BILL NUMBER: SB 275 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 6, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 31, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 11, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 25, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
An act to add Section 52499.68 52334.7
to the Education Code, relating to career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 275, as amended, Hancock. Career technical education: funding.
Existing law provides funding for various career technical
education programs, including regional occupational centers and
programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and
agricultural career technical education programs.
Commencing with the 2015-16 fiscal year and for each fiscal year
thereafter, this bill would require, for each of these programs, that
the Superintendent of Public Instruction apportion to each county
office of education an amount based on the same relative proportion
that local educational agencies within that county received in the
2007-08 fiscal year. The bill would require that these funds be
expended for the purposes for which they were appropriated, except
that up to 10% of the funds for each program, upon agreement between
the governing board of the school district and the governing board of
the regional occupational center or program, may be used to support
any combination of these programs for the duration of 3 years for any
direct career technical education courses or long-term instructional
supports, including, but not limited to, the development of a
sequence of courses, career counseling, and employer or work
experiences, or of one year for any one-time items, including, but
not limited to, field trips and equipment. The bill would provide
that these agreements would be renewable thereafter with the
agreement of both governing boards. The bill would additionally
authorize the Superintendent to approve requests to increase this
funding flexibility to up to 25% if specified criteria are met.
Commencing with the 2015-16 fiscal year and for each fiscal year
thereafter, this bill would require the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, using funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for
regional occupational centers and programs, to apportion an amount to
each county office of education in the same relative proportion of
funding that the county office of education, school districts, and
joint powers agencies within that county receive in the 2014-15
fiscal year. The bill would further require each county office of
education to allocate to regional occupational centers and programs a
proportion of these funds in the same relative proportion of funding
that they receive in the 2014-15 fiscal year.
The bill would authorize the local educational agencies that
operate career technical education programs to form into regions for
purposes of entering into agreements to share in the cost of
developing and maintaining a career technical education program using
funding appropriated for regional occupational centers and programs,
specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and
agricultural career technical education programs, as specified. The
bill would require that funds subject to these agreements be expended
only to ensure the development and maintenance of high quality
career technical education programs. The bill would specify that
absent an agreement, funds appropriated for specialized secondary
programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical
education programs be expended only for the purposes for which they
were appropriated.
The bill would impose certain conditions on the receipt of funds
under these provisions, including, among others, that the governing
board of each regional occupational center or program, in
collaboration with individuals representing partner school districts
within each region, California partnership academies, agricultural
career technical education programs, and other career technical
education programs develop a plan for establishing a sequence of
courses by July 1, 2015, as specified.
The bill would require the Superintendent to align the
accountability measures for regional occupational centers and
programs, agricultural career technical education programs, and
partnership academies , and specialized secondary
education programs into a uniform accountability metric
based on specified indicators and pupil data.
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 52499.68 52334.7
is added to the Education Code, to read:
52499.68 52334.7 . (a) For the
2015-16 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter:
(1) (A) Notwithstanding Section 42605 or any
other law, from funds appropriated in Items
Item 6110-105-0001 , 6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001, and
6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act,
the Superintendent shall apportion an amount to each county office of
education based on in the same
relative proportion of funding that local
educational agencies the county office of education,
school districts, and joint powers agencies within that county
received receive from that item
in the 2007-08 2014 -15
fiscal year.
(2)
(B) From the funds described in paragraph (1)
subparagraph (A) , each county office of
education shall allocate to regional occupational centers and
programs , in accordance with Section 52321,
school districts, and county offices of education, a
proportion of these funds based on in
the same relative proportion of funding that these
agencies received regional occupational
centers and programs receive in the 2007-08
2014 -15 fiscal year.
(2) (A) Local educational agencies that operate career technical
education programs may form into regions for purposes of this
paragraph.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law, within a region formed pursuant
to subparagraph (A), two or more of the following persons may enter
into an agreement to use funding received from Items 6110-105-0001,
6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001, and 6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of
the annual Budget Act to share in the cost of developing and
maintaining a career technical education program:
(i) A representative of the governing board of a regional
occupational center or program.
(ii) A representative of a schoolsite Agricultural Advisory
Committee.
(iii) The site director of a California Partnership Academy.
(iv) A representative of a school district appointed by the
superintendent of the school district.
