BILL NUMBER: AB 1853	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 8007 of the Education Code, relating to
career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1853, as introduced, Bonilla. Career technical education:
reports.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education and the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to submit to
the Legislature an annual descriptive report containing information
on career technical education and technical training programs and an
annual individual program evaluation containing specified information
on program effectiveness.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8007 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   8007.  The  State Department of Education  
department  and the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges shall submit the following reports each year to
the Legislature:
   (a) An annual descriptive report containing information on career
technical education and technical training programs, including
regional occupational centers and programs. The report shall be
coordinated with federal evaluation requirements pursuant to Section
113 of Title I of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
Education Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-332; 20 U.S.C. Sec. 2323) and shall
contain all of the following:
   (1) Enrollment defined in terms of secondary pupils, postsecondary
students, and adults.
   (2) The number of graduates of programs and students participating
in career technical education.
   (3) The number of pupils participating in career technical
education.
   (4) The number of pupils completing a specific career technical
education program.
   (5) The number of pupils in grade 12 that complete a career
technical education program.
   (6) The number of pupils in grade 12 that complete a career
technical education program and earn a high school diploma.
   (b) An annual individual program evaluation derived from a
representative sample of participating districts and schools
containing information on program effectiveness as measured by:
   (1) The extent to which persons who complete the program find
employment in occupations related to their training.
   (2) Other factors as determined in Budget Act language pursuant to
Section 33404.
   (c) A copy of the annual state plan for career technical
education.