Bill Text: CA AB902 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Career technical education and workforce development.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB902 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB902-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
March 21, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 902 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago |
February 16, 2017 |
An act relating to public postsecondary education. to add Section 14013.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 902, as amended, Santiago.
Public postsecondary education: student recruitment and selection. Career technical education and workforce development.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce development system. Existing law also establishes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, overseen by the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, and including, among other entities, the California Workforce Development Board, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Employment Development Department, and the Employment Training Panel.
This bill would require the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the California Workforce Development Board, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the State
Department of Education to develop a strategic plan, required to contain specified elements, for connecting the delivery of education and workforce development. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development to commence the strategic plan only upon a determination by the Director of Finance that sufficient federal funds or private donations are available to the state to fully support the activities required for development of the strategic plan.
Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to student recruitment and selection at public postsecondary educational institutions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14013.5 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:14013.5.
(a) The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the California Workforce Development Board, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the State Department of Education, shall develop a strategic plan for connecting the delivery of education and workforce development in the state. In cooperation with representatives from education, business, and labor organizations, the agencies shall make recommendations in the strategic plan that address the contribution of academic and career technical education, at all levels of education and workforce development.(b) The strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following provisions:
(1) How the state determines appropriate measures for evaluating and collecting data on future workforce needs.
(2) The alignment of workforce needs with future postsecondary education programs and capacity at both the state and regional levels.
(3) Strategies for fostering long-term improvements in workers’ skills and knowledge.
(4) Methods for closing the skills gap and strengthening the nexus between education and the workforce.
(5) Appropriate measures for improving data collection on future workforce needs.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development solicit input from K–12 and postsecondary education institutions, local workforce development boards, regional occupational centers and programs, adult school programs, and other appropriate governmental entities in developing recommendations for the strategic plan.
(d) The strategic plan shall be funded from the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.), the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 49 et seq.), or other available federal funds for workforce development, or from philanthropic sources.
(e) The Secretary of Labor
and Workforce Development may commence the strategic plan pursuant to this article only if the Director of Finance determines that sufficient federal funds or private donations are available to the state to fully support the activities required for development of the strategic plan.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to student recruitment and selection at public postsecondary educational institutions.
