Bill Text: CA AB35 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education: career technical education and workforce

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-12 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB35 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB35-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 35	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act  relating to education   to amend
Section 66   903 of the Education Code, relating to
education  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 35, as amended, Furutani. Education: workforce 
preparation.   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 Postsecondary Education
Commission as the statewide postsecondary education planning and
coordinating agency and provides for its functions and
responsibilities, including advising the Legislature and the Governor
on matters related to postsecondary education.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to develop a strategic plan in the education system for
workforce preparation  and career technical education  .

   The bill also would require the California Postsecondary Education
Commission, in conjunction with the State Department of Education
and the California Workforce Investment Board, to conduct stakeholder
meetings to develop recommendations for a strategic plan for
workforce development and career technical education in the public
education system. The bill would require the commission to report the
recommendations to the Legislature.  
   This bill would require the California Postsecondary Education
Commission to develop a strategic plan for connecting education and
workforce development in the state. The bill would require the
commission to cooperate with the State Department of Education, the
California Workforce Investment Board, and representatives from
education, business, and labor organizations to make specified
recommendations in the strategic plan. The bill would require that
the strategic plan include specified provisions. The bill would
require the commission to report its recommendations for the
strategic plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before July
1, 2011. 
   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.    The California Postsecondary Education
Commission, in conjunction with the State Department of Education and
the California Workforce Investment Board, shall conduct stakeholder
meetings throughout the state to develop recommendations for a
strategic plan for workforce development and career technical
education in the public education system. The California
Postsecondary Education Commission shall report these recommendations
to the Legislature. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 66903 of the   Education
Code   is amended to read: 
   66903.  The commission has the following functions and
responsibilities in its capacity as the statewide postsecondary
education planning and coordinating agency and adviser to the
Legislature and the Governor:
   (a) It shall require the governing boards of the segments of
public postsecondary education to develop and submit to the
commission institutional and systemwide long-range plans in a form
determined by the commission after consultation with the segments.
   (b) It shall prepare a state plan for postsecondary education that
shall integrate the planning efforts of the public segments with
other pertinent plans. The commission shall seek to resolve conflicts
or inconsistencies among segmental plans in consultation with the
segments. If these consultations are unsuccessful, the commission
shall report the unresolved issues to the Legislature with
recommendations for resolution. In developing the plan, the
commission shall consider at least the following factors:
   (1) The need for, and location of, new facilities.
   (2) The range and kinds of programs appropriate to each
institution or system.
   (3) The budgetary priorities of the institutions and systems of
postsecondary education.
   (4) The impact of various types and levels of student charges on
students and on postsecondary education programs and institutions.
   (5) The appropriate levels of state-funded student financial aid.
   (6) The access and admission of students to postsecondary
education.
   (7) The educational programs and resources of independent and
private postsecondary institutions.
   (8) The provisions of this division differentiating the functions
of the public systems of higher education.
   (c) It shall update the plan periodically, as appropriate.
   (d) It shall participate in appropriate stages of the executive
and the legislative budget processes as requested by the executive
and the legislative branches, and shall advise the executive and the
legislative branches as to whether segmental programmatic budgetary
requests are compatible with the state plan. It is not intended that
the commission hold independent budget hearings.
   (e) It shall advise the Legislature and the Governor regarding the
need for, and location of, new institutions and campuses of public
higher education.
   (f) It shall review proposals by the public segments for new
programs, the priorities that guide them, and the degree of
coordination with nearby public, independent, and private
postsecondary educational institutions, and shall make
recommendations regarding those proposals to the Legislature and the
Governor.
   (g) In consultation with the public segments, it shall establish a
schedule for segmental review of selected educational programs,
evaluate the program approval, review, and disestablishment processes
of the segments, and report its findings and recommendations to the
Legislature and the Governor.
   (h) It shall serve as a stimulus to the segments and institutions
of postsecondary education by projecting and identifying societal and
educational needs and encouraging adaptability to change.
   (i) It shall periodically collect or conduct, or both collect and
conduct, studies of projected manpower supply and demand, in
cooperation with appropriate state agencies, and disseminate the
results of those studies to institutions of postsecondary education
and to the public in order to improve the information base upon which
student choices are made.
   (j) It shall periodically review and make recommendations
concerning the need for, and availability of, postsecondary programs
for adult and continuing education.
   (k) It shall develop criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of
all aspects of postsecondary education.
   (  l  ) It shall maintain and update annually an
