BILL NUMBER: AB 2721 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 27, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blakeslee
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend Section 52336 of the Education Code,
relating to the Career Preparatory Program. An act to
amend Section 51228 of, and to repeal Article 1.7 (commencing with
Section 52336) of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of,
the Education Code, relating to career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2721, as amended, Blakeslee. High School Apprentice
Program. Career technical education.
Existing
(1) Existing law authorizes any
business, trade or professional association, union, or state or local
governmental agency operating within this state to establish and
operate, under the auspices of the local school district, a career
preparatory program that meets specified requirements. An entity
establishing and operating a program is required to develop and
implement a course of instruction for all pupils enrolled in the
program that satisfies the graduation requirements set forth in
existing law that are applicable to grades 11 and 12. Existing law
authorizes an entity establishing and operating a career preparatory
program to propose and implement a program that is designed to
provide on-the-job training and instruction in specific career
technical skills to prepare pupils for future employment. Pupils who
successfully complete all aspects of the program receive a
certificate of completion that supplements a high school diploma.
This bill would require the course of instruction developed and
implemented by an entity establishing and operating a career
preparatory program to be expanded so that it will satisfy the
graduation requirements applicable to grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
This bill would repeal these provisions.
(2) Existing law defines a "multiple pathway program" as a
multiyear, comprehensive high school program of integrated academic
and technical study, as specified, that ensures that all pupils have
curriculum choices that will prepare them for career entry and a full
range of postsecondary options, and that is comprised of certain
components relating to the integration of academics and career
technical education. Existing law requires each school district
maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer to all
otherwise qualified pupils in those grades a course of study that
fulfills the requirements and prerequisites for admission to the
California public institutions of postsecondary education, and that
provides an opportunity for those pupils to attain entry-level
employment skills in business or industry upon graduation from high
school.
This bill would encourage school districts to fulfill these
requirements by developing industry-focused multiple pathway
programs.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes
no . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51228 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
51228. (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to
12, inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those
grades a course of study fulfilling the requirements and
prerequisites for admission to the California public institutions of
postsecondary education and shall provide a timely opportunity to
each of those pupils to enroll within a four-year period in each
course necessary to fulfill those requirements and prerequisites
prior to graduation from high school.
(b) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those
grades a course of study that provides an opportunity for those
pupils to attain entry-level employment skills in business or
industry upon graduation from high school. Districts are encouraged
to provide all pupils with a rigorous academic curriculum that
integrates academic and career skills, incorporates applied learning
in all disciplines, and prepares all pupils for high school
graduation and career entry.
(c) School districts are encouraged to fulfill the requirements
described in subdivisions (a) and (b) by developing industry-focused
multiple pathway programs, such as those described in Section
52372.5.
(c)
(d) A school district that adopts a required curriculum
that meets or exceeds the model standards developed and adopted by
the state board pursuant to Section 51226 shall be deemed to have
fulfilled its responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d)
(e) A school district that adopts a required curriculum
pursuant to subdivision (c) (d) that
meets or exceeds the model standards developed by the state board
pursuant to Section 51226, or that adopts alternative means for
pupils to complete the prescribed course of study pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 51225.3, may substitute pupil
demonstration of competence in the prescribed subjects through a
practical demonstration of these skills in a regional occupational
center or program, work experience, interdisciplinary study,
independent study, credit earned at a postsecondary institution, or
other outside school experience, as prescribed by Section 51225.3.
SEC. 2. Article 1.7 (commencing with Section
52336) of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Education Code is repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 52336 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
52336. (a) Any business, trade or professional association,
union, or state or local governmental agency operating within this
state may establish and operate, under the auspices of the local
school district, a career preparatory program within this state that
meets the requirements of this article.
(b) As part of a career preparatory program, an entity
establishing and operating the program shall develop and implement a
course of instruction for all pupils enrolled in the program that
satisfies the requirements of Section 51225.3 applicable to grades 9
to 12, inclusive.
(c) Subject to the development of the course of instruction
delineated in subdivision (b) and to continuing certification by the
department, an entity establishing and operating a career preparatory
program may propose and implement a program that is designed to
provide on-the-job training and instruction in specific career
technical skills to prepare pupils for future employment.
(d) An entity establishing and operating a career preparatory
program shall present pupils who have successfully completed all
aspects of the program with a certificate of completion that shall
supplement a high school diploma.