BILL NUMBER: AB 2172	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2172, as introduced, Carter. Career technical education:
multiple pathways report.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
develop, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary for
Education, the California Community Colleges, the University of
California, the California State University, the Legislature, the
Employment Development Department, teachers, chamber organizations,
industry representatives, research centers, parents, school
administrators, representatives of regional occupational centers and
programs, community-based organizations, labor organizations, and
others as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent, a report that
explores the feasibility of expanding and establishing career
multiple pathway programs, as defined, in California.
   Existing law requires that the report include specified
components, including, but not limited to, methods for developing and
sharing models of integrated curriculum and instruction, strategies
for increasing the course options and instructional time for pupils
in high school, and recommendations for supporting regional
coalitions in planning and developing the programs. Existing law
requires that the Superintendent report to the Legislature as to the
status of completing the report, and any preliminary recommendations,
by July 1, 2009, and to submit a final report with recommendations
to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2009.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to help close the achievement gap in education by
implementing the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction's report submitted pursuant to the provision described
above.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to help close the achievement gap in education by
implementing the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction's multiple pathways report submitted pursuant to Section
52372.5 of the Education Code.