inventory of all off-campus programs and facilities for education,
research, and community services operated by public and independent
institutions of postsecondary education.
   (m) (1) It shall act as a clearinghouse for postsecondary
education information and as a primary source of information for the
Legislature, the Governor, and other agencies. It shall develop and
maintain a comprehensive  data base   database
 that does all of the following:
   (A) Ensures comparability of data from diverse sources.
   (B) Supports longitudinal studies of individual students as they
progress through the state's postsecondary educational institutions,
based upon the commission's existing student  data base
  database  through the use of a unique student
identifier.
   (C) Is compatible with the California School Information System
and the student information systems developed and maintained by the
public segments of higher education, as appropriate.
   (D) Provides Internet access to data, as appropriate, to the
sectors of higher education.
   (E) Provides each of the educational segments access to the data
made available to the commission for the purposes of the 
data base   database  , in order to support, most
efficiently and effectively, statewide, segmental, and individual
campus educational research information needs.
   (2) The commission, in implementing paragraph (1), shall comply
with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) relating to the disclosure of personally
identifiable information concerning students.
   (3) The commission may not make available any personally
identifiable information received from a postsecondary educational
institution concerning students for any regulatory purpose unless the
institution has authorized the commission to provide that
information on behalf of the institution.
   (4) The commission shall provide 30-day notification to the
chairpersons of the appropriate legislative policy and budget
committees of the Legislature, to the Director of Finance, and to the
Governor prior to making any significant changes to the student
information contained in the  data base  
database  .
   (n) It shall establish criteria for state support of new and
existing programs, in consultation with the public segments, the
Department of Finance, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
   (o) It shall comply with the appropriate provisions of the federal
Education Amendments of 1972  (   P.L.
  (   Public Law  92-318), as specified in
Section 67000.
   (p) It shall consider the relationship among academic education
and vocational education and job training programs, and shall
actively consult with representatives of public and private
education.
   (q) It shall review all proposals for changes in eligibility pools
for admission to public institutions and segments of postsecondary
education and shall make recommendations to the Legislature, the
Governor, and institutions of postsecondary education. In carrying
out this subdivision, the commission periodically shall conduct a
study of the percentages of California public high school graduates
estimated to be eligible for admission to the University of
California and the California State University. The changes made to
this subdivision during the 2001-02 Regular Session of the
Legislature shall be implemented only during those fiscal years for
which funding is provided for the purposes of those provisions in the
annual Budget Act or in another measure.
   (r) It shall report periodically to the Legislature and the
Governor regarding the financial conditions of independent
institutions, their enrollment and application figures, the number of
student spaces available, and the respective cost of utilizing those
spaces as compared to providing additional public spaces. The
reports shall include recommendations concerning state policies and
programs having a significant impact on independent institutions.
   (s) Upon request of the Legislature or the Governor, it shall
submit to the Legislature and the Governor a report on all matters so
requested that are compatible with its role as the statewide
postsecondary education planning and coordinating agency. Upon
request of individual Members of the Legislature or personnel in the
executive branch, the commission shall submit information or a report
on any matter to the extent that sufficient resources are available.
From time to time, it also may submit to the Legislature and the
Governor a report that contains recommendations as to necessary or
desirable changes, if any, in the functions, policies, and programs
of the several segments of public, independent, and private
postsecondary education.
   (t) In consultation with the public segments, it shall consider
the development of facilities to be used by more than one segment of
public higher education, commonly called "joint-use facilities." It
shall recommend to the Legislature criteria and processes for
different segments to utilize bond funds for these intersegmental,
joint-use facilities.
   (u) It may undertake other functions and responsibilities that are
compatible with its role as the statewide postsecondary education
planning and coordinating agency. 
   (v) (1) It shall develop a strategic plan for connecting education
and workforce development in the state. In cooperation with the
State Department of Education, the California Workforce Investment
Board, and representatives from education, business, and labor
organizations, the commission 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.  
   (2) The strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to, all
of the following provisions:  
   (A) How the state determines appropriate measures for evaluating
and collecting data on future workforce needs.  
   (B) The alignment of workforce needs with future postsecondary
education programs and capacity at both the state and regional
levels.  
   (C) Strategies for fostering long-term improvements in workers'
skills and knowledge.  
   (D) Methods for closing the skills gap and strengthening the nexus
between education and the workforce.  
   (E) Appropriate measures for improving data collection on future
workforce needs.  
   (3) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission
solicit input from K-12 and postsecondary education institutions,
local workforce investment boards, and other appropriate governmental
entities in developing recommendations for the strategic plan. 

   (4) The commission shall report its recommendations for the
strategic plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before July
1, 2011.