Bill Text: CA AB35 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
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
BILL NUMBER: AB 35 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 2, 2010
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 amend, repeal, and add Section 51225.3 of, and
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: career technical
education and workforce development.
Under
(1) Existing law prohibits a pupil from receiving a diploma of
graduation from high school unless he or she completes specified
requirements, including, but not limited to, completing one course in
visual or performing arts or foreign language.
This bill, commencing with the 2011-12 school year and until July
1, 2016, would add completion of a course in career technical
education, as defined, as an alternative to the requirement that a
pupil complete a course in visual or performing arts or foreign
language. The bill would require the State Department of Education to
report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2015, the number
of pupils who took a career technical education course in order to
fulfill this graduation requirement.
(2) 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, the California
Postsecondary Education Commission, 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 51225.3 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
51225.3. (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following while in
grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of
graduation from high school:
(1) At least the following numbers of courses in the subjects
specified, each course having a duration of one year, unless
otherwise specified:
(A) Three courses in English.
(B) Two courses in mathematics.
(C) Two courses in science, including biological and physical
sciences.
(D) Three courses in social studies, including United States
history and geography; world history, culture, and geography; a
one-semester course in American government and civics; and a
one-semester course in economics.
(E) (i) One course in visual or performing arts, foreign language,
or, commencing with the 2011-12 school year, career technical
education.
(E)
(i i ) One course in
visual or performing arts or foreign language. For the
purposes of satisfying the requirement specified in this
subparagraph, a course in American Sign Language shall be deemed a
course in foreign language.
(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, "a course in career
technical education" means a course in a district-operated career
technical education program that is aligned to the career technical
model curriculum standards and framework adopted by the state board.
(iv) This subparagraph does not require a school or school
district that currently does not offer career technical education
courses to start new career technical education programs for purposes
of this section.
(F) Two courses in physical education, unless the pupil has been
exempted pursuant to the provisions of this code.
(2) Other coursework requirements adopted by the governing board
of the school district.
(b) The governing board, with the active involvement of parents,
administrators, teachers, and pupils, shall adopt alternative means
for pupils to complete the prescribed course of study that may
include practical demonstration of skills and competencies,
supervised work experience or other outside school experience, career
technical education classes offered in high schools, courses offered
by regional occupational centers or programs, interdisciplinary
study, independent study, and credit earned at a postsecondary
institution. Requirements for graduation and specified alternative
modes for completing the prescribed course of study shall be made
available to pupils, parents, and the public.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district
shall exempt a pupil in foster care from all coursework and other
requirements adopted by the governing board of the district that are
in addition to the statewide coursework requirements specified in
this section if the pupil, while he or she is in grade 11 or 12,
transfers into the district from another school district or between
high schools within the district, unless the district makes a finding
that the pupil is reasonably able to complete the additional
requirements in time to graduate from high school while he or she
remains eligible for foster care benefits pursuant to state law. A
school district shall notify a pupil in foster care who is granted an
exemption pursuant to this subdivision, and, as appropriate, the
person holding the right to make educational decisions for the pupil,
if any of the requirements that are waived will affect the pupil's
ability to gain admission to a postsecondary educational institution
and shall provide information about transfer opportunities available
through the California Community Colleges.
(d) (1) On or before January 1, 2015, the department shall report
to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature the number of
pupils who took a career technical education course in order to
fulfill the requirement specified in subparagraph (E) of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a). A school district may report the number of
career technical education courses taken by pupils to fulfill the
requirement specified in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement
Data System.
(2) The report shall include information on the factors that
influenced the pupils' choices, including, but not limited to, the
number and type of career technical courses that were available, the
number of career technical education courses that were A-G approved,
the extent to which the courses met local workforce needs, and the
impact on visual and performing arts and foreign language courses
that resulted from pupils choosing to take career technical education
classes to fulfill the requirement.
(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and, as
of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
SEC. 3. Section 51225.3 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
51225.3. (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following while in
grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of
graduation from high school:
(1) At least the following numbers of courses in the subjects
specified, each course having a duration of one year, unless
otherwise specified:
(A) Three courses in English.
(B) Two courses in mathematics.
(C) Two courses in science, including biological and physical
sciences.
(D) Three courses in social studies, including United States
history and geography; world history, culture, and geography; a
one-semester course in American government and civics; and a
one-semester course in economics.
(E) One course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.
For the purposes of satisfying the requirement specified in this
subparagraph, a course in American Sign Language shall be deemed a
course in foreign language.
(F) Two courses in physical education, unless the pupil has been
exempted pursuant to the provisions of this code.
(2) Other coursework requirements adopted by the governing board
of the school district.
(b) The governing board, with the active involvement of parents,
administrators, teachers, and pupils, shall adopt alternative means
for pupils to complete the prescribed course of study that may
include practical demonstration of skills and competencies,
supervised work experience or other outside school experience, career
technical education classes offered in high schools, courses offered
by regional occupational centers or programs, interdisciplinary
study, independent study, and credit earned at a postsecondary
institution. Requirements for graduation and specified alternative
modes for completing the prescribed course of study shall be made
available to pupils, parents, and the public.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district
shall exempt a pupil in foster care from all coursework and other
requirements adopted by the governing board of the district that are
in addition to the statewide coursework requirements specified in
this section if the pupil, while he or she is in grade 11 or 12,
transfers into the district from another school district or between
high schools within the district, unless the district makes a finding
that the pupil is reasonably able to complete the additional
requirements in time to graduate from high school while he or she
remains eligible for foster care benefits pursuant to state law. A
school district shall notify a pupil in foster care who is granted an
exemption pursuant to this subdivision, and, as appropriate, the
person holding the right to make educational decisions for the pupil,
if any of the requirements that are waived will affect the pupil's
ability to gain admission to a postsecondary educational institution
and shall provide information about transfer opportunities available
through the California Community Colleges.
(d) This section shall become operative July 1, 2016.
SEC. 2. SEC. 4. 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 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 , the
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 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. SEC. 5. 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.
