BILL NUMBER: AB 2647	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

    An act relating to career technical education. 
 An act to add Section 51760.4 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2647, as amended, Swanson.  Career technical education.
  Pupil instruction: work-based learning.  
   Existing law authorizes school districts that maintain high
schools to establish work experience programs for the purpose of
providing pupils with instruction in skills, attitudes, and
understandings necessary for success in employment.  
   This bill would require the governing board of a school district
offering work-based learning opportunities to require a teacher of
any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to verbally inform pupils about
work experience education opportunities and other career partnerships
in order to raise awareness of the career training resources that
are available to those pupils.  
   Existing law authorizes various career technical education
programs, including regional occupational centers and programs,
specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and
agricultural career technical education programs.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would raise awareness of the career training
resources available to high school pupils, and would set forth
related findings and declarations. 
   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.   (a)    The
Legislature finds and declares all of the following: 
   (1) 
    (a)  As the state and the nation move fully into the
green economy, there is a unique opportunity to align the various
training programs offered in high schools, community colleges, and
other postsecondary institutions, in order to provide clear pathways
to quality employment and career opportunities in the growth sectors
of the economy. While this alignment is necessary for all young
people in California, it is especially critical for boys and young
men of color, far too many of whom are disconnected from education,
training, and employment opportunities. 
   (2) 
    (b)  Special attention should be drawn to the need for
greater targeting of resources, expanding learning opportunities, and
capacity-building efforts in under-performing schools where the
greatest number of boys and young men of color are found. 
   (3) 
    (c)  Attention should also be drawn to the need for
greater accountability for effective accelerated learning
opportunities in alternative schools, such as continuation high
schools and community day schools, in which African American and
Latino youth comprise more than two-thirds of the enrolled pupils.

   (4) 
    (d)  High school graduation with completion of the
courses that are required for college admission is an essential
platform for successful postsecondary education, employment, and
career opportunities that provide economic security for boys and
young men of color, their families, and the people of the state.

   (b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would raise awareness of the career training
resources that are available to high school pupils. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 51760.4 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   51760.4.  The governing board of a school district offering
work-based learning opportunities shall require a teacher of any of
grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to verbally inform pupils about work
experience education opportunities and other career partnerships in
order to raise awareness of the career training resources that are
available to those pupils.