BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
747 (Romero)
Hearing Date: 05/28/2009 Amended: 04/23/2009
Consultant: Dan Troy Policy Vote: ED 9-0
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 747 would establish a pilot preapprenticeship
program, to be administered by the California Community
Colleges, for the purposes of preparing high school students for
work in the field of aerospace industry.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Fund
Aerospace preapprenticeship $2,500 to $3,000,
depending Federal
on
scope of the pilot
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STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
Current law establishes career technical education (CTE)
programs for public schools including but not limited to
regional occupational centers and programs (ROC/P), partnership
academies, adult education programs, and career technical
education courses that may be offered in secondary schools and
community colleges.
Apprenticeship programs are postsecondary educational programs
that prepare students for high-skill occupations. These
programs are a combination of theoretical study and on the job
training and are, under California law, certified by the
Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS). Upon successful
completion, a participant earns a Certificate of Completion of
Apprenticeship from DAS which indicates readiness for a
journeyperson level in the trade.
This bill establishes a pilot preapprentice aerospace machining
program to provide career technical education to high school
pupils in the form of machining and related curriculum that can
be applied to various aerospace manufacturing and other
industries. The curriculum would include the use of computers,
training in the machining of light metals as specified, and
training in the fabrication of energy efficient aircraft
ventilation, heating and cooling systems. The program would
remain in effect until 2015.
In its current form, the pilot would be administered by the
California Community Colleges (CCC). The CCC would be required
to implement the program, develop preapprenticeship curriculum
in aerospace technology, and machining technology and to
identify appropriate community college campuses for
implementation of the program based on specified criteria.
Community college campuses would apply for grants, in
consultation with area high schools, on a competitive basis.
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SB 747 (Romero)
The bill specifies that the program would be funded by a
combination of public and private funds, possibly including
federal funds made available through the 2009 federal stimulus
package. Funds would be deposited into a fund (Machinist
Investment Fund) established by the bill.
The bill does not specify the size of the grant award or the
number of grants to be allocated. Information from the
Chancellor's Office indicates that per campus costs of operating
a program would be approximately $500,000 to $600,000. Assuming
five campuses were awarded a grant, total costs would range from
$2.5 million to $3 million. Additionally, there would be
administrative costs for the CCC.
Author's amendments would shift program responsibility to the
Workforce Investment Board.