Amended in Assembly August 7, 2013

Amended in Senate May 24, 2013

Amended in Senate April 24, 2013

Senate Bill No. 660

Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 22, 2013

An act to add begin delete Sections 52334.7 and 52334.8 end delete begin insert Section 52334.7 end insert to the Education Code, relating to career technical education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 660, as amended, Hancock. Career technical education: funding.

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.

This bill would begin delete , for the 2013-14 fiscal year, require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, using funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for regional occupational centers and programs, to apportion from the amounts provided in the annual Budget Act for those purposes an amount to each county office of education in the same relative proportion of funding that the county office of education, school districts, and joint powers agencies within that county received in the 2012-13 fiscal year for those purposes. The bill would, for the 2014-15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, require the allocation made to those entities to be adjusted annually for increases in cost of living and for purposes of equalizing the per pupil allocations, as specified. The bill would authorize local educational agencies that operate career technical education programs to form into a Regional Career Technical Education Collaborative to share in the cost of developing and maintaining a career technical education program based upon curricula aligned with the California Career Technical Education Standards and Common Core State Standards, and would require the apportioned funds to be expended only to ensure the development and maintenance of a high-quality career technical education program. The bill would require the governing board of each regional occupational center or program, California partnership academies, agricultural career technical education programs, and other career technical education programs, end delete begin insert require county superintendents of schools and school districts, subject to existing expenditure requirements for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 fiscal years for the purpose of regional occupational centers or programs, end insert to comply with specified requirements begin delete as a condition of receiving funds end delete , including, among others, certifying to the State Department of Education that each course within a sequence is aligned begin delete to end delete begin insert with end insert the California Career Technical Education Standards begin insert and, where appropriate, the Common Core State Standards end insert . The bill would require the Superintendent to incorporate various factors and quality indicators into the accountability measures for regional occupational centers and programs begin delete and other related programs end delete , and would require the Superintendent to develop an evaluation instrument to evaluate the programs within each begin delete regional career technical education collaborative end delete begin insert county office of education and school district end insert commencing with the begin delete 2015-16 end delete begin insert 2014- end insert begin insert 15 end insert school year. begin insert By imposing new requirements on specified county superintendents of schools and school districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. end insert

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 52334.7 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

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52334.7.  

(a) For the 2013-14 fiscal year:

(1) Notwithstanding Section 42605 or any other law, from funds
appropriated in Items 6110-105-0001, 6110-122-0001,
6110-166-0001, and 6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual
Budget Act, the Superintendent shall apportion an amount to each
county office of education in the same relative proportion of
funding that the county office of education, school districts, and
joint powers agencies within that county received from funds
appropriated for those items in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

(2) From the funds described in paragraph (1), each county
office of education shall allocate to regional occupational centers
and programs in accordance with Section 52321, school districts,
and county offices of education a proportion of these funds in the
same relative proportion of funding that these entities received in
the 2012-13 fiscal year.

(b) For the 2014-15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter,
and from the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act
specifically for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2),
the allocation made to each regional occupational center and
program, school district, and county office of education shall be
adjusted annually for the following purposes:

(1) For purposes of providing increases in costs of living, the
product of the prior year allocation made pursuant to this section
and the index described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
Section 42238.1 shall be added to the prior year allocation.

(2) For purposes of equalizing the provided per pupil allocations,
the prior year allocation made pursuant to this section shall be
adjusted pursuant to Section 52334.8.

(c) (1) (A) Local educational agencies that operate career
technical education programs may form into a Regional Career
Technical Education Collaborative (RCTEC) for purposes of this
paragraph.

(B) Notwithstanding any other law, within an RCTEC formed
pursuant to subparagraph (A), two or more of the following entities
may enter into an agreement to use funding received from Items
6110-105-0001, 6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001, and
6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act to share
in the cost of developing and maintaining a career technical
education program based upon curricula aligned with California
Career Technical Education Standards and Common Core State
Standards:

(i) The governing board, or its designee, of a regional
occupational center or program.

(ii) The chair or designee of a schoolsite Agricultural Advisory
Committee.

(iii) A site director of a California partnership academy.

(iv) The superintendent or governing board of a school district,
or its appointee.

(C) The agreement formed pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall
remain in effect for one year, and shall be renewable annually
thereafter with the consent of the parties to the agreement.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated pursuant to
this section and funds subject to an agreement pursuant to
subparagraph (B) may be expended only to ensure the development
and maintenance of a high-quality career technical education
program.

(3) In the absence of an agreement pursuant to subparagraph
(B), funds appropriated in Items 6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001,
and 6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act may
be expended only for the purposes of the programs for which they
were appropriated.

(d) (1) As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to this
section, the governing board of each regional occupational center
or program, California partnership academies, agricultural career
technical education programs, and other career technical education
programs, shall do all of the following:

(A) Develop a plan for establishing a sequence of courses by
July 1, 2015. This plan shall not be in conflict with the plan
developed pursuant to Section 52302, and, to the extent it is
appropriate, shall be based on that plan and shall update that plan.

(B) Certify to the department by September 1, 2016, that each
sequence of courses specified in the plan required by this
subdivision has been developed.

