Bill Text: CA SB1103 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Cal Grant Program: annual report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 273, Statutes of 2012. [SB1103 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1103-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1103	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 27, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2012

   An act to amend  Sections 48980, 51225.3, and 51229 of the
Education Code, relating to career technical education. 
 Section 69433.2 of the Education Code, relating to student
financial aid. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1103, as amended, Wright.  Career technical education:
parent notification: high school graduation requirements. 
 Cal Grant Program: annual report.  
   Existing law establishes the Cal Grant Program under the
administration of the Student Aid Commission and establishes
eligibility requirements for awards under the program for
participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing
law requires each Cal Grant participating institution, as a condition
for its voluntary participation in the Cal Grant Program, to
annually report to the commission specified information for its
undergraduate programs.  
   This bill would require the commission to post on its Internet Web
site each annual report submitted by a Cal Grant participating
institution and other specified information and links that are useful
to students and parents who are in the process of selecting a
college or university.  
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to
provide an annual notification with specified information, including
a complete list of career technical education courses offered by the
school district that satisfy the subject matter requirements for
admission to the California State University and the University of
California, to a parent or guardian of a minor pupil, as provided,
and requires a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, to include, as part of that notice and among other things,
a brief description of what constitutes career technical education.
 
   This bill would define "career technical education course" for
purposes of that notice, and would additionally require that the
notice contain a brief statement that most available jobs in the
labor market do not require a 4-year degree, accompanied by
references to specified labor statistics, a description of the
completion and tuition rates at the University of California and the
California State University, and a list of all career technical
education coursework offered by the school district. By imposing
these additional duties on the governing board of a school district,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 

   Existing law requires that, in order to receive a diploma of
graduation from high school, a pupil complete certain courses,
including, but not limited to, one course in visual or performing
arts, foreign language, or career technical education. Under existing
law, that provision does not require a school or school district
that does not currently offer career technical education courses to
start new career technical education programs.  
   This bill would clarify that the above-described provision does
not relieve a school or school district from the requirement that it
offer pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, a course of study that
provides an opportunity for those pupils to attain entry-level
employment skills in business or industry upon graduation from high
school.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes   no  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 69433.2 of the   
 Education Code   is amended to read: 
   69433.2.   (a)    As a condition for its
voluntary participation in the Cal Grant Program, each Cal Grant
participating institution shall  , beginning in 2012,
 annually report to the commission, and as further specified
in the institutional participation agreement, both of the following
for its undergraduate programs: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for
all students, including aggregate information on Cal Grant
recipients. 
   (b) 
    (2)  The job placement rate and salary and wage
information for each program that is either  (1) 
designed or advertised to lead to a particular type of job  ;
 or  (2)  advertised or promoted with
 any   a  claim regarding job placement.

   (b) The commission shall post both of the following on its
Internet Web site:  
   (1) Each annual report submitted by a Cal Grant participating
institution pursuant to subdivision (a).  
   (2) Other information and links that are useful to students and
parents who are in the process of selecting a college or university.
This information may include, but not be limited to, local
occupational profiles available through the Employment Development
Department's Labor Market Information Data Library.  All matter
omitted in this version of the bill appears in the bill as introduced
in the Senate, February 16, 2012. (JR11)