Bill Text: CA SB1070 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Career Technical Education Pathways Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 433, Statutes of 2012. [SB1070 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB1070-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1070 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 433
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 2012
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 20, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 6, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 5, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 11, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 26, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Steinberg
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
An act to add and repeal Part 52 (commencing with Section 88530)
of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to community
colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1070, Steinberg. Career Technical Education Pathways Program.
Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California
Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program.
Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as part of the program, to assist economic and
workforce regional development centers and consortia to improve,
among other things, career-technical education pathways between high
schools and community colleges, as specified.
This bill would establish the Career Technical Education Pathways
Program until June 30, 2015, which would require the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional development
centers and consortia, community colleges, middle schools, high
schools, and regional occupational centers and programs to improve
linkages and career technical education pathways between high schools
and community colleges to accomplish specified objectives. This
assistance would be required to be provided in the form of contracts
and competitive grants administered jointly by the chancellor and the
Superintendent for programs and initiatives that demonstrate a plan
for close collaboration among regional institutions and entities to
jointly accomplish specified goals.
The bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent to
grant first and 2nd priority for contracts and grants to specified
applicants. The bill would require the chancellor and the
Superintendent to agree upon an outcome-based evaluation for
specified programs and initiatives, and to require applicants granted
a contract or grant to submit annual outcome-based data, as
specified, and report that data to the Governor and specified
committees of the Legislature by March 1 of each year.
The bill would reauthorize a community college district to enroll
a high school pupil who is not a resident of that community college
district in a program that is developed and implemented by the
community college district pursuant to the Career Technical Education
Pathways Program, as specified.
The bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent to
develop an implementation strategy for the objectives of the Career
Technical Education Pathways Program as a part of an annual
expenditure plan, and to submit that strategy and plan to specified
committees of the Legislature and the Department of Finance at least
30 days before taking an action to implement the expenditure plan.
The bill would require and authorize the chancellor and the
Superintendent to perform other specified functions relating to the
administration of the Career Technical Education Pathways Program,
and would make specified findings and declarations.
The bill would require its provisions to be operative only in
fiscal years for which funds have been appropriated by the
Legislature expressly for purposes of the Career Technical Education
Pathways Program.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) Nearly 100,000 California pupils dropped out of middle school
and high school in the 2008-09 school year, a number equivalent in
size to the population of the City of San Mateo or the City of
Compton. Gainful employment prospects for dropouts are shrinking,
given the changing nature of the California economy.
(2) The Public Policy Institute of California projects that by
2025, two of every five, or 41 percent of, jobs will require a
college degree, an increase from less than one-third of all jobs in
2005. Increasing articulation between elementary and secondary
education and postsecondary education systems will help meet this
challenge.
(3) The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown
University reports that nationally nearly two-thirds of job openings
in the next decade will require some postsecondary education, such as
a certificate or a degree. For most young people, high school
completion should be a foundational accomplishment, not an end goal.
(4) Large majorities of California high school pupils surveyed say
they would be more motivated to work hard and do well if they
attended schools where they could take courses needed for college
and, at the same time, have a chance to acquire skills and knowledge
relevant to future careers.
(5) Studies show that programs that bring together strong
academics, demanding technical education, and real world experience
are more likely to engage pupils, raise high school graduation rates,
and better prepare pupils for lasting success in postsecondary
education and careers.
(6) Through close collaboration and careful articulation,
California's public middle schools, high schools, institutions of
postsecondary education, and regional business and labor
organizations have a unique opportunity to reduce the state's
unacceptably high rate of school dropouts, increase student success
in postsecondary education and training, and contribute to the state'
s job growth and economic vitality.
(7) By aligning curricula to the needs of growing and emerging
economic sectors, and by creating seamless pathways that connect
middle and high school pupils to related community college programs,
regional economies can be supported, and young people can realize
their goals of further education and gainful employment in fields of
interest and promise.
(8) Investments in delivering pupils the skills and knowledge
needed for further education and employment in California's
high-growth, high-demand industries are investments in the growth of
a knowledge-intensive, innovation economy.
(9) Since its inception in 2005, the Career Technical Education
Pathways Initiative has served thousands of California pupils and
college students through a variety of investments designed to
increase student success in postsecondary education and career. The
initiative has focused on enhanced articulation and collaboration
among the education segments that serve these students.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting these
provisions to reauthorize the Career Technical Education Pathways
Initiative, build upon the initiative's strengths, further
investments that enhance student success in postsecondary education
and career, and contribute to California's economic vitality.
(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature to more clearly
delineate program objectives, enhance accountability of the
initiative, and promote institutional collaboration and articulation
that will enable more high school pupils and college students to
succeed in college and career.
SEC. 2. Part 52 (commencing with Section 88530) is added to
Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
PART 52. Career Technical Education Pathways Program
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
88530. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Career
Technical Education Pathways Program.
88532. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall assist
economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia,
community colleges, middle schools, high schools, and regional
occupational centers and programs to improve linkages and career
technical education pathways between high schools and community
colleges to accomplish both of the following objectives:
(1) Increase the readiness of middle school and high school pupils
for, and their access to, postsecondary education and careers in
high-need, high-growth, or emerging regional economic sectors.
(2) Increase student success in postsecondary education and
training for careers in high-need, high-growth, or emerging regional
economic sectors.
(b) The assistance provided in subdivision (a) shall be provided
in the form of contracts and competitive grants administered jointly
by the chancellor and the Superintendent for programs and initiatives
that demonstrate a plan for close collaboration among regional
institutions and entities, including, but not limited to, school
districts, public postsecondary educational institutions, regional
occupational centers and programs, local workforce investment boards,
and business or industry to jointly accomplish the following:
(1) Align existing postsecondary technical preparation programs
with high school career technical education curriculum to ensure
seamless transitions for pupils.