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begin insert 52334.7. end insert   

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(a) Each county superintendent of schools, subject
to paragraph (2) of subdivision (k) of Section 2575 for purposes
of regional occupational centers or programs offered by the county
office of education, and each school district, subject to paragraph
(7) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 for purposes of regional
occupational centers or programs, shall do all of the following:

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(C)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 1) end insert  Report each new sequence of courses and each modification
to existing sequences to the department no later than September
1 of the fiscal year in which the changes are implemented.

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(D)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 2) end insert  Certify to the department that each course within a sequence
is aligned begin delete to end delete begin insert with end insert the California Career Technical Education
Standards.

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(E)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 3) end insert  Certify to the department that each course, where
appropriate, is aligned begin delete to end delete begin insert with end insert the Common Core State Standards.

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(2) Programs receiving funds pursuant to this section shall
collect

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begin insert (4) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Collect end insert and report data as required by the department to
prepare and update an accountability measure as provided in
existing statute and in subdivision begin delete (e) end delete begin insert (b) end insert .

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(e)

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begin insert (b) end insert  (1) To determine the quality and effectiveness of a career
technical education course of study or sequence of career technical
education courses begin delete funded pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) end delete
begin insert offered by the county offices of education and school districts end insert , the
Superintendent shall incorporate into the accountability measures
for regional occupational centers and begin delete programs, agricultural career
technical education programs, partnership academies, and
specialized secondary education end delete programs a uniform accountability
metric based on any career-ready standards adopted pursuant to
the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and the following program quality
indicators in the California State Plan for Career Technical
Education:

(A) Leadership at all levels.

(B) High-quality curriculum and instruction aligned with state
standards.

(C) Career exploration and guidance.

(D) Pupil support and leadership development.

(E) Industry partnerships and advisory committees.

(F) System alignment and coherence, including postsecondary
education institution involvement.

(G) After school, extended day, and out-of-school opportunities.

(H) Reflection of labor market demands and provision of current
equipment.

(I) Skilled faculty and professional development.

(J) Career technical education outreach and communication.

(K) Data-based pupil evaluation, accountability, and continuous
improvement.

(2) In addition to the indicators listed in paragraph (1), the
accountability measures shall include the rates at which pupils
complete a course of study or sequence of career technical
education courses that provide the skills and knowledge necessary
to attain entry-level employment in business or industry, or to
pursue postsecondary education after those pupils graduate from
high school. The pupil data shall include, but are not necessarily
limited to, all of the following:

(A) The number of pupils completing high school.

(B) The number of pupils earning an industry-recognized
certification or licensure or other measures of technical skill
attainment.

(C) The number of pupils completing career technical education
courses and completing a career technical education program of
study, consisting of a sequence of two or more career technical
education courses.

(D) The number of pupils employed and the types of businesses
in which they are employed.

(E) The number of pupils enrolled in postsecondary education
or apprenticeship programs, or serving in the United States Armed
Forces.

(3) The accountability measures shall also include data on the
industry certifications available for pupils to complete.

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(f)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert c) end insert  The Superintendent shall develop an evaluation instrument
to evaluate the begin insert regional occupational centers or end insert programs within
each begin delete RCTEC end delete begin insert county office of education and school district end insert
commencing with the begin delete 2015-16 end delete begin insert 2014- end insert begin insert 15 end insert school begin delete year, and annually
thereafter. end delete begin insert year. end insert

(1) The evaluation shall be based on the uniform accountability
metric developed pursuant to subdivision begin delete (e) end delete begin insert (b) end insert and may be based
on the existing evaluation instrument described in the California
County Superintendents Educational Services Association Course
of Study document.

(2)  begin delete The end delete begin insert In developing the evaluation instrument, the end insert
Superintendent shall collaborate with stakeholders including, but
not limited to, representatives from:

(A) Regional occupational centers and programs.

(B) California partnership academies.

(C) Agricultural career technical education programs.

(D) County offices of education.

(E) The California School Boards Association.

(F) The Association of California School Administrators.

(G) The California Teachers Association.

(H) The California Manufacturers and Technology Association.

(I) The Building Trades Association.

(3) The completed evaluation instrument shall be reviewed by
an independent local review council comprised of representatives
from the following:

(A) A county office of education.

(B) A school district.

(C) An industry advisory committee, advisory board, or member
of local business and industry.

(D) The Regional Occupational Centers and Programs Joint
Powers Authority, where applicable.

(E) Postsecondary education.

(F) A local workforce investment board.

(4) The begin insert completed end insert evaluation instrument shall be submitted to
the department.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 52334.8 is added to the Education Code, to
read:

52334.8.  

(a) The Superintendent shall compute an equalization
adjustment for each regional occupational center or program, school
district, and county office of education receiving an allocation of
funds pursuant to Section 52334.7, so that the allocation of moneys
to those entities pursuant to that section per unit of average daily
attendance for any fiscal year is not less than the allocation of those
moneys to those entities pursuant to that section per unit of average
daily attendance for that same fiscal year above which fall not
more than 10 percent of the total statewide units of average daily
attendance for entities receiving an allocation of funds pursuant
to that section.

(b) For each regional occupational center or program, school
district, and county office of education receiving an allocation of
funds pursuant to Section 52334.7, the Superintendent shall
compute an adjustment to the fiscal year allocation by multiplying
the amount computed for each regional occupational center or
program, school district, and county office of education pursuant
to subdivision (a) by the average daily attendance generated by
that regional occupational center or program, school district, and
county office of education.

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If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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CORRECTIONS:

Digest Text--Page 2.

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