Bill Text: CA AB1019 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: State prisons: correctional education and vocational training.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 789, Statutes of 2013. [AB1019 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1019-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1019 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 789
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 13, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 13, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 26, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 6, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ammiano
(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Hancock)
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to amend Section 2053.4 of, and to add Section 2053.5 to,
the Penal Code, relating to state prisons.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1019, Ammiano. State prisons: correctional education and
vocational training.
Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to appoint a Superintendent of
Correctional Education to oversee and administer all prison education
programs, set long-term and short-term goals for inmate literacy and
testing, and establish priorities for prison education. Existing law
also establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board to
review the mental health, substance abuse, educational, and
employment programs for inmates of state prisons.
This bill would require goals for career technical education to be
set by the Superintendent of Correctional Education, and would
establish factors that are required to be considered when
establishing a career technical education program, including the
demand for the skills being trained and the availability of
employment in those fields.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Given that, as of June 2012, 60.8 percent of state
prison inmates have a medium to high need for academic or career
technical programs, and it has been shown that career technical
education programs are both effective at reducing recidivism and cost
effective to the state, it is the intent of the Legislature in
enacting this act that the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall, within its existing resources, set both short-
and long-term goals for career technical education programs.
SEC. 2. Section 2053.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
2053.4. The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional
Education, who shall oversee and administer all prison education
programs. The Superintendent of Correctional Education shall set both
short- and long-term goals for inmate literacy and testing and
career technical education programs, and shall establish priorities
for prison academic and career technical education programs.
SEC. 3. Section 2053.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
2053.5. Consistent with the goals and priorities of the
department, a career technical education program shall consider all
of the following factors:
(a) Whether the program aligns with the workforce needs of
high-demand sectors of the state and regional economies.
(b) Whether there is an active job market for the skills being
developed where the inmate will likely be released.
(c) Whether the program increases the number of inmates who obtain
a marketable and industry or apprenticeship board-recognized
certification, credential, or degree.
(d) Whether there are formal or informal networks in the field
that support finding employment upon release from prison.
(e) Whether the program will lead to employment in occupations
with a livable wage.
