Bill Text: CA AB684 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Workforce training: general educational development test preparation: grants.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-08-30 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB684 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB684-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 684 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 12, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 24, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Medina
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act relating to workforce training.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 684, as amended, Medina. Workforce training: General
Educational Development general educational
development test preparation: grants.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and authorizes school districts to
award high school diplomas to pupils who have met specified
requirements. Existing law also establishes various programs that
provide financial aid for qualifying students attending postsecondary
educational institutions. Existing law establishes the California
Workforce Investment Board for, among other purposes, promoting the
development of a well-educated and highly skilled workforce.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to provide
funding to institutions that offer instruction to persons who are
preparing for the General Educational Development
general educational development test. The bill would
authorize the California Workforce Investment Board to provide grants
from available federal and state funds to accredited institutions
that provide instruction to persons who are preparing for the
General Educational Development general
educational development test and that apply to the board to
receive grants pursuant to these provisions. If the board identifies
funds available for the grants, the bill would require the board to
develop and adopt regulations and procedures for the process of
receiving and evaluating applications for grants under these
provisions.
Vote: majority. 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 that it is
important to increase the number of Californians who obtain a
marketable and industry-recognized credential or degree and to
advance the education and training of these students and workers so
that they can keep pace with the education and skill needs of the
state, its regional economies, and leading industry sectors.
(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide
funding to institutions that offer instruction to persons who are
preparing for the General Educational Development (GED)
general educational development test, so that
more Californians may pass the GED general
educational development test and become eligible to receive
financial aid to advance in postsecondary education or vocational
training.
SEC. 2. The California Workforce Investment Board established
pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3 of
Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is authorized to
provide grants, from state and federal funds that are available to
the board for this purpose, to accredited institutions that provide
instruction to persons who are preparing for the General
Educational Development (GED) general educational
development test and that apply to the board to receive grants
pursuant to this section. If the board identifies funds available for
the grants, the board shall develop and adopt regulations and
procedures for the process of receiving and evaluating applications
for grants under this section.
