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 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  amend Section 66903 of   add
Section 88550.7 to  the Education 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 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.
   This bill would require the California Postsecondary Education
Commission  and 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. The bill would require the commission  and the Office
of the Chancellor  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  and the Office of the
Chancellor  to report  its   their 
recommendations for the strategic plan to the Governor and the
Legislature on or before July 1, 2011.  The bill 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 Postsecondary Education Commission,
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. In cooperation with the State Department
of Education, the California Workforce Investment Board, and
representatives from education, business, and labor organizations,
the commission 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 commission 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 commission 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.  All matter omitted in this version of the bill
appears in the bill as amended in the Assembly, January 4, 2010.
(JR11)