BILL NUMBER: AB 1495	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1495, as introduced, V. Manuel Perez. California Postsecondary
Education Commission: workforce development.
   Existing law establishes the California Postsecondary Education
Commission (CPEC) as the statewide postsecondary education
coordinating and planning agency and provides for its functions and
responsibilities.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the CPEC to establish an initiative to improve
local workforce development systems' coordination and collaboration
with the state's education system.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the California Postsecondary Education
Commission to establish an initiative to improve local workforce
development systems' coordination and collaboration with the state's
education system, including elementary and secondary education
institutions, the California Community Colleges, the California State
University, the University of California, vocational education
programs, and apprenticeship programs.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the initiative described in subdivision (a) to
focus on establishing new and stronger relationships for improving
coordination, resource sharing, and common strategic planning.