SB 1007, as introduced, Wyland. Career technical education: expansion: local advisory committees.
(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a high school district, the governing board of a joint powers regional occupational center or program, or the county superintendent of schools that conducts any county-operated regional occupational center or program, to establish and maintain, in connection with a high school or regional occupational center or program under its or his or her jurisdiction, cooperative career technical education programs or community classrooms as part of a career technical education course in accordance with prescribed rules and regulations.
This bill would state findings and declarations of the Legislature regarding the need for career technical education programs, and would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to consider ways to expand career technical education programs in middle and high schools in the state.
(2) Existing law requires the governing board of each school district participating in a career technical education program to appoint a career technical education advisory committee to develop recommendations on the program and to provide liaison between the district and potential employers. The committee is required to consist of specified representatives.
This bill would require that the committee include members of labor and trade organizations and additional representatives, from various career technical education industry sectors, recommended by local industry organizations, except as specified. By requiring the governing board of a school district to work with industry organizations to reconstitute the membership of that committee in order to continue participating in a career technical education program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) 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.
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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) The economic future of California depends on a workforce
4ready to fill hundreds of thousands of jobs in a variety of fields,
5from construction to computer technology to health care.
6(b) California is not graduating pupils with the necessary skills
7or training to enter into the various fields described in subdivision
8(a).
9(c) California high schools have an unacceptable rate of pupils
10
who do not graduate.
11(d) Up to 70 percent of jobs require basic skills and often
12postsecondary training, but do not require a college degree.
13(e) All young people deserve the opportunity to believe in
14themselves as significant and important additions to our society
15and economy.
16(f) The lack of opportunities for high school pupils to be exposed
17to career technical education has contributed to the problems
18described in subdivisions (b) and (c).
Section 8070 of the Education Code is amended to
20read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertThe governing board of each school district
2participating in a career technical education program shallbegin insert establish
3andend insert appoint a career technical education advisory committee to
4develop recommendations on the program and to provide liaison
5between thebegin insert schoolend insert district and potential employers.
6The
end delete
7begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert committee shallbegin delete consist ofend deletebegin insert
includeend insert one or more
8representatives of the general public knowledgeable about the
9disadvantaged,begin delete studentsend deletebegin insert pupilsend insert, teachers,begin delete business, industry,end delete school
10administration, and the field office of thebegin delete Department ofend delete
11 Employment Developmentbegin insert Department, and members of labor
12and trade organizations, who shall be appointed by the governing
13board of the school districtend insert.
14(c) The
committee also shall include representatives of career
15technical education industry sectors who shall be appointed by
16the governing board of the school district from lists of
17recommended individuals provided by the applicable local industry
18organizations pursuant to paragraph (2).
19(1) Based on the needs of the school district, the governing
20board of the school district shall select at least five of the following
21career technical education industry sectors to be represented on
22the committee:
23(A) Agriculture and natural resources.
end insertbegin insert
24(B) Building trades and construction. If the governing board of
25the school district selects this sector for representation on the
26committee, there shall be at least two representatives of this
27industry sector appointed to the committee.
28(C) Finance and business.
end insertbegin insert29(D) Health science and medical technology.
end insertbegin insert30(E) Manufacturing and product development.
end insertbegin insert31(F) Transportation, with a focus on the automotive industry.
end insertbegin insert32(G) Arts, media, and entertainment.
end insertbegin insert33(H) Education, child development, and family services.
end insertbegin insert34(I) Energy and utilities.
end insertbegin insert35(J) Engineering and design.
end insertbegin insert36(K) Fashion and interior design.
end insertbegin insert37(L) Hospitality, tourism, and recreation.
end insertbegin insert38(M) Information technology.
end insertbegin insert39(N) Marketing, sales, and service.
end insertbegin insert40(O) Public services.
end insertbegin insertP4 1(P) Goods movement.
end insertbegin insert
2(2) Local industry organizations representing the industry
3sectors selected by the governing board of the school district
4pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide lists of individuals that
5the organizations recommend to serve on the committee as
6representatives of the respective industry sectors. An industry
7organization may provide a list of recommended individuals only
8for an industry sector that it represents.
9(d) If a school district demonstrates that it is unable to find
10representatives from the industry sectors set forth
in paragraph
11(1) of subdivision (c), that school district may waive the
12requirements of subdivision (c). If a school district waives the
13requirements of subdivision (c), that school district may appoint
14representatives from other industry sectors as potential employer
15liaisons pursuant to subdivision (a).
Article 10 (commencing with Section 52495) is added
17to Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
18Code, to read:
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The Superintendent and the state board shall consider
23ways to expand career technical education in middle and high
24schools in California, including any of the following:
25(a) Seeking public-private partnerships to provide facilities and
26equipment for career technical courses.
27(b) Incorporating career technical courses in the standard high
28school curriculum.
29(c) Allowing high schools to include a significant number of
30career technical courses in their requirements for graduation.
31(d) Developing extensive curriculum frameworks, guidelines,
32and instructional materials for the
courses described in subdivisions
33(b) and (c).
34(e) Creating robust school district advisory committees to assist
35in planning for career technical courses and to seek private sector
36assistance to provide training, internships, and information about
37careers in various fields.
38(f) Developing methods of career technical teacher training and
39recruitment, which may include those with college training or
P5 1teachers whose background is based on experience in the field in
2which he or she may teach.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
4this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
5local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
6pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
74 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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