a third-party pathway assessment during the prior academic
25year.

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26(b) The department shall retain up to 2 percent of the total funds
27apportioned to the grant recipient pursuant to this article, to
28provide all of the following to that grant recipient for the purposes
29of this article:

end insert
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30(1) Technical assistance.

end insert
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31(2) Professional development.

end insert
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32(3) Accountability services and local monitoring.

end insert
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33(4)

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34begin insert(c)end insert An amount equal to 2 percent of the total funds appropriated
35pursuant to this article shall be set aside and distributed separately
36to applicants of rural school districts, as defined by thebegin delete State Board
37of Equalization,end delete
begin insert state board,end insert and regions with higher than average
38rates of high school dropouts, as defined by the California
39Longitudinalbegin delete Publicend deletebegin insert Pupilend insert Achievement Data System.

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P12   1(c) Funds shall be awarded only to school districts that
2demonstrate attainment of the accountability measurements
3developed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52470.

4(d) Funds shall be awarded only to school districts that
5demonstrate alignment of career technical education programs
6with the quality indicators described in the California State Plan
7for Career Technical Education.

8(e) The department may, with the advice of the Superintendent,
9adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds
10provided for purposes of this article and shall adopt criteria for
11assessing whether school districts have met the requirements of
12this article. The Superintendent shall not be required to fund any
13school district if the department concludes that the school district’s
14application for that year does not satisfy application requirements
15developed by the department for the receipt of grant funds pursuant
16this article.

17(f)

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18begin insert(end insertbegin insertd)end insert Funds may be used by eachbegin insert grantend insert recipientbegin delete school districtend delete
19 for purposes of this article for any or all of the following purposes:

20(1) Matching pupils with work-based learning opportunities.

21(2) Using intermediaries as liaisons between educators,
22businesses, parents, and community partners.

23(3) Providing technical assistance to help employers and
24educators design comprehensive career technical education course
25sequences and programs.

26(4) Providing technical assistance to help teachers integrate
27academic, career technical education, and work-based learning
28activities.

29(5) Encouraging active business involvement inbegin delete school districtend delete
30begin insert a grant recipient’send insertbegin deletework-based end deletebegin insertwork-based end insertlearning activities and
31providing teacher externships.

32(6) Assisting pupils in finding appropriate work, continuing
33education or training, and linking pupils to other community
34services.

35(7) Evaluating postcareer technical education program outcomes
36for pupils to assess the success of those programs, particularly
37with reference to special populations, as that term is defined in the
38federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
39Improvement Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.).

P13   1(8) Linking youth development activities with employer and
2 industry strategies to upgrade worker skills.

3(9) Funding career technical education pupil organizations and
4activities.

5(10) Funding costs incurred through career technical education
6program-related planning, development, validation, and
7accountability.

8(11) Funding career technical education curriculum development
9begin insert and alignment with postsecondary educational institutionsend insert.

10(12) Funding career technical education professional
11development, including industry externships for teachers.

12(13) Funding career technical education instructional equipment
13and material purchases.

14(14) Providing support in career technical education programs
15to pupils of special populations, as that term is defined in the
16federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
17Improvement Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.).

18(15) Funding costs incurred through the expansion of career
19technical education programs in effect as of January 1, 2016, or
20the establishment of new career technical education programs or
21pathways, including the cost of salaries for additional career
22technical education staff. Salary expenditures for career technical
23education staff shall bebegin delete limited to the first three years of the
24expansion or establishment of those career technical education
25programs or pathways andend delete
capped at 50 percent of the annual
26amount apportioned to thebegin insert grantend insert recipientbegin delete school districtend delete.

27

52472.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated
28pursuant to this article may be expended only to ensure the
29development, enhancement, and improvement ofbegin delete aend delete high-quality
30career technical education courses and programs pursuant to the
31quality indicators described in the California State Plan for Career
32Technical Education.

33(b) As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this article,
34begin delete the governing board of each recipient school districtend deletebegin insert each grant
35recipientend insert
shall do all of the following:

36(1) Develop a plan for establishing aligned course sequences
37forbegin insert itsend insert career technical education programsbegin delete in the school districtend delete.

38(2) Certify to the department that each career technical education
39pathway has been developed with input from anbegin delete industry basedend delete
40begin insert industry-basedend insert career pathway advisory committee and includes
P14   1a logical sequence of career technical education courses pursuant
2to the California State Plan for Career Technical Education.

3(3) Submit new or revised career technical education programs
4or pathways to the department for approval no later than September
51 of the fiscal year in which those changes are implemented
6pursuant to requirements developed by the department, for purposes
7of determining the annual funding award to thebegin delete school districtend delete
8begin insert grant recipientend insert.

9(4) Certify to the department that each course within a sequence
10of career technical education courses is aligned with the California
11Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards, adopted
12by the state board, for grades 7 to 12, inclusive.

13(5) Certify to the department that each course, where
14appropriate, is aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

15(6) Certify to the department that eachbegin insert of itsend insert career technical
16educationbegin delete teacher in the school districtend deletebegin insert teachersend insert has the appropriate
17credential authorizing him or her to teach his or her assigned career
18technical education course.

19(7) Except as provided in paragraph (15) of subdivision (f) of
20Section 52471, certify to the department that no grant funds
21awarded to thebegin delete school districtend deletebegin insert grant recipientend insert pursuant to this article
22are used for staff salaries, benefits, or both.

23(8) Collect and report data as required by the department and
24thebegin delete school district’send deletebegin insert applicableend insert local control and accountability
25plan.

26

52473.  

The Superintendent and the state board shall incorporate
27appropriate metrics into state-adopted accountability measures to
28determine career readiness of California’s high school pupils.
29These metrics shall be aligned with the federal Carl D. Perkins
30Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (20
31U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.), California’s Standards for Career Ready
32Practice, and the quality indicators described in the California State
33Plan for Career Technical Education.

34

SEC. 3.  

It is the intent of the Legislature that additional funds
35be appropriated from the General Fund, as necessary, to the
36Superintendent, for deposit in the Career and Job Skills Education
37Fund, for purposes of Article 8 (commencing with Section 52465)
38of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
39Code, in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years.

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SEC. 4.  

For purposes of making the computations required by
2Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds
3appropriated pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be “General
4Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in
5subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the
6fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated, and included
7within the “total allocations to school districts and community
8college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated
9pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section
1041202 of the Education Code, for the fiscal year for which the
11funds are appropriated.



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