Bill Text: CA SB275 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Career technical education: funding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-08-16 - Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. [SB275 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB275-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 275	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 11, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to add Section 52334.7 to the Education Code, relating to
career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 275, as amended, Hancock. Career technical education: funding.
   Existing law provides funding for various career technical
education programs, including regional occupational centers and
programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and
agricultural career technical education programs.
   Commencing with the 2015-16 fiscal year and for each fiscal year
thereafter, this bill would require the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, using funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for
regional occupational centers and programs, to apportion an amount to
each county office of education in the same relative proportion of
funding that the county office of education, school districts, and
joint powers agencies within that county receive in the 2014-15
fiscal year. The bill would further require each county office of
education to allocate to regional occupational centers and programs a
proportion of these funds in the same relative proportion of funding
that they receive in the 2014-15 fiscal year.
   The bill would authorize the local educational agencies that
operate career technical education programs to form into regions for
purposes of entering into agreements to share in the cost of
developing and maintaining a career technical education program using
funding appropriated for regional occupational centers and programs,
specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and
agricultural career technical education programs, as specified. The
bill would require that funds subject to these agreements be expended
only to ensure the development and maintenance of high quality
career technical education programs. The bill would specify that
absent an agreement, funds appropriated for specialized secondary
programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical
education programs be expended only for the purposes for which they
were appropriated.
   The bill would impose certain conditions on the receipt of funds
under these provisions, including, among others, that the governing
board of each regional occupational center or program, in
collaboration with individuals representing partner school districts
within each region, California partnership academies, agricultural
career technical education programs, and other career technical
education programs develop a plan for establishing a sequence of
courses by July 1, 2015, as specified.
   The bill would require the Superintendent to align the
accountability measures for regional occupational centers and
programs, agricultural career technical education programs, and
partnership academies into a uniform accountability metric based on
specified indicators and pupil data.
   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.  Section 52334.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52334.7.  (a) For the 2015-16 fiscal year and each fiscal year
thereafter:
   (1) (A) Notwithstanding Section 42605 or any other law, from funds
appropriated in Item 6110-105-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual
Budget Act, the Superintendent shall apportion an amount to each
county office of education in the same relative proportion of funding
that the county office of education, school districts, and joint
powers agencies within that county receive from that item in the
2014-15 fiscal year.
   (B) From the funds described in subparagraph (A), each county
office of education shall allocate to regional occupational centers
and programs, in accordance with Section 52321, a proportion of these
funds in the same relative proportion of funding that these regional
occupational centers and programs receive in the 2014-15 fiscal
year.
   (2) (A) Local educational agencies that operate career technical
education programs may form into regions for purposes of this
paragraph.
   (B) Notwithstanding any other law, within a region formed pursuant
to subparagraph (A), two or more of the following persons may enter
into an agreement to use funding received from Items 6110-105-0001,
6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001, and 6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of
the annual Budget Act to share in the cost of developing and
maintaining a career technical education program:
   (i) A representative of the governing board of a regional
occupational center or program.
   (ii) A representative of a schoolsite Agricultural Advisory
Committee.
   (iii) The site director of a California partnership academy.
   (iv) A representative of a school district appointed by the
superintendent of the school district.
   (C) The agreement formed pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall remain
in effect for one year, and shall be renewable annually thereafter
with the consent of the parties to the agreement.
   (3) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated pursuant to
paragraph (1) and funds subject to an agreement pursuant to paragraph
(2) may be expended only to ensure the development  of
  and  maintenance of a high quality career
technical education program.
   (4) In the absence of an agreement pursuant to paragraph (2),
funds appropriated in Items 6110-122-0001, 6110-166-0001, and
6110-167-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act may be
expended only for the purposes of the programs for which they were
appropriated.
   (b) (1) As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to this
section, the governing board of each regional occupational center or
program, in collaboration with individuals representing partner
school districts within each region, California partnership
academies, agricultural career technical education programs, and
other career technical education programs, shall do all of the
following:
   (A) Develop a plan for establishing a sequence of courses by July
1, 2015. This plan shall not be in conflict with the plan developed
pursuant to Section 52302, and, to the extent it is appropriate,
shall be based on that plan and shall update that plan.
   (B) Certify to the department by September 1, 2016, that each
sequence of courses specified in the plan required by this
subdivision has been developed.
   (C) Report each new sequence of courses and each modification to
existing sequences to the department no later than September 1 of the
fiscal year in which the changes are implemented.
   (2) Programs receiving funds pursuant to this section shall
collect and report data as required by the department to prepare and
update an accountability measure as provided in subdivision (c).
   (c) (1) To determine the quality and effectiveness of a career
technical education course of study or sequence of career technical
education courses funded pursuant to subdivision (a), the
Superintendent shall align the accountability measures for regional
occupational centers and programs, agricultural career technical
education programs, and partnership academies into a uniform
accountability metric based on any career-ready standards adopted
pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20
U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and the following 11 program quality
indicators in the California State Plan for Career Technical
Education:
   (A) Leadership at all levels.
   (B) High-quality curriculum and instruction aligned with state
standards.
   (C) Career exploration and guidance.
   (D) Pupil support and leadership development.
   (E) Industry partnerships and advisory committees.
   (F) System alignment and coherence, including postsecondary
institution involvement.
   (G) After school, extended day, and out-of-school opportunities.
   (H) Reflection of labor market demands, and provision of current
equipment.
   (I) Skilled faculty and professional development.
   (J) Career technical education outreach and communication.
   (K) Data-based pupil evaluation, accountability, and continuous
improvement.
   (2) In addition to the indicators listed in paragraph (1), the
accountability measures shall include the rates at which pupils
complete a course of study or sequence of career technical education
courses that provide the skills and knowledge necessary to attain
entry-level employment in business or industry, or to pursue
postsecondary education after those pupils graduate from high school.
The pupil data shall include, but are not necessarily limited to,
all of the following:
   (A) The number of pupils completing high school.
   (B) The number of pupils earning an industry-recognized
certification or licensure or other measures of technical skill
attainment.
   (C) The number of pupils completing career technical education
courses and completing a career technical education program of study,
consisting of a sequence of two or more career technical education
courses.
   (D) The number of  former  pupils employed and the types
of businesses in which they are employed.
   (E) The number of  former  pupils enrolled in
postsecondary education or apprenticeship programs, or serving in the
Armed Forces.
   
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