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

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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]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 425	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hernandez
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Calderon  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to  amend Sections 52300 and 52500 of 
 add Section 52334.7 to  the Education Code, relating to
career technical education, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 425, as amended, Hernandez. Career  technical
education.   training: adult students.  
   (1) Existing law authorizes various career technical education
programs, including regional occupational centers and programs,
specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and
agricultural career technical education programs.  
   The bill would authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to certify, by name, any regional occupational center or program,
county office of education, or adult education program, that provides
a program of training to prepare adult students for gainful
employment in a recognized occupation, to legally authorize the
center, program, or office to provide an educational program beyond
secondary education, as specified.  
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.  
   (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
a regional occupational center and program or a county office of
education will serve the state and national interests in providing
secondary and postsecondary programs focused on career technical and
technical education to those pupils. The bill would also express
legislative recognition that, for purposes of participating in any
student financial assistance program authorized by a specified
federal statute, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may
certify, by name, a regional occupational center and program or a
county office of education.  
   (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. The bill would, for purposes of
participation in any student financial assistance program authorized
by a specified federal statute, authorize the Superintendent to
certify, by name, an adult school or evening high school. 

   (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.    (a) The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:  
   (1) Career training for adults is an important part of workforce
and economic development in California.  
   (2) Many of California's neediest adult students require financial
aid to support their career training.  
   (3) Historically, those neediest adult students have had access to
federal financial aid under Title IV of the federal Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.).  
   (4) Recent revisions in federal regulations governing Title IV of
the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec.
6301 et seq.) have eliminated the eligibility for financial aid for
adult students in many of California's career training programs
operated by local educational agencies, even though adults in those
programs have been historically eligible.  
   (b) The Legislature therefore supports all of the following: 

   (1) Adult students' access to career training programs that will
improve or expand their job skills and employability.  
   (2) Adult students' access to federal financial aid that may be
used for career training programs and services. 
   (3) Providers of career training programs for adult students, as
those providers work to satisfy federal requirements necessary to
establish federal financial aid eligibility for those adult students.

   SEC. 2.    Section 52334.7 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   52334.7.  (a) The Superintendent may certify, by name, any
regional occupational center or program, county office of education,
or adult education program, that provides a program of training to
prepare adult students for gainful employment in a recognized
occupation, upon the center, program, or office's satisfaction of the
requirements in subdivision (b), to legally authorize the center,
program, or office to provide an educational program beyond secondary
education, including an education program that leads to a degree or
certificate, for purposes of the center, program, or office
participating in any student financial assistance program authorized
by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20
U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.).
   (b) A regional occupational center or program, county office of
education, or adult education program applying for certification
pursuant to subdivision (a) shall comply with both of the following:
   (1) Satisfying all applicable eligibility requirements specified
in federal rulemaking pursuant to Sections 600.6, 600.7, and 600.9 of
Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, other than the
authorization provided for in subdivision (a).
   (2) Applying in writing to the Superintendent, as an individual
center, program, or office, to be considered for certification
pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (c) Any person may file a complaint under the Uniform Complaint
Procedures, as set forth in Title 5 of the California Code of
Regulations, regarding an alleged violation by a local agency of
federal or state law or regulations governing adult education
programs or regional occupational centers and programs, including
allegations of unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or
bullying.
   (d) The Superintendent shall adopt regulations that authorize any
person to file a complaint under the Uniform Complaint Procedures, as
set forth in Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations,
regarding an alleged violation by a county office of education of
federal or state law or regulations governing that county office of
education's participation in any student financial assistance program
authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.), including allegations of
unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
   (e) The Superintendent may decertify, for purposes of
participating in any student financial assistance program authorized
by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20
U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.), a regional occupational center or program,
county office of education, or adult education program previously
certified in accordance with subdivision (a) if the Superintendent
determines that the regional occupational center or program, county
office of education, or adult education program is no longer in
compliance with the requirements outlined in subdivision (b). 
   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 centers and programs, county
offices of education, adult schools, and evening high schools to
satisfy federal requirements in order to participate in federal
student aid programs, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 52300 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   52300.  (a) (1) In enacting this article, it is the intent of the
Legislature to provide qualified 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.
   (2) The Legislature hereby declares that a regional occupational
center and program or a county office of education will serve the
state and national interests in providing secondary and postsecondary
programs focused on career technical and technical education to
prepare pupils for an increasingly technological society in which
generalized training and skills are insufficient to prepare high
school pupils and graduates, and out-of-school youth and adults for
the many employment opportunities that require special or technical
training and skills.
   (3) The Legislature also declares that regional occupational
centers and programs or county offices of education 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 that will
facilitate rapid program adjustments and meeting changing training
needs as they arise.
   (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.
   (c) It is the further intent of the Legislature that regional
occupational centers and programs or county offices of education
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.
   (d) The Legislature further recognizes that, for purposes of
participation in any student financial assistance program authorized
by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.), the Superintendent may certify, by
name, a regional occupational center and program or a county office
of education.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 52500 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
   52500.  (a) 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.
   (b) For purposes of participation in any student financial
assistance program authorized by Title IV of the federal Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.), the
Superintendent may certify, by name, an adult school or an evening
high school.  
  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 centers and programs, county
offices of education, adult schools, and evening high schools to
satisfy federal requirements in order to participate in federal
student aid programs, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately.