BILL NUMBER: SB 957	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price
   (Coauthor: Senator Hancock)

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2010

   An act to amend Section 69439 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 957, as amended, Price. Student financial aid: Cal Grant C
awards.
   Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant
Act, establishes the Cal Grant C Program under the administration of
the Student Aid Commission and establishes eligibility requirements
for awards under this program. The act requires that a Cal Grant C
award be used only for occupational or technical training, as
defined, in a course of not less than 4 months. The act requires the
commission, after consultation with state and federal agencies, to
determine the areas of occupational or technical training for which
Cal Grant C awards shall be awarded.
   This bill would require the Student Aid Commission, in cooperation
with specified entities and persons, to develop  ,  and
regularly  review and update  at least every 5 years,
 the areas of occupational or technical training for which
students may utilize Cal Grant C awards  and   .
The bill  would require the commission to give priority in
granting the awards to students pursuing occupational or technical
training in areas that meet specified criteria.  The bill would
require the commission to submit a report to the Governor and the
Legislature, containing specified data on the outcomes of the Cal
Grant C program, on or before April 1, 2014, and on or before April 1
of each even-numbered year thereafter. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69439 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69439.  (a) A Cal Grant C award shall be utilized only for
occupational or technical training in a course of not less than four
months. There shall be the same number of Cal Grant C awards each
year as were made in the 2000-01 fiscal year. The maximum award
amount and the total amount of funding shall be determined each year
in the annual Budget Act.
   (b) "Occupational or technical training" means that phase of
education coming after the completion of a secondary school program
and leading toward recognized occupational goals approved by the
commission.
   (c) The commission may use criteria it deems appropriate in
selecting students with occupational talents to receive grants for
occupational or technical training.
   (d) The Cal Grant C recipients shall be eligible for renewal of
their grants until they have completed their occupational or
technical training in conformance with terms prescribed by the
commission. In no case shall the grants exceed two calendar years.
   (e) Cal Grant C awards shall be for institutional fees, charges,
and other costs, including tuition, plus training-related costs, such
as special clothing, local transportation, required tools,
equipment, supplies, and books. In determining the amount of grants
and training-related costs, the commission shall take into account
other state and federal programs available to the applicant.
   (f) (1) To ensure alignment with the state's dynamic economic
needs, the commission, in consultation with appropriate state and
federal  agencies, employers and businesses, representatives
of organized labor, and occupational and technical training
providers, shall develop and regularly update areas of occupational
and technical training for which students may utilize Cal Grant C
awards.   agencies, shall develop areas of occupational
and technical training for which students may utilize Cal Grant C
awards. The commission shall also consult with nongovernmental
stakeholders that develop or provide workforce training or employ
graduates of occupational and technical training programs for this
purpose. 
    (2) The areas of occupational and technical training
developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be regularly reviewed and
updated at least every five years, beginning in 2011.  
   (2) 
    (3)  The commission shall give priority in granting Cal
Grant C awards to students pursuing occupational or technical
training in areas that meet at least two of the following criteria:
   (A) High employment need.
   (B) High employment salary or wage projections.
   (C) High employment growth.
   (g) The commission shall determine areas of occupational or
technical training that meet the criteria described in paragraph
 (2)   (3)  of subdivision (f) in
consultation with the Employment Development Department using
projections available through the Labor Market Information Data
Library. 
   (h) The commission shall submit a report to the Governor and the
Legislature on the outcomes of the Cal Grant C program on or before
April 1, 2014, and on or before April 1 of each even-numbered year
thereafter. This report shall include, but not necessarily be limited
to, information on the age, gender, segment of attendance, the
occupational and technical training program categories prioritized,
and the number and percentage of students who received selection
priority as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f).