BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 957
Author: Price (D), et al
Amended: 6/29/10
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 3/24/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Liu, Price, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Maldonado, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 8-1, 4/26/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Denham, Leno, Price, Wolk,
Yee
NOES: Cox
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Wyland
SENATE FLOOR : 26-3, 5/27/10
AYES: Alquist, Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Denham,
DeSaulnier, Florez, Hancock, Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price,
Romero, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NOES: Cogdill, Runner, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aanestad, Ashburn, Cox, Ducheny, Dutton,
Harman, Hollingsworth, Oropeza, Wiggins, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/12/10 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Cal Grant C
SOURCE : Author
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DIGEST : This bill requires that Cal Grant C awards be
prioritized for student seeking training in fields based on
specified criteria.
Assembly Amendments require the California Student Aid
Commission to publish, and retain, on its Internet Web site
a current list of the areas of occupational or technical
training meeting those specified criteria.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, the
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Act,
establishes the Cal Grant C Program under the
administration of the California Student Aid Commission
(CSAC) 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 four months. The
Act requires CSAC, 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 requires that Cal Grant C awards be prioritized
for students seeking training in fields based on specified
criteria. Specifically, this bill:
1. Requires CSAC, in consultation with the Employment
Development Department, to determine the areas of
occupational and technical training for which students
may utilize Cal Grant C awards. CSAC must update this
determination at least every five years.
2. Requires CSAC to give priority in granting Cal Grant C
awards to students pursuing occupational or technical
training in areas meeting at least two of the following
criteria, and to publish the list of such areas on the
CSAC Web site: (a) high employment need, (b) high
employment salary or wage projections, and/or (c) high
employment growth.
3. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to report, by
April 1, 2014 and biennially thereafter, on the outcomes
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of the Cal Grant C Program, including 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
awards based on the priorities established pursuant to
#2.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Unknown with the latest amendments.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/3/10) (Unable to reverify)
University of California Student Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
although the Cal Grant C program awards almost 8,000 grants
annually for occupational and technical training, these
awards do not track well with the state's most urgent labor
needs. This bill has been introduced to ensure that CSAC
strategically directs Cal Grant C funds to recipients
seeking occupations in areas with high employment demand,
growth potential, wages and/or importance to California's
strategic initiatives. This bill will maximize the
opportunities for Californians to acquire the necessary job
skills to gain and keep employment.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
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Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Norby, Vacancy
PQ:mw 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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