Bill Text: CA SB123 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: California Career Resource Network Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 32, Statutes of 2009. [SB123 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB123-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 123	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  32
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 6, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 5, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 23, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 25, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu
   (Coauthor: Senator Hancock)

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2009

   An act to amend Section 53086 of the Education Code, relating to
career development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 123, Liu. California Career Resource Network Program.
   Existing law establishes the California Career Resource Network in
state government for the purpose of providing career development
information and resources to people in California in order to enable
them to attain their career goals. The network is composed of the
Director of Employment Development, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the
Director of Rehabilitation, the Director of Social Services, the
Executive Director of the California Workforce Investment Board, the
Executive Secretary of the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and
Vocational Education, the Director of the California Youth Authority,
the Director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
and the Director of the Department of Developmental Services, or
their designees.
   This bill would establish the network as a program in the State
Department of Education, establish the State Agency Partners
Committee to be composed of the members of the program, and require
the State Agency Partners Committee to coordinate the use of network
information and resources in its programs. These provisions would
become operative on July 1, 2010.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 53086 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   53086.  (a) There is in the department the California Career
Resource Network Program, formerly called the California Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee. This program is established for
the purposes of Section 2328 of Title 20 of the United States Code,
for the purposes of this article, and for other purposes authorized
by the Legislature.
   (b) The mission of the program is to provide all persons in
California with career development information and resources to
enable them to reach their career goals.
   (c) The primary duty of the program is to distribute career
information, resources, and training materials to middle school and
high school counselors, educators, and administrators, in order to
ensure that middle schools and high schools have the necessary
information available to provide a pupil with guidance and
instruction on education and job requirements necessary for career
development.
   (d) Information and resources distributed by the program shall
provide all of the following:
   (1) Encouragement to completing a secondary education.
   (2) Career exploration tools, provided in written and multimedia
format, that offer an introduction to the nature of career planning,
self-assessment, methods of investigating the work world, methods of
identifying and meeting education and training needs, and methods of
creating a career action plan.
   (3) Relevant information on the labor market and career
opportunities.
   (4) Assistance to a pupil in the acquisition and development of
career competencies including the appropriate skills, attitudes, and
knowledge to allow a pupil to successfully manage his or her career.
   (e) (1) There is hereby established the State Agency Partners
Committee composed of the following members or their designees:
   (A) The Director of Employment Development.
   (B) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.
   (C) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
   (D) The Director of Rehabilitation.
   (E) The Director of Social Services.
   (F) The Executive Director of the California Workforce Investment
Board.
   (G) The Chief Deputy Secretary for Adult Operations of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   (H) The Chief Deputy Secretary of Juvenile Justice in the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   (I) The Director of Developmental Services.
   (2) The State Agency Partners Committee shall coordinate the use
of network information and resources in programs that are implemented
by the entities that the members of the committee represent.
   (f) The program shall perform its duties only upon funding
provided in the annual Budget Act.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall become operative on July 1, 2010.