Amended in Senate June 4, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 1, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1797

Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 18, 2014

An act to add Section 14017 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to the California Workforce Investment Board.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1797, as amended, Rodriguez. California Workforce Investment Board.

Under existing law, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency consists of, among other entities, the California Workforce Investment Board and the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law makes the board responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st Century economy and workforce. Existing law provides for the establishment of apprenticeship programs in various trades, to be approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the establishment.

In efforts to expand job training and employment for allied health professions, this bill would require the board, in consultation with the division, to, among other things, identify opportunities for “earn and learn” job training opportunities and develop the means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of qualified candidates seeking to enter “earn and learn” job training models. The bill would require the board, on or before December 1, 2015, to prepare and submit to specified legislative committees a report documenting the above findings and making recommendations based on those findings.

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 14017 is added to the Unemployment
Insurance Code, to read:

14017.  

(a) In efforts to expand job training and employment
for allied health professions, the California Workforce Investment
Board, in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship
Standards, shall do the following:

(1) Identify opportunities for “earn and learn” job training
opportunities that meet the industry’s workforce demands and that
are in high-wage, high-demand jobs.

(2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
for entry into “earn and learn” job training begin delete models and establish
standards for corresponding skills training programs that result in
an industry-recognized credential certifying that the individual is
ready to enter an “earn and learn” job training model in the allied
health professions. end delete begin insert models. end insert

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(3) Establish standards for “earn and learn” job training
programs that are outcome oriented and accountable. The
standards shall measure the results from program participation,
including a measurement of how many complete the program with
an industry-recognized credential that certifies that the individual
is ready to enter the specific allied health profession for which he
or she has been trained.

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(3)

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begin insert (4) end insert  Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
qualified candidates seeking to enter “earn and learn” job training
models.

(b) (1) The board, on or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare
and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature
a report on the findings and recommendations of the board.

(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant
to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.