BILL NUMBER:  SB 923
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2014




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 923 without my signature.

This bill would create the Educational Apprenticeship Innovation
Prize (EdPrize), a competitive grant program that would be
administered by the California Department of Education to promote
apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship and career pathways between local
schools, community colleges, and local businesses.

While the bill is intended to provide EdPrize applicants special
consideration under the California Career Pathways Trust, it instead
creates a new and duplicative program that does not have an
appropriation.

I share the author's sentiments about the importance of
apprenticeship programs. The state has invested $500 million dollars
over the past two years to fund the Career Pathways Trust. This
investment of public funds encourages partnerships between K-12
schools, community colleges and the business community, and includes
apprenticeship programs.  I strongly encourage apprenticeship
programs to apply for the $250 million that is currently available.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.