BILL NUMBER: AB 1559 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Committee on Labor and Employment (Monning (Chair),
Eng, Furutani, Ma, and Portantino)
MARCH 11, 2009
An act to amend Section 14206 of , and to add Section 14021
to, the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment
insurance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1559, as amended, Committee on Labor and Employment.
California Workforce Investment Act: local workforce investment
boards. Workforce development: summer youth job
training.
Existing law, the California Workforce Investment Act, establishes
the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) , which
is the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system, and prescribes the functions and duties
of the board. Existing
This bill would require the CWIB, in collaboration with local
workforce investment boards, to establish the California Youth at
Work Program, for the purpose of providing summer job training and
work experience opportunities for youth in the state, in accordance
with specified requirements.
Existing law also requires the local
chief elected officials in a local workforce development to form,
pursuant to specified guidelines established by the Governor and the
board, a local workforce investment board, and prescribes the duties
of the board with regard to the development and implementation of
local workforce investment plans, as specified.
This bill would additionally provide that it shall also be the
duty of the local board to facilitate the implementation of summer
youth training programs through partnerships and effective
collaboration. The bill, by imposing new
Because the bill imposes new duties on local
government workforce investment boards with
respect to the implementation of these programs, it would
impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 14021 is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code , to read:
14021. (a) The California Workforce Investment Board, in
collaboration with local workforce investment boards, shall establish
the California Youth at Work Program, for the purpose of providing
summer job training and work experience opportunities for youth in
the state. The program shall be established in accordance with the
following requirements:
(1) The program shall include a work experience component that
conforms to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (29
U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), and its implementing regulations, as
prescribed in 20 C.F.R. 664.460.
(2) Eligible youth who participate in the program shall be between
14 years of age and 24 years of age.
(3) The program shall primarily focus on providing summer job
training and work experience opportunities for youth in the state.
For purposes of this section, the period of "summer" shall be from
May 1 through September 30 of each year. However, program start and
end dates may vary within this time period.
(4) Program services shall target low-income youth and certain
youth populations facing barriers to employment, including, but not
limited to, youth in foster care, and youth who have aged out of
foster care, youth whose families are enrolled in the CalWORKs
(Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code) program and, youth who themselves
are enrolled in the CalWORKs program, homeless youth, and youth with
disabilities. Military veterans and their spouses who are under 24
years of age shall also be given priority for services under the
program.
(5) The program shall, to the extent feasible and appropriate,
incorporate work-based learning strategies, work experience, and
other activities that involve exposing youth to industrial job sector
opportunities that are key to the economic region. Local workforce
investment boards may work with the board to integrate kindergarten
and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and postsecondary education and
teaching opportunities, as are deemed appropriate.
(6) Wages or stipends may be provided to youth in a
classroom-based component of a summer employment opportunity. Local
workforce investment boards shall collaborate with the board to
develop policies guiding the payment of those classroom-based wages
and stipends.
(7) Minors under 18 years of age who are enrolled in the program
shall be paid at least the minimum wage and applicable overtime rates
established by the state's Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC).
(8) High school graduates or those persons holding an equivalent
degree shall be paid at a level commensurate with adults doing the
same job, when those individuals perform the same quantity, quality,
and classification of work.
(b) The board, in consultation with local workforce investment
boards, shall request, and, if required, obtain any necessary waivers
from the United States Department of Labor, to ensure effective and
efficient implementation of the program set forth in this section.
(c) The board, in consultation with local workforce investment
boards, shall also evaluate the effectiveness of the program in
providing summer job training services to youth, and shall make
public the results of that evaluation.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. Section 14206 of
the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:
14206. It shall be the duty of the local board to do all of the
following:
(a) Coordinate workforce investment activities in the local area
with economic development strategies.
(b) Promote participation of private sector employers in the local
workforce investment system.
(c) Develop and submit a local workforce investment plan to the
Governor.
(d) Select one-stop operators, with the agreement of the local
chief elected official, annually review their operations, and
terminate for cause the eligibility of such operators.
(e) Award grants or contracts to eligible providers of youth
activities in the local area on a competitive basis, consistent with
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, based upon the recommendations
of the youth council.
(f) Identify, consistent with the Workforce Investment Act of
1998, eligible providers of training services.
(g) Identify eligible providers of intensive services and, when
the one-stop operator does not provide intensive services to the
local area, award contracts to those providers.
(h) Develop local policy on the amount and duration of individual
training accounts based upon the market rate for local training
programs.
(i) Conduct program oversight over workforce investment activities
in the local area.
(j) Negotiate with the local chief elected official in the local
area and the Governor on local performance measures for the local
area.
(k) Assist in the development of a statewide employment statistics
system, which shall be developed in conjunction with and shall
utilize to the fullest extent possible, the Employment Development
Department's labor market information system.
(l) Facilitate the implementation of summer youth training
programs through partnerships and effective collaboration.
SEC. 2. SEC. 3. If the Commission on
State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by
the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for
those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section
17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.