Bill Text: CA AB907 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Career training: adult students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB907 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB907-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 907 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Burke
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
An act to add Section 52334.7 to the Education Code, relating to
career technical education. education, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 907, as amended, Burke. Career training: adult students.
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
This bill would authorize the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to certify, by name, each 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.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: majority 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:
(a)
( 1) Career training for adults is an
important part of workforce and economic development in California.
(b)
( 2) Many of California's neediest adult
students require financial aid to support their career training.
(c)
( 3) Historically, those 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.) Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20
U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.) .
(d)
( 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
(Sections 600.6, 600.7, and 600.9 of Title
34 of the Code of Federal Regulations) to improve integrity of the
programs authorized under Title IV of the federal Higher Education
Act established new institutional eligibility
requirement s 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 agencies .
(e)
( 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, 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
federal 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) Satisfy 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) Apply 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's
participation in any student financial assistance program authorized
by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et
seq.), including allegations of unlawful discrimination,
harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
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, and adult education programs, that provide a
program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a
recognized occupation, to satisfy federal requirements in order to
participate in federal student aid programs at the earliest possible
time, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.
