Bill Text: CA AB1310 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Bill 1310 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Career technical education and workforce development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2011-10-08 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1310 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1310-Enrolled.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1310	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 14013.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1310, Furutani. Career technical education and workforce
development.
   Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system. Existing law also establishes the Labor
and Workforce Development Agency, which consists of the Office of the
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board, the California Workforce Investment Board, the
Department of Industrial Relations, and the Employment Development
Department.
   This bill would require the Secretary of Labor and Workforce
Development, in conjunction with the California Workforce Investment
Board, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, the State Department of Education, and the California
Postsecondary Education Commission, to develop a strategic plan,
required to contain specified elements, for connecting the delivery
of education and workforce development. The bill would authorize the
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development to commence the
strategic plan only upon a determination by the Director of Finance
that sufficient federal funds or private donations are available to
the state to fully support the activities required for development of
the strategic plan.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14013.5 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   14013.5.  (a) The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, in
conjunction with the California Workforce Investment Board, the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the
State Department of Education, and the California Postsecondary
Education Commission, shall develop a strategic plan for connecting
the delivery of education and workforce development in the state. In
cooperation with representatives from education, business, and labor
organizations, the agencies shall make recommendations in the
strategic plan that address the contribution of academic and career
technical education, at all levels of education and workforce
development.
   (b) The strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to, all
of the following provisions:
   (1) How the state determines appropriate measures for evaluating
and collecting data on future workforce needs.
   (2) The alignment of workforce needs with future postsecondary
education programs and capacity at both the state and regional
levels.
   (3) Strategies for fostering long-term improvements in workers'
skills and knowledge.
   (4) Methods for closing the skills gap and strengthening the nexus
between education and the workforce.
   (5) Appropriate measures for improving data collection on future
workforce needs.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the secretary solicit
input from K-12 and postsecondary education institutions, local
workforce investment boards, regional occupational centers and
programs, adult school programs, and other appropriate governmental
entities in developing recommendations for the strategic plan.
   (d) The strategic plan shall be funded from the federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), the federal
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of
2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.), the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29
U.S.C. Sec. 49 et seq.), or other available federal funds for
workforce development, or from philanthropic sources.
   (e) The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development may commence
the strategic plan pursuant to this article only if the Director of
Finance determines that sufficient federal funds or private donations
are available to the state to fully support the activities required
for development of the strategic plan.
   (f) For purposes of this section, "board" means the California
Workforce Investment Board.