(C) The agreement formed pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall remain
in effect for one year, and shall be renewable annually thereafter
with the consent of the parties to the agreement.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated pursuant to
paragraph (1) and funds subject to an agreement pursuant to paragraph
(2) may be expended only to ensure the development of maintenance of
a high quality career technical education program.
(4) In the absence of an agreement pursuant to paragraph (2),
funds appropriated in Items 6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001, and
6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act may be
expended only for the purposes of the programs for which they were
appropriated.
(3)
(b) (1) As a condition of receipt
of funds pursuant to this section, the governing board of each
regional occupational center or program, in collaboration with
individuals representing partner school districts within each region,
California partnership academies, agricultural career technical
education programs, and other career technical education programs,
shall develop do all of the following:
(A) Develop a plan for
establishing a sequence of courses , and, by July 1 of that
fiscal year, shall certify to the department that this sequence has
been developed, pursuant to Section 52302 by July 1,
2015. This plan shall not be in conflict with the plan developed
pursuant to Section 52302, and, to the extent it is appropriate,
shall be based on that plan and shall update that plan .
(B) Certify to the department by September 1, 2016, that each
sequence of courses specified in the plan required by this
subdivision has been developed.
(C) Report each new sequence of courses and each modification to
existing sequences to the department no later than September 1 of the
fiscal year in which the changes are implemented.
(4) (A) Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be expended
only for purposes of the programs for which they were appropriated,
except that up to 10 percent of the funds from each item identified
in paragraph (1), upon agreement between the governing board of the
school district and the governing board of the regional occupational
center or program, may be used to support any combination of these
programs for the duration of either of the following time periods:
(i) Three years for any direct career technical education courses
or long-term instructional supports, including, but not limited to,
the development of a sequence of courses, career counseling, and
employer or work experiences.
(ii) One year for one-time items, including, but not limited to,
field trips and equipment.
(B) Any agreement made pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of
subparagraph (A) is renewable thereafter with the agreement of both
governing boards.
(C) Notwithstanding the 10-percent restriction in subparagraph
(A), the Superintendent may approve requests to increase to up to 25
percent the flexibility authorized pursuant to subparagraph (A),
provided that both of the following occur:
(i) The request is approved by the affected governing boards.
(ii) The purpose of the request is to support implementation of a
new program of study that consists of a planned sequence of courses
that integrates high-quality core academic knowledge with technical
and occupational skills and knowledge, for the purpose of providing
pupils in secondary school who are enrolled in career technical
education courses with a pathway to postsecondary career technical
education and career goals.
(5) As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to this section,
programs
(2) Programs receiving funds
pursuant to this section shall collect and report data as
required by the department to prepare and update an accountability
measure as provided in subdivision (b) (c)
.
(b)
(c) (1) To determine the quality and effectiveness of a
career technical education course of study or sequence of career
technical education courses funded pursuant to subdivision (a), the
Superintendent shall align the accountability measures for regional
occupational centers and programs, agricultural career technical
education programs, and partnership academies ,
and specialized secondary education programs into a uniform
accountability metric based on any career-ready standards adopted
pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20
U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and the following 11 program quality
indicators in the California State Plan for Career Technical
Education:
(A) Leadership at all levels.
(B) High-quality curriculum and instruction aligned with state
standards.
(C) Career exploration and guidance.
(D) Pupil support and leadership development.
(E) Industry partnerships and advisory committees.
(F) System alignment and coherence, including postsecondary
institution involvement.
(G) After school, extended day, and out-of-school opportunities.
(H) Reflection of labor market demands, and provision of current
equipment.
(I) Skilled faculty and professional development.
(J) Career technical education outreach and communication.
(K) Data-based pupil evaluation, accountability, and continuous
improvement.
(2) In addition to the indicators listed in paragraph (1), the
accountability measures shall include the rates at which pupils
complete a course of study or sequence of career technical education
courses that provide the skills and knowledge necessary to attain
entry-level employment in business or industry, or to pursue
postsecondary education after those pupils graduate from high school.
The pupil data shall include, but are not necessarily limited to,
all of the following:
(A) The number of pupils completing high school.
(B) The number of pupils earning an industry-recognized
certification or licensure or other measures of technical skill
attainment.
(C) The number of pupils completing career technical education
courses and completing a career technical education program of study,
consisting of a sequence of two or more career technical education
courses.
(D) The number of pupils employed and the types of businesses in
which they are employed.
(E) The number of pupils enrolled in postsecondary education or
apprenticeship programs, or serving in the Armed Forces.