BILL NUMBER: AB 1310 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Furutani
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act relating to career technical education.
An act to add Section 88550.7 to the Education Code, and to add
Section 14013.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to
education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1310, as amended, Furutani. Career technical
education: strategic plan. Education: career technical
education and workforce development.
Under existing law, the public school system of the state
includes, among other schools, secondary and technical schools.
Existing law provides for various career technical and workforce
preparation programs in the public schools. Existing law also
establishes the University of California, the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments
of public postsecondary education in this state.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system. Existing law also establishes the Labor
and Workforce Development Agency, which consists of the Office of the
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board, the California Workforce Investment Board, the
Department of Industrial Relations, and the Employment Development
Department.
This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor and the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges to work to develop
a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce development
in the state, in accordance with specified provisions and along with
other state entities. In particular, this bill would also require the
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, the California
Workforce Investment Board, the State Department of Education, and
the California Postsecondary Education Commission to develop this
strategic plan, which would be required to contain specified
elements. The bill would require the California Workforce Investment
Board and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges to report their recommendations for the strategic plan to
the Governor and the Legislature on or before July 1, 2012, and would
require the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges to provide the staffing and resources necessary for
developing and reporting the strategic plan.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to
12, inclusive, to offer courses in career technical education
designed and conducted for the purpose of preparing youth for gainful
employment in the occupations and in the numbers that are
appropriate to the personnel needs of the state and the community
served and relevant to the career desires and needs of the pupils.
This bill would state the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would develop a strategic plan in the education
system for workforce preparation and career technical education.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 88550.7 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
88550.7. The Office of the Chancellor and the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges shall work to develop a
strategic plan for connecting education and workforce development in
the state pursuant to Section 14013.5 of the Unemployment Insurance
Code.
SEC. 2. Section 14013.5 is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code , to read:
14013.5. (a) The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development,
the California Workforce Investment Board, the Office of the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Board of the
Governors of the California Community Colleges, the State Department
of Education, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission
shall develop a strategic plan for connecting the delivery of
education and workforce development in the state. In cooperation with
representatives from education, business, and labor organizations,
the agencies shall make recommendations in the strategic plan that
address the contribution of academic and career technical education,
at all levels of education and workforce development.
(b) The strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to, all
of the following provisions:
(1) How the state determines appropriate measures for evaluating
and collecting data on future workforce needs.
(2) The alignment of workforce needs with future postsecondary
education programs and capacity at both the state and regional
levels.
(3) Strategies for fostering long-term improvements in workers'
skills and knowledge.
(4) Methods for closing the skills gap and strengthening the nexus
between education and the workforce.
(5) Appropriate measures for improving data collection on future
workforce needs.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board and the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges solicit
input from K-12 and postsecondary education institutions, local
workforce investment boards, regional occupational centers and
programs, adult school programs, and other appropriate governmental
entities in developing recommendations for the strategic plan.
(d) (1) The board and the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges shall report their recommendations for
the strategic plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before
July 1, 2012.
(2) (A) The requirement for submitting the report imposed under
paragraph (1) is inoperative on July 1, 2016, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
(B) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall provide the staffing and resources necessary for
developing and reporting the strategic plan developed pursuant to
this section.
(f) For purposes of this section, "board" means the California
Workforce Investment Board.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would develop a strategic plan in the
education system for workforce preparation and career technical
education.