Bill Text: CA AB2098 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Adult Education Block Grant Program: immigration integration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2018. [AB2098 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2098-Amended.html

Amended  IN  Senate  June 18, 2018
Amended  IN  Senate  June 07, 2018
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 17, 2018
Amended  IN  Assembly  March 15, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 2098


Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty and Thurmond

February 08, 2018


An act to add and repeal Article 22 (commencing with Section 8460) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to after school programs. An act to amend Sections 84917 and 84920 of the Education Code, relating to adult education.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2098, as amended, McCarty. After school programs: computer coding: grant program. Adult Education Block Grant Program: immigration integration.
Existing law creates the Adult Education Block Grant Program under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The program requires the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the Executive Director of the State Board of Education, to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult education consortium in each adult education region, as specified. Existing law requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to provide to the Director of Finance, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature preliminary reports on or before October 30 following each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the program and final reports on or before February 1 of the following year about the use of specified funds and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region. Existing law requires those reports to include, among other things, any recommendations related to delivery or education and workforce services for adults.
Existing law establishes the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, appointed by the Governor, for the purpose of developing a comprehensive statewide report on programs and services that serve immigrants and programs and services currently managed by a state agency or department to support California immigrants.
This bill would require the reports prepared by the chancellor and the Superintendent to be additionally provided to the director. The bill would require those reports to also include any recommendations related to delivery of immigrant integration for adults.
Existing law requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding placement of adults seeking education and workforce services into adult education programs to be used by each consortium, as specified.
This bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent, in conjunction with the director, to identify common measures for meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee adults seeking integration in eight specified goal areas, and, at a minimum, would require the chancellor, Superintendent, and director to both define the specific data each consortium may collect and establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding placement of adults seeking immigrant integration into adult education programs to be used by each consortium to measure educational needs of adults and the effectiveness of providers in addressing those needs.
Existing law requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to identify, no later than January 1, 2016, measures for assessing the effectiveness of each consortium, which include, among other things, how many adults have demonstrated specified benefits from the services of a consortium, including, among other things, improved literacy skills and wages.
This bill instead would extend the January 1, 2016, deadline to March 1, 2019, and would require the chancellor and Superintendent, in conjunction with the director, as applicable, to identify additional measures for assessing the effectiveness of consortia that will be used in the report described above, including how many adults served by the consortium have demonstrated immigrant integration in eight specified goal areas.

Existing law establishes the After School Education and Safety Program to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools, under which a program can apply for a grant for operating a before school component, an after school component, or both the before and after school components, on one or multiple schoolsites. The After School Education and Safety Program requires an applicant for a grant to ensure that certain requirements are fulfilled, including that all components of the program have an educational and literacy element in which tutoring or homework assistance is provided in one or more of the areas of language arts, mathematics, history and social science, computer training, or science.

This bill, subject to an appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, would establish the After School Kids Code Grant Pilot Program under the administration of the State Department of Education to provide one-time grant funds to eligible after school education and safety programs that focus on computer coding as part of their program curriculum. The bill would require those one-time grant funds to be allocated and expended for the 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22 fiscal years, as determined by the department. The bill would require the department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, to develop an application process and criteria for determining eligible grant recipients consistent with the purpose of promoting computer coding education. The bill would authorize the department to impose conditions on grant recipients regarding the use of grant funds consistent with the purposes of the program. The bill would require the department to determine the amount and number of grants to be awarded under the program based on the after school program site enrollment and in consideration of the overall funding appropriated for this grant program in the 2018–19 annual Budget Act or other statute. The bill would repeal the program on January 1, 2023.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 84917 of the Education Code is amended to read:

84917.
 (a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the Legislature related to adult education, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall report to the Director of Finance, the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration, the State Board of Education, and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the Government Code, the Legislature about the use of the funds described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 84906 and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region. The chancellor and the Superintendent shall provide preliminary reports on or before October 30 following each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the program and final reports on or before February 1 of the following year. Each report shall be based on all data available at the time of its submission. The report shall include at least all of the following:
(1) A summary of the adult education plan operative for each consortium.
(2) The distribution schedule for each consortium.
(3) The types and levels of services provided by each consortium.
(4) The effectiveness of each consortium in meeting the educational needs of adults in its respective region.
(5) Any recommendations related to delivery of education education, immigrant integration, and workforce services for adults, including recommendations related to improved alignment of state programs.
(b) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent may require a consortium, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment, to submit any reports or data necessary to produce the report described in subdivision (a).
(2) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall align the data used to produce the report described in subdivision (a) with data reported by local educational agencies for other purposes, such as data used for purposes of the federal Workforce Opportunity and Innovation Act (Public Law 113-128).
(3) The Employment Development Department and the California Workforce Investment Board shall provide any assistance needed to align delivery of services across state and regional workforce, education, and job service programs.

SEC. 2.

 Section 84920 of the Education Code is amended to read:

84920.
 (a) To the extent that one-time funding is made available in the Budget Act of 2015, consistent with the provisions of Section 84917, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall identify common measures for determining the effectiveness of members of each consortium in meeting the educational needs of adults. At a minimum, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall accomplish both of the following:
(1) Define the specific data each consortium shall collect.
(2) Establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding placement of adults seeking education and workforce services into adult education programs to be used by each consortium to measure educational needs of adults and the effectiveness of providers in addressing those needs.
(b) Consistent with the provisions of Section 84917, the chancellor and the Superintendent, in conjunction with the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration, shall identify common measures for meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee adults seeking integration in the eight goal areas specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e). At a minimum, the chancellor, the Superintendent, and the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration shall accomplish both of the following:
(1) Define the specific data each consortium shall collect.
(2) Establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding placement of adults seeking immigrant integration into adult education programs to be used by each consortium to measure educational needs of adults and the effectiveness of providers in addressing those needs.

