California-2009-AB35-Amended

BILL NUMBER: AB 35	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to add Section 88550.7 to the Education Code, and to add
Section 14013.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to
education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 35, as amended, Furutani. Education: workforce development.
   Under existing law, the public school system of the state
includes, among other schools, secondary and technical schools.
Existing law provides for various career technical and workforce
preparation programs in the public schools.
   Existing law also establishes the University of California, the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges as
the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
Existing law declares that it is the intent of the Legislature that
those institutions provide a collegiate experience that gives each
student specified skills and that an undergraduate education prepare
students to have the flexibility to adapt to, among other things, new
workforce needs.
   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 declares that the board is
appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State
Workforce Investment Plan.
   This bill would require the California Workforce Investment Board
and the Office of the Chancellor and the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges to develop a strategic plan, containing
specified elements, for connecting education and workforce
development in the state. The bill would require the board and the
Office of the Chancellor to cooperate with the State Department of
Education, and representatives from education, business, and labor
organizations to make specified recommendations in the strategic
plan. The bill would require the board and the Office of the
Chancellor to report their recommendations for the strategic plan to
the Governor and the Legislature on or before July 1, 2011, and would
require the Office of the Chancellor to provide the staffing and
resources necessary for developing and reporting the strategic plan.

   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 enact
legislation to develop a strategic plan in the education system for
workforce preparation and career technical education.
  SEC. 2.  Section 88550.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   88550.7.  (a) The California Workforce Investment Board, the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and
the Board of the Governors of the California Community Colleges shall
develop a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce
development in the state as part of the board's next 
biennial   revision of the  California Strategic
Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the
Wagner-Peyser Act. In cooperation with the State Department of
Education and representatives from education, business, and labor
organizations, the board and the Office of the Chancellor shall make
recommendations in the strategic plan that address the contribution
of academic and career technical education, at all levels of
education, to 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 board and the
Office of the Chancellor 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) (1) The board and the Office of the Chancellor shall report
their recommendations for the strategic plan to the Governor and the
Legislature on or before July 1, 2011.
   (2) (A) The requirement for submitting the report imposed under
paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
   (B) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (e) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall provide the staffing and resources necessary for
developing and reporting the strategic plan developed pursuant to
this section.
   (f)  For purposes of this section, "board" means the California
Workforce Investment Board established pursuant to Article 1
(commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code.
  SEC. 3.  Section 14013.5 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   14013.5.  The board shall assist the Office of the Chancellor and
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to
develop a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce
development in the state pursuant to Section 88550.7 of the Education
Code.