Bill Text: CA AB1797 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: California Workforce Investment Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2014. [AB1797 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1797-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1797	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  157
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 21, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 21, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rodriguez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to add Section 14017 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to the California Workforce Investment Board.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1797, Rodriguez. California Workforce Investment Board.
   Under existing law, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency
consists of, among other entities, the California Workforce
Investment Board and the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing
law makes the board responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and
workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st Century economy
and workforce. Existing law provides for the establishment of
apprenticeship programs in various trades, to be approved by the
Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the
Department of Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a
city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the
establishment.
   In efforts to expand job training and employment for allied health
professions, this bill would require the board, in consultation with
the division, to, among other things, identify opportunities for
"earn and learn" job training opportunities and develop the means to
identify, assess, and prepare a pool of qualified candidates seeking
to enter "earn and learn" job training models. The bill would require
the board, on or before December 1, 2015, to prepare and submit to
specified legislative committees a report documenting the above
findings and making recommendations based on those findings.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14017 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   14017.  (a) In efforts to expand job training and employment for
allied health professions, the California Workforce Investment Board,
in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, shall
do the following:
   (1) Identify opportunities for "earn and learn" job training
opportunities that meet the industry's workforce demands and that are
in high-wage, high-demand jobs.
   (2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
for entry into "earn and learn" job training models.
   (3) Establish standards for "earn and learn" job training programs
that are outcome oriented and accountable. The standards shall
measure the results from program participation, including a
measurement of how many complete the program with an
industry-recognized credential that certifies that the individual is
ready to enter the specific allied health profession for which he or
she has been trained.
   (4) Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
qualified candidates seeking to enter "earn and learn" job training
models.
   (b) (1) The board, on or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare
and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a
report on the findings and recommendations of the board.
   (2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to
this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.