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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 660
Author: Hancock (D)
Amended: 5/24/13
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-1, 5/1/13
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Jackson,
Monning
NOES: Huff
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-2, 5/23/13
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NOES: Walters, Gaines
SUBJECT : Career Technical Education: block grant funding
SOURCE : California Associations of Regional Occupational
Centers and Programs
DIGEST : This bill authorizes local educational agencies
(LEAs) that operate career technical education programs to form
into a Regional Career Technical Educational Collaborative
(RCTEC) to share in the cost of developing and maintaining a
career technical education program based upon curricula aligned
with the California Technical Education Standards and Common
Core State Standards. This bill requires the apportioned funds
to be expended only to ensure the development and maintenance of
a high-quality career technical education program. The bill
requires the governing board of each regional occupational
center or program, California partnership academies,
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agricultural career technical education programs, and other
career technical education programs, to comply with requirements
as a condition of receiving funds, as specified. The bill
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to
incorporate various factors and quality indicators into the
accountability measures for regional occupational centers and
programs and other related programs. This bill requires the SPI
to develop an evaluation instrument to assess the programs
within each regional career technical education collaborative
commencing with the 2015-16 school year.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the following Career
Technical Education (CTE) programs for public schools:
1.Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (ROCPs) . Existing
law establishes various CTE programs for public schools
including ROCPs that allow students from multiple schools or
districts to participate in career technical training programs
regardless of the geographical location of their residence in
a county or region.
A. Existing law authorizes the following types of ROCPs
operational models:
(1) County ROCP: Existing law authorizes county
superintendents, with the consent of the State Board of
Education (SBE) to establish and maintain a ROCP to
provide education and training in career technical
courses.
(2) Joint Powers Agency ROCP: Existing law authorizes
two or more school districts to form a joint powers
agency for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a
ROCP for students who are enrolled in those districts.
(3) Single District ROCP: Existing law authorizes
certain very large districts, who do not wish to be part
of a county ROCP, to apply to the SBE through their
county superintendent for permission to establish and
maintain a ROCP for students enrolled in the district.
The county superintendent may supervise the establishment
of the ROCP.
1.Partnership Academies . The Partnership Academy model is a
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three-year program, for grades ten through twelve, structured
as a school-within-a-school and incorporates: (1) rigorous
integrated academics with a career focus; (2) business
partnerships that provide support through curriculum
resources, classroom speakers, field trips, mentors, and
internships; and (3) teachers who work as a team in preparing
students for careers and postsecondary education.
2.Specialized Secondary Programs . A specialized secondary
program is a four-year grant program that provides
opportunities for students to obtain advanced instruction, in
addition to core course work, and skills in technology
appropriate to the curriculum. Comprehensive high schools may
use the grant funds for programs that provide students with
advanced learning opportunities in a variety of subjects,
including but not limited to English-language arts,
mathematics, science, history and social science, foreign
language, and the visual performing arts. The acquisition of
technology skills and the use of technology as a tool for
instruction and learning are also emphasized in these
programs. Frequently, specialized secondary programs are
established as a smaller learning community or a
school-within-a-school.
3.Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program .
The Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program
provides local educational agencies with funds to improve the
quality of their agricultural vocational education programs.
The goal is to maintain a high-quality, comprehensive
agricultural vocational program in California's public school
system to ensure a constant source of employable, trained, and
skilled individuals.
This bill:
1.Authorizes LEAs that operate career technical education
programs to form into a RCTEC to share in the cost of
developing and maintaining a career technical education
program based upon curricula aligned with the California
Technical Education Standards and Common Core State Standards.
2.Requires the apportioned funds to be expended only to ensure
the development and maintenance of a high-quality career
technical education program.
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3.Requires the governing board of each regional occupational
center or program, California partnership academies,
agricultural career technical education programs, and other
career technical education programs, to comply with
requirements as a condition of receiving funds, as specified.
4.Requires the SPI to incorporate various factors and quality
indicators into the accountability measures for regional
occupational centers and programs and other related programs.
5.Requires the SPI to develop an evaluation instrument to assess
the programs within each regional career technical education
collaborative commencing with the 2015-16 school year.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Categorical flexibility: Removes ROCPs and Specialized
Secondary Programs from existing categorical flexibility in
the 2013-14 fiscal year and allocates nearly $390 million
in flexible educational funds to them.
RCTEC accountability measures: Potentially significant
costs to LEAs to implement new program accountability
measures if they elect to form an RCTEC. Potentially
significant workload costs for the CDE to develop an
evaluation instrument and to the extent that the department
will be evaluating programs.
SUPPORT : (Per Senate Education Committee analysis) (Unable to
reverify at time of writing)
California Associations of Regional Occupational Centers and
Programs (source)
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
Antelope Valley Math, Science, Engineering and Technology
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Consortium
Ayres Hotel & Suites Ontario Convention Center
Baldy View Regional Occupational Program
Butte County Regional Occupational Program
California Agricultural Teachers' Association
California Business Education Association
California Manufacturers and Technology Association
Capistrano-Laguna Beach Regional Occupational Program
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Coastline Regional Occupational Program
Contra Costa County Regional Occupational Program
East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program and
Technical Center
Eden Area Regional Occupational Program
Fallbrook Union High School
Fresno Regional Occupational Program
Gateway Unified School District
Glenn County Office of Education, Regional Occupational Program
Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program
Metropolitan Education District
Mission Trails Regional Occupational Program
Mission Valley Regional Occupational Program
Napa County Office of Education's Regional Occupational Program
North Kern Vocational Training Center
North Orange County Regional Occupational Program
Raptor Pharmaceutical Inc.
R�colte Energy
Regional Occupational Centers/Programs
Regional Occupational Programs of Mendocino County Office of
Education
San Bernardino County District Advocates for Better Schools
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Regional
Occupational Program
San Joaquin County Office of Education
Santa Clara County Regional Occupational Program
Shasta-Trinity Regional Occupational Program
Small School Districts' Association
Southeast Regional Occupational Program
Southern California Regional Occupational Center
Timeline Media Productions
Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Center/Program
Valley Regional Occupational Program
Virtual Enterprise Programs/Specialized Entrepreneurship
Programs
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Yolo County Office of Education, Regional Occupational Program
and Career
Technical Education
PQ:ej 5/25/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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