BILL NUMBER: AB 1523 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 17, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Perea
JANUARY 18, 2012
An act to amend Section 54750 add Article
7.6 (commencing with Section 54755) to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to
career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1523, as amended, Perea. Career technical education:
partnership academies: green technology.
transportation for the 21st century partnership academies.
Existing law provides for the establishment of partnership
academies by participating school districts and establishes criteria
qualifying pupils in grades 10, 11, and 12 for enrollment in the
academies. Existing law establishes the parameters for the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue grants to school
districts maintaining high schools that meet the partnership academy
eligibility requirements.
This bill would establish one new category of partnership
academies, the transportation for the 21st century partnership
academy. Commencing with the 2012-13 school year, when funds become
available for additional partnership academies, as specified, the
Superintendent would be required to issue grants for the
establishment of partnership academies in each geographical area of
the California High-Speed Rail Project's planned 10 project sections,
and would be required to give priority to partnership academies
dedicated to educating pupils in transportation for the 21st century.
The selection of school districts to establish the new partnership
academies and the planning and development of the new partnership
academies would be required to be conducted pursuant to the
procedures and requirements established for all partnership academies
under existing law. The bill would provide that the funding
priorities it creates may be satisfied when the specified number of
transportation for the 21st century partnership academies are funded,
as specified.
The bill, in the event a school district applies to convert an
existing school program to a transportation for the 21st century
partnership academy and meets all the specified criteria for that new
partnership academy, would authorize the department, in coordination
with the Superintendent, to provide that academy with first-year
implementation funds. In order to be eligible for funding for a
transportation for the 21st century partnership academy, the bill
would require the coursework and internship or preapprenticeship
programs of the proposed academy to focus on the use of
environmentally sound technologies and practices. This bill would
require staff development opportunities to be included in the academy
plans.
Existing law provides for the establishment of green technology
partnership academies by participating school districts and requires
the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue grants for the
establishment of partnership academies and to give priority to the
establishment of partnership academies dedicated to educating pupils
in the emerging, environmentally sound technologies until no less
than one green technology partnership academy has been established in
each of the 9 economic regions established by the state. Under
existing law, these partnership academies may include technologies
that educate pupils in specified areas, including, but not limited
to, ocean, soil, or water conservation.
This bill would authorize green technology partnership academies
to include technology that educates pupils about transportation for
the 21st century.
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. Article 7.6 (commencing with Section
54755) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of
Title 2 of the Education Code , to read:
Article 7.6. Transportation for the 21st Century Partnership
Academies
54755. (a) Commencing with the 2012-13 school year, when funds
become available for additional partnership academies within the
total number of grants available for all partnership academies
pursuant to Section 54691, the Superintendent shall issue grants for
the establishment of partnership academies and shall give priority to
the establishment of partnership academies dedicated to educating
pupils in transportation for the 21st century until no less than one
transportation for the 21st century partnership academy has been
established in each geographical area of the California High-Speed
Rail Project's planned 10 project sections. The academies may
include, but are not limited to, educating pupils in construction,
engineering, operations, maintenance, manufacturing of rolling stock,
mechanical functions, equipment operations, and information
technology.
(b) (1) The selection of school districts to establish the
transportation for the 21st century partnership academies and the
planning and development of the transportation for the 21st century
partnership academies shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures
and requirements established in Section 54691 for all partnership
academies. The planning grants shall be made available for academies
pursuant to this article from the total number of grants established
pursuant to Section 54691.
(2) In the event a school district applies to convert an existing
school program to a partnership academy and meets all the criteria
for a partnership academy pursuant to Section 54692 and paragraph
(3), the department, in coordination with the Superintendent, may
provide that academy with first-year implementation funds, as
appropriate.
(3) (A) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this
article, the coursework and internship or preapprenticeship programs
of the proposed academy shall focus on the use of environmentally
sound technologies and practices. The proposed academy shall
demonstrate this through its efforts to obtain input from
environmental industry, utilities, and professional trade
organizations.
(B) Staff development opportunities also shall be included in the
academy plans to ensure that teaching staff has the opportunity to be
educated in the use of emerging technologies and to become familiar
with new materials and current practices in the field.
(c) The priority established in this section may be satisfied when
the specified number of transportation for the 21st century
partnership academies meeting the requirements of this article are
funded by any of, or a combination of, funds appropriated for the
establishment of partnership academies.
SECTION 1. Section 54750 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
54750. (a) Commencing with the 2009-10 school year, when funds
become available for additional partnership academies within the
total number of grants available for all partnership academies
pursuant to Section 54691, the Superintendent shall issue grants for
the establishment of partnership academies and shall give priority to
the establishment of partnership academies dedicated to educating
pupils in the emerging, environmentally sound technologies until no
less than one green technology partnership academy has been
established in each of the nine economic regions established by the
state. The academies may include, but are not limited to,
technologies that educate pupils in the following areas:
(1) Energy audits that include a determination of energy savings.
(2) Retrofitting and weatherization activities that increase
energy efficiency and conservation.
(3) Energy-efficient and water-efficient buildings.
(4) Retrofitting and installing energy-efficient household
appliances, windows, doors, insulation, and lighting.
(5) Retrofitting and installing water and energy conservation
technologies in existing homes, industrial buildings, and commercial
and public buildings, to improve efficiency, including the use of
energy and water management technologies and control systems.
(6) The design, construction, manufacture, sale, assembly,
installation, and maintenance of energy-efficient technologies and
renewable energy facilities, or the component parts of renewable
energy technologies.
(7) Energy-efficient technologies or practices and renewable
energy production, or the component parts of renewable energy plants
and energy distribution, including energy storage; energy
infrastructure, including transmission; transportation, including
logistics; and water and wastewater, including water conservation.
(8) Performance and low-emission vehicle technology, automotive
computer systems, mass transit fleet conversion, and the servicing
and maintenance of those technologies.
(9) Pollution prevention and hazardous and solid waste reduction.
(10) Ocean, soil, or water conservation, or forestation strategies
to mitigate climate change impacts.
(11) Transportation for the 21st century.
(b) (1) The selection of school districts to establish the green
technology partnership academies and the planning and development of
the green technology partnership academies shall be conducted
pursuant to the procedures and requirements established in Section
54691 for all partnership academies. The planning grants shall be
made available for academies pursuant to this article from the total
number of grants established pursuant to Section 54691.
(2) In the event a school district applies to convert an existing
school program to a partnership academy and meets all the criteria
for a partnership academy pursuant to Section 54692 and paragraph
(3), the department, in coordination with the Superintendent, may
provide that academy with first-year implementation funds, as
appropriate.
(3) (A) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this
article, the coursework and internship or preapprenticeship programs
of the proposed academy shall focus on the use of environmentally
sound technologies and practices. The proposed academy shall
demonstrate this through its efforts to obtain input from
environmental industry, utilities, and professional trade
organizations.
(B) Staff development opportunities also shall be included in the
academy plans to ensure that teaching staff has the opportunity to be
educated in the use of emerging technologies and to become familiar
with new materials and current practices in the field.
(c) The priority established in this section may be satisfied when
the specified number of green technology partnership academies
meeting the requirements of this article are funded by any of, or a
combination of, funds appropriated for the establishment of
partnership academies.