(b)

(c) No later than August 1, 2017, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall report to the Director of Finance, the State Board of Education, and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on options for integrating the assessments described in subdivision (a) into the common assessment system developed pursuant to Section 78219. The report shall address compliance of the assessments with federal and state funding requirements for adult education programs, identify estimated costs and timelines for the assessments, and identify changes in policies that may be needed to avoid duplicate assessments.

(c)

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:
(1) That the educational needs of adults in the state be better identified and understood through better sharing of data across state agencies.
(2) That, at a minimum, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall enter into agreements to share data related to effectiveness of the consortia between their agencies and with other state agencies, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Employment Development Department and the California Workforce Investment Board.

(d)

(e) The chancellor and the Superintendent Superintendent, in conjunction with the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration, as applicable, shall identify, no later than January 1, 2016, March 1, 2019, the measures for assessing the effectiveness of consortia that will be used in the report that is required pursuant to Section 84917. These measures shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following: following, as applicable:
(1) How many adults are served by members of the consortium.
(2) How many adults served by members of the consortium have demonstrated the following:
(A) Improved literacy skills.
(B) Immigrant integration in the following eight goal areas, as applicable:
(i) Increased economic security.
(ii) Improved English proficiency.
(iii) Increased credentials and residency.
(iv) Increased health and well-being.
(v) Increased educational and career advancement.
(vi) Increased first language literacy.
(vii) Improved provision for children and family.
(viii) Increased participation in civic and community life.

(B)

(C) Completion of high school diplomas or their recognized equivalents.

(C)

(D) Completion of postsecondary certificates, degrees, or training programs.

(D)

(E) Placement into jobs.

(E)

(F) Improved wages.

(e)

(f) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion the funds appropriated for purposes of this section in the Budget Act of 2015 in accordance with both of the following:
(1) Eighty-five percent of these funds shall be used for grants to consortia to establish systems or obtain data necessary to submit any reports or data required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 84917.
(2) Fifteen percent of these funds shall be used for grants for development of statewide policies and procedures related to data collection or reporting or for technical assistance to consortia, or both.

(f)

(g) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall provide any guidance to the consortia necessary to support the sharing of data included in systems established by consortia pursuant to this section across consortia.

SECTION 1.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Computer science drives job growth and innovation throughout California’s economy and society. Computing occupations are the number one source of all new wages in the United States and make up more than one-half of all projected new jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, making computer science one of the most in-demand college degrees.

(b)Computer programming or coding is the tool used to power creation and innovation in the digital world. It provides foundational knowledge that all pupils need in the 21st century workplace.

(c)California leads the nation in technology jobs, innovation, and average wage for technology workers. In the 2015–16 academic year, California had 1.2 million technology jobs but only had 4,029 computer science graduates.

(d)It is critical to close the digital divide in California. There remains a large disparity between pupils from affluent schools and pupils from low-income schools with access to coding courses. Schools with the highest percentage of low-income pupils offer computer science or coding courses at a rate less than one-half of that of schools with the lowest percentage of low-income pupils.

(e)The After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) (Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 8482) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code) serves more than 400,000 of the lowest-income pupils in the state. More than 80 percent of ASES participants are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, 35 percent are English learners, and 79 percent are underrepresented minority pupils.

(f)The After School Kids Code Grant Pilot Program (Article 22 (commencing with Section 8460) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code) provides critically needed exposure to coding for after school youth who are the least likely to learn to code in school or at home. The After School Kids Code Grant Pilot Program is intended to inspire pupils to pursue STEM education and develop a growth mindset for learning.

SEC. 2.Article 22 (commencing with Section 8460) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
22.After School Kids Code Grant Pilot Program
8460.

(a)(1)Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the After School Kids Code Grant Pilot Program. Under the grant program, the department shall provide one-time grant funds to eligible after school education and safety programs established pursuant to Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 8482) that focus on computer coding as part of their program curriculum.

(2)The one-time grant funds provided in paragraph (1) shall be allocated and expended for the 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22 fiscal years, as determined by the department pursuant to subdivision (c).

(b)(1)The department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall develop an application process and criteria for determining eligible grant recipients consistent with the purpose of promoting computer coding education.

(2)Priority shall be given to grant applications that demonstrate all of the following:

(A)The applicant plans to offer high-quality coding curriculum and a commitment to provide instructional training to coding instructors utilizing a train-the-trainer model.

(B)The applicant inspires pupils to consider science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers and emphasizes a growth mindset as a key to success in the 21st century digital world.

(C)The applicant incorporates a college and career component that includes information about growing STEM opportunities in education and careers, and STEM internships and field trips that expose youth to STEM college opportunities and careers.

(D)The applicant incorporates introductory digital literacy and responsible use of technology into its program curriculum.

(3)The department may impose conditions on grant recipients regarding the use of grant funds consistent with the purposes of this article.

(c)The department shall determine the amount and number of grants to be awarded under the program based on the after school program site enrollment and in consideration of the overall funding appropriated for this grant program in the 2018–19 annual Budget Act or other statute.

8461.

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.

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