Bill Text: CA SB425 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 532, Statutes of 2016. [SB425 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB425-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 425	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hernandez

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 52300 and 52500 of the Education Code,
relating to career technical education, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 425, as introduced, Hernandez. Career technical education.
   (1) Existing law provides that the Legislature declares that a
regional occupational center will serve the state and national
interests in providing career technical and technical education to
students, including, but not limited to, high school students.
   This bill would instead provide that the Legislature declares that
the regional occupational center will serve the state and national
interests in providing secondary and postsecondary career technical
and technical education to those pupils.
   (2) Existing law requires adult schools and evening high schools
to consist of classes for adults and authorizes minors to be admitted
into those classes pursuant to policy adopted by the governing board
of the school district and if those minors meet certain eligibility
requirements.
   This bill would authorize those classes to include postsecondary
career technical education programs.
   (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52300 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   52300.   (a)    In enacting this article, it is
the intent of the Legislature to provide qualified  students
  pupils  with the opportunity to attend a
technical school or enroll in a career technical or technical
training program, regardless of the geographical location of their
residence in a county or region. The Legislature hereby declares that
a regional occupational center will serve the state and national
interests in providing  secondary and postsecondary  career
technical and technical education to prepare  students
  pupils  for an increasingly technological society
in which generalized training and skills are insufficient to prepare
high school  students   pupils  and
graduates, and out-of-school youth and adults for the many employment
opportunities  which   that  require
special or technical training and skills. The Legislature also
declares that regional occupational centers will enable a broader
curriculum in technical subjects to be offered, and will avoid
unnecessary duplication of courses and expensive training equipment,
and will provide a flexibility in operation  which 
 that  will facilitate rapid program adjustments and meeting
changing training needs as they arise. 
   It 
    (b)     It  is recognized by the
Legislature that career technical programs may achieve great
flexibility of planning, scope and operation by the conduct of these
programs in a variety of physical facilities at various training
locations. 
   It 
    (c)     It  is the further intent of
the Legislature that regional occupational centers and programs
provide career technical and occupational instruction related to the
attainment of skills so that trainees are prepared for gainful
employment in the area for which training was provided, or are
upgraded so they have the higher level skills required because of new
and changing technologies or so that they are prepared for
enrollment in more advanced training programs.
  SEC. 2.  Section 52500 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   52500.  Adult schools and evening high schools shall consist of
classes for adults  and may include postsecondary career
technical education programs  . Minors may be admitted to those
classes pursuant to board policy and Section 52500.1.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for regional occupational programs to satisfy federal
requirements in order to participate in federal student aid programs,
it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.