Amended in Assembly May 1, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2033

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Gray, and Perea)

(Principal coauthors: Senators Cannella, Galgiani, Nielsen, and Vidak)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Bocanegra, Bradford, Buchanan, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Eggman, Fox, Frazier, Harkey, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Logue, Maienschein, Mullin, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk-Silva, Williams, and Yamada)

(Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Berryhill, Hueso, and Roth)

February 20, 2014

An act begin insert to amend Section 52461 of the Education Code, end insert relating to career technical begin delete education, and making an appropriation therefor. end delete begin insert education. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2033, as amended, Salas. Agricultural career technical education: begin insert grant end insert funding.

begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete begin delete 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. end delete Existing law establishes the Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program, begin delete pursuant to end delete which begin insert requires end insert the Superintendent of Public Instruction begin delete is authorized end delete to award begin delete grants to end delete begin insert a grant, for the purpose of purchasing or leasing agricultural career technical education equipment, to an end insert applicant school begin delete districts for purposes relating to end delete begin insert district that operates an end insert agricultural career technical education begin delete programs. end delete begin insert program and that meets specified requirements. end insert

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Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to annually adopt or update a local control and accountability plan that contains specified information.

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begin delete This bill would appropriate the sum of $4,134,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for purposes of funding the Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program. end delete begin insert This bill would require the Superintendent end insert begin insert to award a end insert begin insert grant to a school district that, in addition to meeting the existing requirements, demonstrates how the expenditure of the grant funds will be consistent with its adopted local control and accountability plan. end insert The bill would also express various findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to agricultural career technical education.

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(2) Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

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(a)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 1) end insert  California, as the leading agriculture producing state in the
nation for over 60 years, has a compelling interest in ensuring that
its school system supports and promotes the continued development
of innovative and thoughtful agricultural leaders.

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(b)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 2) end insert  The Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive
Program begin insert (Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 52460) of Chapter
9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code) end insert has
given clear guidance and direction to school districts throughout
California in developing and promoting high-quality program
standards.

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(c)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 3) end insert  The Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive
Program has provided financial incentives for school districts to
embark on a systematic and sustained process for improving the
delivery and effectiveness of agricultural education throughout
California.

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(d)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 4) end insert  The Future Farmers of America organization, which is
integral to high school instruction, has long proven itself as an
outstanding teaching strategy that promotes excellence in
begin delete agriculture end delete begin insert agricultural end insert education for pupils throughout California.
The goal of the California Future Farmers of America organization
is to teach and promote premier leadership, personal growth, and
career success among its members.

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(e)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 5) end insert  The Future Farmers of America has a long and
well-established tradition of providing meaningful, relevant
leadership development experiences that have had a positive effect
on the lives of thousands of pupils in their communities.

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(f)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 6) end insert  California’s reputation for leadership in a variety of
innovative and expanding science, technology, engineering, and
agricultural industries has been made possible through the
availability of well-trained and educated personnel.

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(g)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 7) end insert  Cocurricular pupil leadership organizations enhance the
classroom instruction process, provide opportunities to learn in a
laboratory, and provide leadership training opportunities.

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(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated for
the Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program
in the annual Budget Act shall be no less than the amount
appropriated during the 2013-14 fiscal year.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 52461 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended to
read: end insert

52461.  

The Superintendent begin delete of Public Instruction end delete shall award
grants to applicant school districts begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert meet the following
requirements:

(a) The school district shall contribute an amount of funds equal
to the amount of the grant to the purchase or lease of equipment
for use in agricultural career technical education programs.

(b) The school district shall certify to the Superintendent begin delete of
Public Instruction end delete that the grant funds received and the matching
funds contributed by the begin insert school end insert district shall be used solely for the
purpose of purchasing or leasing equipment for use in agricultural
career technical education programs.

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(c) The school district shall demonstrate how the expenditure
of the grant funds will be consistent with its local control and
accountability plan adopted pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing
with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1.

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SEC. 2.  

(a) The sum of four million one hundred thirty-four
thousand dollars ($4,134,000) is appropriated from the General
Fund to the State Department of Education, to be allocated for
purposes of funding the Agricultural Career Technical Education
Incentive Program (Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 52460)
of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
Code).

(b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section
8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds
appropriated pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be
“General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as
defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code,
for the 2014-15 fiscal year, and included within the “total
allocations to school districts and community college districts from
General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article
XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the
Education Code, for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

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