Amended in Senate August 4, 2014

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, begin insert Alejo, end insert Bocanegra, Bradford, Buchanan, begin insert Ian Calderon, end insert Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, begin insert Dahle, end insert Daly, Eggman, Fox, Frazier, Harkey, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Logue, Maienschein, Mullin, begin insert Nestande, end insert Olsen, Pan, Patterson, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk-Silva, Williams, and Yamada)

(Coauthors: Senators Anderson, begin insert Block, end insert Berryhill, Hueso, and Roth)

February 20, 2014

An act to amend Section 52461 of begin insert , and to add Section 52463 to, end insert the Education Code, relating to career technical begin delete education. end delete begin insert education, and making an appropriation therefor. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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

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Existing

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

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.

This begin insert bill would continuously appropriate the sum of $4,134,000 in each fiscal year beginning with the 2015-16 fiscal year from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for purposes of funding the Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program. The end insert bill would require the Superintendent to award a 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. 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 no end delete begin insert yes end insert . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

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

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(1)

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begin insert (a) 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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(2)

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begin insert (b) end insert  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) has
given clear guidance and direction to school districts throughout
California in developing and promoting high-quality program
standards.

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(3)

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begin insert (c) 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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(4)

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begin insert (d) 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
agricultural 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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(5)

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begin insert (e) 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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(6)

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begin insert (f) 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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(7)

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begin insert (g) 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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SEC. 2.  

Section 52461 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

52461.  

The Superintendent shall award grants to applicant
school districts that 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 that
the grant funds received and the matching funds contributed by
the school district shall be used solely for the purpose of purchasing
or leasing equipment for use in agricultural career technical
education programs.

(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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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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begin insert Section 52463 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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begin insert 52463. end insert   

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government
Code, the sum of four million one hundred thirty-four thousand
dollars ($4,134,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from
the General Fund to the department in each fiscal year beginning
with the 2015-16 fiscal year, to be allocated for purposes of
funding the Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive
Program established pursuant to this article.

(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, for the fiscal year in
which the funds are appropriated, 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, for
the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated.

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