Bill Text: CA AB1846 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1846 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Adult Education Block Grant Program: report.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1846 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1846-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1846	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lopez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ch�vez and Eduardo Garcia)

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2016

   An act to amend Section 84917 of the Education Code, relating to
adult education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1846, as amended, Lopez. Adult Education Block Grant Program:
report.
   Existing law creates the Adult Education Block Grant Program under
the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Under this
program, the chancellor and Superintendent, with the advice of the
executive director of the State Board of Education, are required to
divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult
education consortium in each adult education region.  Existing
law also requires, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment of
funds from this program for a fiscal year, that members of a
consortium approve an adult education plan, as specified. 
Existing law requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to submit
to the Director of Finance, the State Board of Education, and the
Legislature, by September 30 following any year for which funds are
appropriated for the program, a report about the use of specified
funds and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education
region.
   This bill would require that report to also include a 
summary   summary, based upon a review of the annual
adult education plan for each consortium,  of the extent to
which funds  from the program  provided to each 
consortium   consortium, in combination with other funds
available to the consortium and other entities that provide
education and workforce services for adults in the region,  were
insufficient to address the adult education demands within the
service area of the consortium.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 84917 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   84917.  (a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the
Legislature related to adult education, the chancellor and the
Superintendent shall submit to the Director of Finance, the State
Board of Education, and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the
Government Code, the Legislature, by September 30 following any
fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the program, a
report about the use of these funds and outcomes for adults statewide
and in each adult education region. The report shall include at
least all of the following:
   (1) A summary of the adult education plan operative for each
consortium.
   (2) The distribution schedule for each consortium.
   (3) The types and levels of services provided by each consortium.
   (4) The effectiveness of each consortium in meeting the
educational needs of adults in its respective region.
   (5) Any recommendations related to delivery of education and
workforce services for adults, including recommendations related to
improved alignment of state programs. 
   (6) A summary, based on an assessment by each consortium,
regarding the extent to which funds provided to the consortium
pursuant to this article were insufficient to address the demands for
adult education within the service area of the consortium. 

   (6) A summary, based upon a review of the annual adult education
plan for each consortium required pursuant to Section 84906, of the
extent to which funds provided pursuant to this article, in
combination with other funds available to the consortium and other
entities that provide education and workforce services for adults in
the region, were insufficient to address the demands for adult
education within the service area of the consortium. 
   (b) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent may require a
consortium, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment, to submit
any reports or data necessary to produce the report described in
subdivision (a).
   (2) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall align the data
used to produce the report described in subdivision (a) with data
reported by local educational agencies for other purposes, such as
data used for purposes of the federal Workforce Opportunity and
Innovation Act (Public Law 113-128).
   (3) The Employment Development Department and the California
Workforce Investment Board shall provide any assistance needed to
align delivery of services across state and regional workforce,
education, and job service programs.