BILL NUMBER: AB 1310 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Furutani
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
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. Education: career
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,
in conjunction with the California Workforce Investment
Board, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, the State Department of Education, and the
California Postsecondary Education Commission , to
develop this a strategic plan ,
requires to contain specified elements, for connecting the delivery
of education and workforce development. , 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.
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 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 1. Section 14013.5
is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:
14013.5. (a) The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development,
in conjunction with 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 secretary 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.
(d) The strategic plan shall be funded from the federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), the federal
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of
2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.), the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29
U.S.C. Sec. 49 et seq.), or other available federal funds for
workforce development, or from philanthropic sources.
(f)
(e) For purposes of this section, "board" means the
California Workforce Investment Board.