BILL NUMBER: SB 1358 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Steinberg FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 53081 of the Education Code, relating to the School-to-Career Program. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1358, as introduced, Steinberg. School-to-Career Program. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to administer the School-to-Career Program, and to serve certain roles with respect to administering the program, including developing or participating in the development of specified accountability measurements, awarding grants to eligible qualified applicants, providing technical and professional assistance to all local partnerships, consulting and offering advice to partnerships, and providing an informational link where local partnerships can collaborate and exchange successful and innovative methods and ideas. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 53081 of the Education Code is amended to read: 53081. TheState Department of Educationdepartment shall administer the School-to-Career Program and serve the following roles: (a) Develop or participate in the development of accountability measurements specified in paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 53082 for school-to-career programs to ensure that the goals of the program are being met. (b) Award grants to eligible applicants that meet or exceed the criteria specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53082. (c) Provide technical and professional assistance to all local partnerships. (d) Consult and offer advice to partnerships. (e) Provide an informational link where local partnerships can collaborate and exchange successful and innovative methods and ideas.