Bill Text: CA AB1950 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Career education: Career Education Incentive Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB1950 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1950	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 52360) to
Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to career education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1950, as amended, Campos. Career education: Career Education
Incentive Program.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and authorizes school districts
throughout the state to provide instruction to pupils. Existing law
establishes the California Community Colleges as one of the segments
of public postsecondary education in this state, and authorizes
community college districts throughout the state to provide
instruction to students at the campuses they operate. Existing law
establishes various career education programs involving participation
by public elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and
other governmental entities.
   This bill would express legislative intent to create incentives
for school districts, county offices of education, charter schools,
and community college districts to establish regional career
education consortia for the purpose of coordinating, delivering, and
implementing high-quality and cost-efficient career and college
preparation programs in kindergarten and grades 1 to  12,
  14,  inclusive.
   The bill would establish the Career Education Incentive Program
under the administration of the State Department of Education. The
bill would authorize school districts, county offices of education,
charter schools, and community college districts to establish career
education consortia.  The bill would authorize these consortia to
be organized as joint powers agencies.   The bill would
specify information to be collected and   reported annually
by the consortia to the governing boards of the member local
educational agencies, including member community college districts.
 The bill would specify criteria for the receipt and expenditure
of the state funding to be allocated to these consortia. 
   The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
collaborate with specified stakeholders for the purposes of
developing an evaluation instrument for the program. 
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish all
of the following:
   (a) Create incentives for school districts, county offices of
education, charter schools, and community college districts to
establish regional career education consortia for the purpose of
coordinating, delivering, and implementing high-quality and
cost-efficient career and college preparation programs in
kindergarten and grades 1 to  12,   14, 
inclusive.
   (b) Promote an integrated career education infrastructure that
builds on the broad range of proven career education approaches 
,  including, but not limited to, regional occupational centers
and programs, linked learning partnerships,  apprenticeship
programs,  California Partnership Academies, agricultural
vocational education, specialized secondary programs, and career
pathways  trust  programs, each of which has improved pupil
academic achievement, reduced dropout rates, increased attendance
rates, and resulted in higher rates of college enrollment.
   (c) Establish fiscal incentives for school agencies to offer, or
continue to offer,  high quality   high-quality
 career and college-ready programs that are vital in engaging
pupils and helping them prepare for the transition to higher
education and the workforce.
   (d)  Appropriate two hundred fifty million dollars
($250,000,000) in the annual Budget Act for the 2015-16 fiscal year
for the Career Education Incentive Program (Article 3.5 (commencing
with Section 52360) of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2
of the Education Code) to provide   Provide 
one-to-one matching grant funding to eligible career education
consortia. A career education consortium may be composed of school
districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and
community college districts.
  SEC. 2.  Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 52360) is added to
Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 3.5.  Career Education Incentive Program


   52360.  (a) A career education consortium may be composed of
school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and
community college districts.  A career education consortium may
be organized as a joint powers agency pursuant to Article 1
(commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1
of the Government Code. 
   (b) For purposes of participating in the Career Education
Incentive Program established by this article, a career education
consortium shall enter into an agreement among the local educational
agencies participating in the consortium for the purpose of
developing and maintaining career education programs aligned with
California Career Technical Education and Common Core State
Standards.
   (c) The funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act shall be
available to career education consortia as a matching grant to
accomplish any of the following:
   (1) In any of grades kindergarten to grades 1 to 5, inclusive, or
kindergarten to grades 1 to 7, inclusive, career academies, funds may
be expended for career awareness curriculum focused activities and
projects that center on exposing pupils to career opportunities that
include, but are not necessarily limited to, researching careers, job
shadowing, visiting local industries, and guest speakers.
   (2) In grades 7 and 8, funds may be expended for career
exploration activities, including, but not necessarily limited to,
summer and winter career camps, after school precareer preparation,
career mentoring programs, and visits to a community college campus
to explore career pathway programs and career mentoring programs.
   (3) In any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive,  or in community
colleges,  funds may be expended for career preparation
activities, including, but not necessarily limited to, developing
programs of study in career pathways, career counseling and mentoring
programs, career portfolios, and career days. 
   (4) Ongoing professional development opportunities to assist
faculty and other staff in achieving greater program integration that
improves pupil outcomes, aligned with the California Career
Technical Education Standards. 
   (d) For its funding match, a career education consortium may use
revenues from state, local, or private funding sources.
   52361.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated
pursuant to this article may be expended only to ensure the
development and maintenance of a high-quality career education
program.
   (b) As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to this section,
the governing board of each career education consortium shall do all
of the following:
   (1) Develop a plan for establishing a sequence of courses.
   (2) Certify to the department that each sequence of courses
specified in the plan required by this subdivision has been
developed.
   (3) Report each new sequence of courses and each modification to
existing sequences to the department no later than September 1 of the
fiscal year in which the changes are implemented.
   (4) Certify to the department that each course within a sequence
is aligned to the California Career Technical Education Standards for
grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
   (5) Certify to the department that each course, where appropriate,
is aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
   (c) A career education consortium receiving funds pursuant to this
article shall collect and report data as required by the department
and through each participating local  education 
 educational  agency's locally developed local control and
accountability plan.
   (d) To determine the quality and effectiveness of a career
education course of study or sequence of career education courses,
the Superintendent shall incorporate into appropriate state adopted
accountability measures a metric based on  California 
career-ready standards  adopted pursuant to the federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.)
 and program quality indicators contained in the California
State Plan for Career Technical Education. 
   (e) Accountability measures under this article may include the
rates at which pupils complete a course of study or sequence of
career technical education courses that provide the skills and
knowledge necessary to attain entry-level employment in business or
industry, or to pursue postsecondary education after those pupils
graduate from high school.  
   (f) The Superintendent shall develop an evaluation instrument to
evaluate the programs within each career education consortium
commencing with the 2015-16 school year, and annually thereafter.
 
