BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 8, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 1070 (Steinberg) - As Amended: August 6, 2012
Policy Committee: Higher Education
Vote: 8-0
Education 9-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill revises provisions of the Career Technical Education
Pathways (CTEP) program and extends the program's sunset date
from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2018.
FISCAL EFFECT
GF/98 costs, likely between $20 million and $38 million, to
continue funding the CTEP program. This measure requires the
program to only be operative in fiscal years (FYs) where funds
are appropriated for this purpose. The 2012 Budget Act
allocates $38 million for this program. In the 2013-14 FY, the
CTEP program is scheduled to receive $20 million.
Per the California Tea chers Association et. al. v.
Schwarzenegger settlement, CCCs are required to receive a total
of $292 million over a seven-year period for this program and
one-time costs. The original allocations were between the
2007-08 fiscal year (FY) and the 2013-14 FY. However, due to
the state's fiscal crisis, the amount of funding allocated to
CCCs under this agreement fluctuated between $18 and $38
million. As such, the state added an extra year to the timeline
to ensure the entire $292 million obligation to CCCs is met.
SUMMARY, CONTINUED
1)Requires the chancellor of the California Community Colleges
(CCCs) and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to
assist economic and workforce regional development centers and
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consortia, CCCs, middle schools, high schools, and regional
occupational centers and programs (ROC/Ps) to improve linkages
and CTE pathways between high schools and CCCs to accomplish
specified goals that increase middle and high school pupil
success and access to postsecondary education, as specified.
2)Requires the SPI and the CCC Chancellor to jointly administer
contracts and competitive grants for programs and initiatives
that demonstrate a plan for collaboration among regional
institutions/entities, including, but not limited to school
districts, public postsecondary educational institutions,
ROC/Ps, local workforce investment boards (LWIBs), and
business/industry, as specified.
a) Requires first priority for contracts and grants to be
given to applicants that can demonstrate comprehensive
regional collaboration to create new pathways or course
sequences, as specified.
b) Requires special consideration to be given for contracts
and grants with specified characteristics, such as
displaying a statewide benefit, leveraging additional
financial support, serving rural regions, and coordinating
with initiatives in partnership with LWIBs.
3)Requires all contract or grant awardees to demonstrate
outcome-based data pertinent to the type of program and
individuals they serve, as specified.
4)Requires the SPI and the CCC Chancellor to (a) develop
standardized procedures/tools to collect outcome based data
and (b) submit a report to the governor and the Legislature on
or before March 1 of each year on the CTEP program, as
specified.
5)Requires the SPI and CCC Chancellor to provide an
implementation and expenditure plan to the Legislature and the
Department of Finance at least 30 days before taking action to
implement the expenditure plan.
6)Authorizes a CCC district to enroll a high school pupil, who
is not a resident of the district, in a CTEP program that is
developed and implemented by the district, as specified.
COMMENTS
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1)Rationale . According to the author, "Studies show that
programs that bring together strong academics, demanding
technical education, and real world experience are more likely
to engage pupils, raise high school graduation rates, and
better prepare pupils for lasting success in college and
careers." The author further states the CTE Pathway
Initiative and other investments have led to "5,792
partnerships, developed or revised more than 1,000 courses,
provided trainings to more than 36,000 staff at high schools
and CCCs." This bill revises and reauthorizes the CTEP
program until January 1, 2018.
2)Existing law , the CTE Pathways Initiative, established by SB
70 (Scott), Chapter 352, Statutes of 2005, requires the CCC to
assist economic and workforce regional development centers and
consortia to improve CTE education pathways between high
schools and community colleges. The initiative has served
nearly 750,000 California middle and high school pupils and
college students through a variety of programs and services
designed to increase their success in college and career.
The CTE Pathways Initiative is a component of the CCC Economic
and Workforce Development program, which requires the CCC
Board of Governors to assist economic and workforce regional
development centers and consortia, including middle and junior
high schools or high schools and ROC/Ps to improve linkages
and CTE pathways between high schools and community colleges.
The CCC Economic and Workforce Development program sunsets on
January1 1, 2013.
The provisions of this bill are consistent with existing law
related to the CTE Pathways Initiative and the CCC Economic
and Workforce Development program, as specified.
3)Clarification regarding priority in grant funding . This bill
requires first priority be given to applicants that can
demonstrate comprehensive regional collaboration to create new
pathways or course sequences, as specified. It further
requires "special consideration" to be given for contracts and
grants with specified characteristics, such as displaying a
statewide benefit, leveraging additional financial support,
serving rural regions, and coordinating with initiatives in
partnership with LWIBs. There is no definition of "special
consideration" and as such, it is unclear if a contract
providing a statewide benefit is a higher priority than a
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grant serving a rural region. Staff recommends the author
clearly delineate priorities for grant and contract funding
under this program.
4)Funding for the CTE Pathways Initiative . SB 70 (Scott),
Chapter 352, Statutes of 2005, allocated approximately $20.2
million for this program. Of this amount, $20 million was
one-time GF/98 reversion funds to provide grants and $193,000
was federal CTE funds allocated to SDE to support two two-year
limited-term positions for workload associated with the
program.
SB 1133 (Torlakson), Chapter 751, Statutes of 2006,
established the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA), which
implemented the settlement agreement for the California
Teachers Association et. al. v. Schwarzenegger lawsuit related
to not providing enough funding required under Proposition 98
(K-14 education). SB 1133 allocated a total of $2.71 billion
over seven FYs to the following:
a) The QEIA program, which provides funding to elementary,
secondary, and charter schools ranked in deciles 1 or 2 of
the 2005 Academic Performance Index to provide funding to
reduce class size and hire additional counselors, as
specified.
b) The CCCs to fund CTE pathway programs established under
SB 70 and conduct one-time activities, such as fixing the
physical plant of campuses.
Since the passage of SB 1133, the statute governing the CTA
et. al. v. Schwarzenegger settlement has been amended various
times, mainly to address issues related to the QEIA program.
For the most part the amount of funding provided to CCCs has
remained consistent with the original statute.
5)Related legislation . SB 1402 (Lieu), pending in this
committee, is a companion bill to this measure in that it
recasts and revises provisions governing the CCC Economic and
Workforce Development program and extends its sunset to
January 1, 2018.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
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