BILL ANALYSIS �
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 835 (Mitchell)
As Amended June 29, 2011
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-0 |(May 5, 2011) |SENATE: |34-3 |(July 14, |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
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SUMMARY : Authorizes, for programs developed under the Career
Technical Education (CTE) Pathways Initiative (SB 70 (Scott)
Chapter 352, Statutes of 2005), a California Community College
(CCC) district to enroll a high school pupil who is not a
resident of that CCC district and provides that the CCC district
shall not be subject to any other geographic limitations for the
program.
The Senate amendments specify that CTE Pathways Initiative
programs enrolling high school pupils pursuant to the provisions
of this bill may not be duplicative of programs already offered
at the pupils' high school.
EXISTING LAW establishes the CTE Pathways Initiative, requiring
the Board of Governors (BOG) of the CCC to assist economic and
workforce regional development centers and consortia to improve
CTE education pathways between high schools and CCC and
requiring the CCC Chancellor to develop, implement and report on
a strategy for CTE Pathway Initiative program objectives and
outcomes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS : The CTE Pathways Initiative, established by SB 70
(Scott) in 2005, provided funding to be dispersed by the CCC
Chancellor's Office and the California Department of Education
(CDE) to CCC and K-12 districts to support programs that
strengthen students' academic and career readiness. As of July
30, 2010, CTE Pathways Initiative funding totaled approximately
$188 million. All regions of the state have received grant
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support. Based on available data, this funding has helped
create or enhance at least 5,134 CTE partner organizations,
342,957 skills training or upgrades to students, and 16,806
teachers, counselors and staff have participated in trainings or
externships.
Among the various programs supported by the CTE Pathways
Initiative funding are California Partnership Academies (CPAs),
the state's longstanding pathways model to provide students in
grades 10-12 with integrated academic and career technical
instruction, including mentoring and internships, by way of
school district and business partnerships. Under existing law,
at least half of the students in a CPA must be at-risk youth.
CPAs are structured as a school within a school, each CPA
creates a close, family-like atmosphere with an emphasis on
student achievement and goals of postsecondary education and
refined career plans. Students must apply, be interviewed and
selected on the basis of need and interest. CTE Pathways
Initiative Grants have supported the continuation and expansion
of existing CPAs as well as the creation of new CPAs. Currently
there are close to 500 CPAs throughout the state.
The author has introduced this bill in response to concerns
raised by the sponsor, the Environmental Academy Boosters.
According to the sponsor, this bill seeks to remove statutory
and regulatory barriers in order to permit high school students
to participate in intensive workshops that serve and bring
together diverse student populations in geographically diverse
locations for training that may not fit the traditional concept
for CTE Pathways programs.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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