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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2148
Author: Mullin (D), et al.
Amended: 7/2/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/25/14
AYES: Hueso, Wyland, Leno, Padilla, Mitchell
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/28/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Workforce development: annual workforce metrics
dashboard
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Workforce
Investment Board (CWIB) to assist the Governor in the
development of an annual workforce metrics dashboard to measure
investment in workforce development, as specified.
ANALYSIS : The federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998
provides funding for activities and programs for job training
and employment investment in which states may participate,
including work incentive and employment training outreach
programs.
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Following passage of the federal WIA, the state established the
CWIB and charged the CWIB with the responsibility of developing
a unified, strategic planning process to coordinate various
education, training, and employment programs into an integrated
workforce development system. There are 49 Local WIBs and
within each local workforce area there are one or more One-Stop
Centers, which provide access to career information, counseling,
funding for education, training and supportive services.
Among its responsibilities, the CWIB must do the following:
1.Develop the State Workforce Investment Plan.
2.Develop guidelines for continuous improvement and operation of
the workforce system.
3.Develop and modify allocation formulas for the distribution of
funds.
4.Assist the Governor in the alignment of the education and
workforce investment system to the needs of the state's
current and future workforce.
5.Certification and re-certification of local WIBs.
Specifically, this bill:
1.Requires the CWIB to produce this metrics dashboard using
existing available data and resources that are currently
collected and accessible to state agencies.
2.Requires the CWIB to convene workforce program partners to
develop a standardized set of inputs and outputs for the
workforce metrics dashboard and outlines that the dashboard
shall do all of the following:
A. Provide a status report on credential and degree
attainment, training completion, and participant earnings
from workforce education and training programs. The CWIB
shall publish and distribute the final report.
B. Provide demographic breakdowns, to the extent possible,
that include race, ethnicity, age, gender, veteran status,
wage and credential degree outcomes and information on
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workforce outcomes in different industry sectors.
C. Measure, at a minimum and to the extent feasible within
existing resources, the performance of specified workforce
programs currently operating.
D. Measure participant earnings in California, and to the
extent feasible, in other states.
E. Requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) to
assist the CWIB by calculating aggregated participant
earnings using unemployment insurance wage records, without
violating any applicable confidentiality requirements.
3.Authorizes the California Department of Education (CDE) to
collect, and keep confidential, the social security numbers of
adults participating in adult education programs to track and
accurately reflect their participation on the metrics
dashboard. However, no individual shall be denied
participation for refusing to provide a social security
number.
4.Specifies that the participating workforce programs shall
provide participant data in a standardized format to the EDD.
5.Requires the EDD to aggregate the data provided by the
participating workforce programs and report it organized by
demographics, earnings and industry of employment to assist
the CWIB in the production of the workforce metrics dashboard.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, CWIB and EDD
indicate that costs associated with this bill will be minor and
absorbable. CDE will incur one-time costs, potentially in the
tens of thousands of dollars (General Fund), related to the
collection of social security numbers.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/15/14)
California Budget Project
California EDGE Coalition
California Hospital Association
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California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
California Manufacturing and Technology Association
California Workforce Association
Career Ladders Project for the California Community Colleges
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
National Council of La Raza
Policy Link
State Building and Construction Trades of California
Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, over
the past decade, California's major workforce development
programs have begun working together to improve participant
outcomes and focus efforts towards industries that provide
individuals with career opportunities. Unfortunately, the
author's office argues, an important missing link in reaching
this goal is cross-system data collection that provides evidence
of the aggregate effectiveness of these programs. According to
proponents, instead of producing a combined report, programs are
producing their own individual reports in silos, creating a
fractured data reporting system. The goal of this bill is to
bring these separate reports together using currently collected
data to obtain a simple, useful snapshot of the collective
impact of the state's key workforce programs.
Proponents are also supportive of the provision that authorizes
the CDE to confidentially collect social security numbers for
adults participating in adult education programs, a provision
they believe will help to better align local programs, measure
program effectiveness, and improve on program design and
delivery. Overall, proponents argue that the information to be
obtained through this bill allows the state to measure program
effectiveness, improve program design and delivery and improve
alignment with the needs of industry.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/28/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
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Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Vacancy
PQ:k 8/16/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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