(2) Increase attainment of industry-recognized certificates
through community college and high school career technical education
programs in high-need, high-growth, or emerging regional economic
sectors.
(3) Promote productive partnerships, such as those described in
Article 5 (commencing with Section 54690) and Article 5.5 (commencing
with Section 54698) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title
2, between high school career technical education programs,
postsecondary educational institutions, and emerging or growing
regional businesses and industries, and labor organizations connected
to those businesses and industries, preferably by building upon
existing regional structures. These partnerships may include, but
shall not be limited to, the provision of employee expertise, in-kind
and other resources, equipment, and opportunities for pupil
internships and teacher externships.
(4) Promote and track the participation of middle school and high
school pupils and college students in articulated courses, such as
those described in Section 66205.6, between high schools, community
colleges, and, where appropriate, four-year postsecondary educational
institutions, including a plan to disseminate or make available any
new courses to interested schools and public postsecondary
educational institutions statewide.
(5) Provide professional development to middle and high school
teachers and community college faculty to improve their delivery of
career-oriented academic and technical education, such as the method
described in paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 99200,
earning a recognition of study in linked learning, as defined in
Section 44257.3, or other assistance to teachers and faculty that
prepares them to deliver the curriculum described in paragraph (4).
(6) Expand middle and high school pupil and college student
opportunities for paid work opportunities, paid or unpaid
internships, and participation in career technical student
organizations, and expand teacher and faculty opportunities for
externships in high-need, high-growth, or emerging regional job
sectors.
(7) Support a districtwide linked learning program pursuant to
Section 52372.7.
(8) Validate, or establish and validate, reliable and stable
measures of pupil readiness for postsecondary education and career.
(c) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall award first
priority for contracts and grants to applicants that can demonstrate
comprehensive regional collaboration to create new pathways or course
sequences that begin with foundational preparation or exploration in
middle school, continue with high school level courses that combine
rigorous academics with career education, and are articulated with
local community colleges and four-year public postsecondary
educational institutions, with meaningful involvement, where
appropriate, from regional industry and labor organizations,
professional trade associations, and local workforce investment
boards. Where practicable, these applicants shall demonstrate that
they can leverage additional financial and in-kind public and private
resources to support their efforts.
(d) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall grant second
priority for contracts and grants to applicants that can display
statewide benefit, through dissemination of courses, best practices,
or other means.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that applicants from rural
regions of the state, where traditional articulation and
collaboration among segments and public postsecondary educational
institutions may not be practicable due to geography, also be
considered for contracts and grants.
(f) (1) For the programs and initiatives described in paragraphs
(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7) of subdivision (b), the chancellor and
the Superintendent shall require applicants granted a contract or
grant, pursuant to this article, to submit annual outcome-based data
for evaluation, including, but not limited to, research-based
indicators and measurable pupil and student outcomes for academic
performance, attendance, graduation, certificates or other
credentials earned, direct transitions from high school to
postsecondary education and training, college eligibility, college
preparedness, wages of graduates or certificate recipients, and other
indicators as appropriate. The outcome-based data shall specifically
identify the impact of the Career Technical Education Pathways
Program on the success of participants in achieving the goals
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).
(2) For the programs and initiatives described in paragraphs (1),
(5), and (8) of subdivision (b), the chancellor and the
Superintendent shall agree upon an outcome-based evaluation that
assesses the systemic impact of the specific assistance provided
pursuant to this article, and require applicants granted a contract
or grant, pursuant to this article, to submit annual data for that
outcome-based evaluation.
(3) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall do both of the
following:
(A) Develop standardized procedures and tools to collect the
outcome-based data submitted pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), and
share that data, as appropriate, for the purposes of this article in
compliance with applicable state and federal law.
(B) Submit a report to the Governor and the appropriate policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before March 1 of each
year. The report shall include the outcome-based data submitted
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2). The report shall include the
number of pupils and students served by the Career Technical
Education Pathways Program and sufficient information to ensure an
understanding of the expenditure of funding by type, industry, and
region.
(g) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall consider the
outcome-based data submitted pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (f) when determining eligibility for contract and grant
renewal.
(2) The chancellor and the Superintendent may terminate or rescind
contracts and grants from grantees that fail to provide
outcome-based data pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision
(f).
(3) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall consider past
performance of grantees prior to awarding additional funds to those
reapplying for contracts and grants, and shall deny applications from
grantees that exhibited unsatisfactory performance.
(h) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall provide notice to
economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia,
community colleges and other public postsecondary educational
institutions, county offices of education, local educational
agencies, middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational
centers and programs eligible for contracts and grants under this
section of the availability of contracts and grants and the process
for submitting an application.
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, a community college district
may enroll a high school pupil who is not a resident of that
community college district in a program that is developed and
implemented by the community college district pursuant to this
section, and the district shall not be subject to any other
geographic limitations for these purposes if the program is designed
to serve high school pupils or involves multiple school districts or
community college districts, or both, and the program is not offered
at the pupil's high school.
(j) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall develop an
implementation strategy for the program objectives listed in
subdivision (a) as a part of an annual expenditure plan. The
chancellor and the Superintendent shall provide the implementation
strategy and annual expenditure plan to the appropriate policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature and to the Department of Finance
at least 30 days before taking an action to implement the
expenditure plan.
(k) This section shall be operative only in fiscal years for which
funds have been appropriated by the Legislature expressly for
purposes of this section.
88540. This part shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2015,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before June 30, 2015, deletes or extends that date.
