BILL NUMBER: SB 957	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 3, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Caballero   ) 
   (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. 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 
 Legislative Analyst's Office  to submit a report to the
Governor and the Legislature, containing specified data on the
outcomes of the Cal Grant C  program   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  award  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, shall develop areas of occupational and technical
training for which students may utilize Cal Grant C awards. The
commission  shall   , if necessary   ,
may  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.
   (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 (3)
of subdivision (f) in consultation with the Employment Development
Department using projections available through the Labor Market
Information Data Library.
   (h) The  commission   Legislative Analyst's
Office  shall submit a report to the Governor and the
Legislature on the outcomes of the Cal Grant C  program
  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).