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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 747
Author: Romero (D)
Amended: 5/28/09
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/29/09
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado,
Padilla, Simitian, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 12-0, 5/28/09
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, Denham, DeSaulnier, Hancock,
Leno, Oropeza, Runner, Walters, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wolk
SUBJECT : Career technical education: pilot
preapprenticeship program
SOURCE : California Manufacturers & Technology
Association
DIGEST : This bill establishes a pilot preapprenticeship
program, to be implemented by the California Community
Colleges for the purpose of preparing high school pupils to
work in the aerospace industry, as specified.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes various 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
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that may be offered in secondary schools and community
colleges.
The State Board of Education adopted model curriculum
standards for CTE in May 2005, and adopted the curriculum
frameworks for those standards in January 2007. The
standards are organized in 15 industry sectors of
interrelated occupations and broad industries, and identify
the academic and technical courses required for various
pathways within each sector.
Existing federal law, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, provides approximately $100
billion for education across states to raise student
achievement through school improvement and reform.
Existing law, the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor
Standards Act of 1939 established the California
Apprenticeship Council (CAC) and governs apprenticeship
programs in California. The California Division of
Apprenticeship Standards certifies apprenticeship programs
in accordance with standards set by the CAC and state and
federal laws.
This bill:
1. Establishes a pilot preapprenticeship 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
manufacturing industries in California including
aerospace manufacturing and requires the curriculum to
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.
2. Specifies the program shall be funded by a combination
of private nonprofit and public funds, specifically
federal funds made available to states as part of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and
creates the Machinist Investment Fund for that purpose.
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3. Requires the pilot program and Machinist Investment Fund
be administered by the Labor and Workforce Development
Agency.
4. Requires community colleges, in partnership with local
workforce investment boards, employers, and high schools
to apply for grants that shall be competitively awarded
based on specified criteria.
5. Requires the California Community Colleges system to
implement the program, develop preapprenticeship
curriculum in aerospace technology, and machining
technology.
6. Requires the California Community Colleges to identify
appropriate community college campuses for
implementation of the program based on specified
criteria such as proximity to aerospace and other
manufacturers, availability of sufficient in-house
expertise and laboratory facilities to teach the
required curriculum.
7. Requires community college campuses selected for receipt
of a competitive grant, in consultation with area high
schools, to identify the location at which instruction
shall occur.
8. Specifies the program shall remain in effect until
January 1, 2015, unless deletes or extends that date.
9. Specifies that implementation of the pilot program
established by this section shall be contingent upon
receipt of sufficient federal funding.
10.Specifies that nothing in this bill is to be construed
to impose a mandate on local workforce investment boards
with regard to how they will spend Workforce Investment
Act funds, including funds made available to them
through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
11.States it is the intent of the Legislature that the
pilot program established by this section shall have as
its goal the development of an industry-based sector
strategy to address labor needs in the manufacturing
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industry generally and in the aerospace industry in
particular, specifically the need for trained
machinists, and that the Labor and Workforce Development
Agency shall focus on efforts to assist in this
strategy.
12.Encourages the California Workforce Investment Board, in
collaboration with local workforce investment boards,
industry, and community colleges, to seek and apply for
funds for related industry-based sector strategies.
Comments
Purpose and design . According to the author's office, the
purpose of this bill is to establish a CTE program that
will keep at risk pupils in school while preparing them for
entry-level positions with local aerospace or manufacturing
employers who may offer apprenticeship programs. Although
districts can already provide similar training programs
through ROC/P and/or partnership academies, the pilot
program proposed by this bill appears to be outside those
existing program structures.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/29/09)
California Manufacturers & Technology Association (source)
Aerojet Corporation
Alcoa Fastening Systems
Allfast Fastening Systems, Inc.
Boeing
California Conference of Machinists
California Space Authority
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
Engineers & Scientists of California, IFPTE Local 20
Nelson Aerospace, Inc.
Professional and Technical Engineers, IFPTE Local 21
Saturn Fasteners, Inc.
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Sonic Industries, Inc.
State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California
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United Teachers of Los Angeles
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The bill's sponsor, California
Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA), states:
"Due to an ongoing increase in the retirement of the baby
boomer generation, the manufacturing industry is facing a
significant demand for a skilled workforce. Many of our
member companies are finding it difficult to find qualified
machinists, engineers and other manufacturing works. CMTA
members want to continue providing high wage jobs to
students who reach their highest educational goals and are
well prepared to join the manufacturing workforce. ?
Unfortunately, over the past twenty years public schools
have suffered a steady erosion of their career technical
programs. In fact a recent study revealed that in 1987
California had 6,922 CTE teachers serving 952,097 students.
By 2008 there were only 4,883 teachers serving 589,233
students enrolled in CTE courses. Many of the job openings
today call for less than a bachelor's degree, but require a
rigorous curriculum that includes core academics and
applied learning opportunities. SB 747's pilot program
strives to achieve this balance of academics and applied
learning through collaborative efforts between high schools
and community colleges." They believe that this bill will
advance this industry sector strategy for addressing
current and future labor needs, as well as provide career
paths for potential employees in the manufacturing
industry. They see this bill as the first step toward
addressing this workforce shortage and reinvigorating CTE
at the high school level.
DLW:mw 5/29/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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