   (e) A career education consortium shall collect and report
annually to the governing boards of the member local educational
agencies, including member community college districts, all of the
following information:  
   (1) The number of industry-recognized certifications offered and
the number of industry-recognized certifications that pupils
complete.  
   (2) The number of pupils that advance to a community college,
state or private university, trade school, apprenticeship, or
military.  
   (3) The number of pupils that receive paid or unpaid internships
or work opportunities in the pupil's area of certification. 

   (4) The number of career technical education classes a pupil
completes that meet the "A-G" admission requirements of the
University of California.  
   (5) The number of pupils that are enrolled and participate in one
or more career technical education classes.  
   (6) The number of pupils completing career technical education
courses and programs of study that include a sequence of two or more
career technical education courses.  
   (7) The number of pupils who gain employment and the types of
businesses in which those pupils are employed.  
   (8) The number of pupils who participate in a career technical
education pathway during grade 8 and the number of pupils continuing
in the same or another career technical education pathway in grade 9.
 
   52362.  The Superintendent shall collaborate with stakeholders,
including, but not necessarily limited to, representatives from
school districts, county offices of education, community colleges,
charter schools, career education joint powers authority consortia,
local workforce investment board members, and business and industry
advisory board members for the purposes of developing an evaluation
instrument for the program established under this article. The
completed evaluation instrument shall be reviewed by an independent
local review council composed of representatives selected by the
Superintendent.  
   52362.  (a) A career education consortium may receive state
matching grants intended to leverage the impact of state resources in
support of career technical education to the greatest extent
possible by encouraging collaboration and articulation among local
educational agencies, community colleges, and private industry to
develop a system of integrated and comprehensive programs that give
elementary and secondary pupils and adults the opportunity to be
fully prepared for college or career.
   (b) (1) Of the funds appropriated for that purpose, the
Superintendent shall apportion to the school district, county office
of education, charter school, community college district, or joint
powers agency designated as the fiscal agent for a career education
consortium established pursuant to Section 52360 state matching
grants in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
   (2) A career education consortium is eligible to receive a state
matching grant equal to the prior school year actual expenditures
made for the purposes and programs of a participating school
district, county office of education, charter school, or community
college district that support achieving goals for college and career
readiness as described in a school district's local control and
accountability plan pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of
subdivision (d) of Section 52060, a county office of education's
local control and accountability plan pursuant to subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 52066, or a charter
school's plan pursuant to Section 47605, 47605.6, or 47606.5, as
applicable.
   (3) The matching grant that a career education consortium receives
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed the sum of the amount
calculated pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section
42238.02 and the amounts received for apprenticeship programs by of
each of the local educational agencies that is a member of the career
education consortium in the prior school year.
   (c) State matching funds may only be expended to further the
purposes of this article in accordance with a plan annually adopted
by the governing body of the career education consortium. The fiscal
agent of the career education consortium shall provide to the
governing body of the career education consortium no later than
October 1 of each school year a report of the purposes and programs
for which state matching funds were expended in the prior school
year, and the amount expended for each purpose and program.