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Bill No: SB 923
Author: Pavley (D), et al.
Amended: 8/18/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/2/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Correa, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 37-0, 5/28/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara,
Leno, Lieu, Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla,
Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/27/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Educational apprenticeships
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes the Educational Apprenticeship
Innovation Prize (EdPrize) as a competitive grant program for
purposes of promoting apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, and
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career pathways between local educational agencies, institutions
of higher education, and businesses of importance to local
economies
Assembly Amendments add the ability to partner with a business,
labor and trade organization, or workforce investment board as
part of the criteria used to evaluate grant applications; add
the ability of the program to last beyond initial grant funding
as part of the criteria used to evaluate grant applications; add
in language regarding applications for the EdPrize being under
the Career Pathways Trust; add intent language encouraging
schools not participating in the EdPrize to consider
implementing similar programs, defines "educational
apprenticeships" for purposes of this bill; and make technical
changes.
ANALYSIS : AB 86 (Assembly Budget Committee, Chapter 48,
Statutes of 2013) created the California Career Pathways Trust
and provided $250 million to school districts, county
superintendents of school, charter schools, and California
Community College (CCC) districts in the form of one-time
competitive grants. Grants are available for K-14 career
pathways programs that accomplish the following:
1.Fund specialists in work-based learning, as defined in Section
51760.1 of the Education Code, to convene, connect, measure,
or broker efforts to establish or enhance a locally defined
career pathways program that connects school districts, county
superintendents of schools, charter schools, and CCCs with
business entities.
2.Establish regional collaborative relationships and
partnerships with business entities, community organizations,
and local institutions of postsecondary education.
3.Develop and integrate standards-based academics with a
career-relevant, sequenced curriculum following
industry-themed pathways that are aligned to high-need,
high-growth, or emerging regional economic sectors.
4.Provide articulated pathways to postsecondary education
aligned with regional economies.
5.Leverage and build on specified elements, including existing
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structures, requirements, and resources of the Carl D.
Perkins, California Partnership Academies, and regional
occupational programs, including staff knowledge, community
relationships, and course development.
Existing law establishes the Career Technical Education Pathways
Program until June 30, 2015, and requires the CCC Board of
Governors to assist economic and workforce regional development
centers and consortia, CCCs, including middle schools, high
schools, and regional occupational centers and programs (ROCPs)
to improve linkages and career technical education pathways
between high schools and CCCs.
Existing law establishes various career technical education
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. Existing law
authorizes the following types of ROCP operational models:
county ROCP, joint powers agency ROCP, and a single district
ROCP.
This bill:
1.Makes findings and declarations relating to high rates of
youth unemployment; the lack of opportunity to earn a college
degree and its likelihood of preventing these young people
from fully participating in society, thus increasing costs for
local and state agencies due to increased reliance on social
welfare and public safety resource.
2.Establishes EdPrize as a competitive grant program for
purposes of promoting apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships,
and career pathways between local educational agencies,
institutions of higher education, and businesses of importance
to local economies.
3.Requires applicants for an EdPrize to use the application used
to apply for a California Career Pathways Trust grant and
specifies that these applicants shall get special
consideration for a California Career Pathways Trust grant.
4.States the intent of the Legislature that educational
apprenticeships be considered as an option to provide career
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technical education for high school pupils in school districts
beyond those that are participating in the EdPrize program.
5.Specifies the minimum criteria that the Superintendent of
Public Instruction must use to determine the competitive value
of an application.
6.Defines the terms "educational apprenticeships," "eligible
high school pupil," and "entity" for the purposes of this
bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, there are
unknown ongoing General Fund /Proposition 98 (1988) costs,
potentially in the millions, for grant awards. Funding for this
bill is contingent upon funding in the annual Budget Act. The
2014-15 Budget Act provides $250 million in one-time funding for
the Career Pathways Trust to provide competitive grant funding
for career pathway programs. The implementing statute requires
the Superintendent of Public Instruction to give special
consideration to several applicants, including apprenticeship
opportunities. The cost of this bill depends on the number of
grants awarded and the amount of each grant provided for
apprenticeships annually.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/27/14)
American Association of University Women - California
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
California School Employees Association
California Workforce Association
City of Pasadena
College of the Canyons
Conejo Valley Unified School District
Construction Employers Association
Las Virgenes Unified School District
League of California Community Colleges
Moorpark Unified School District
Oak Park Unified School District
Santa Monica College
Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce
Superintendent Tim Taylor, Butte County Office of Education
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United Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley
Ventura County Office of Education
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, youth
unemployment is one of the most serious challenges to
California's economic recovery. Job prospects are especially
dim for those who have not yet earned a college degree, those
who do not plan on going to college, or who lack practical work
experience. This lack of opportunity holds young people back
from fully participating in society and can result in greater
reliance on social welfare and higher public safety costs. The
author's office indicates that youth individuals need
opportunities to learn vital job skills and succeed
professionally. Further, they indicate that one of the best
ways to equip young people with professional skills is to
incorporate apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, and other
forms of work-based learning into the school curriculum.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 08/27/14
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, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, 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, Harkey, Vacancy
PQ:MW:nl 8/27/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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