Bill Text: CA SB281 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Career technical education: expansion: local advisory
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB281 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB281-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 281 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
An act to amend Section 8070 of, and to add Section 52499.67 to,
the Education Code, relating to career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 281, as introduced, Wyland. Career technical education:
expansion: local advisory committees.
(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a high school
district, the governing board of a joint powers regional occupational
center or program, or the county superintendent of schools that
conducts any county-operated regional occupational center or program,
to establish and maintain, in connection with a high school or
regional occupational center or program under its or his or her
jurisdiction, cooperative career technical education programs or
community classrooms as part of a career technical education course
in accordance with prescribed rules and regulations.
This bill would state findings and declarations of the Legislature
regarding the need for career technical education programs, and
would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State
Board of Education to consider ways to expand career technical
education programs in middle and high schools in the state.
(2) Existing law requires the governing board of each school
district participating in a career technical education program to
appoint a career technical education advisory committee to develop
recommendations on the program and to provide liaison between the
district and potential employers. The committee is required to
consist of specified representatives.
This bill would require that the committee include members of
labor and trade organizations and additional representatives, from
various career technical education industry sectors, recommended by
local industry organizations, except as specified. By requiring the
governing board of a school district to work with industry
organizations to reconstitute the membership of that committee in
order to continue participating in a career technical education
program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) The economic future of California depends on a workforce ready
to fill hundreds of thousands of jobs in a variety of fields, from
construction to computer technology to health care.
(b) California is not graduating pupils with the necessary skills
or training to enter into the various fields described in subdivision
(a).
(c) California high schools have an unacceptable rate of pupils
who do not graduate.
(d) Up to 70 percent of jobs require basic skills and often
postsecondary training, but do not require a college degree.
(e) All young people deserve the opportunity to believe in
themselves as significant and important additions to our society and
economy.
(f) The lack of opportunities for high school pupils to be exposed
to career technical education has contributed to the problems
described in subdivisions (b) and (c).
SEC. 2. Section 8070 of the Education Code is amended to read:
8070. (a) The governing board of each
school district participating in a career technical education program
shall establish and appoint a career technical education
advisory committee to develop recommendations on the program and to
provide liaison between the district and potential employers.
(b) The committee shall consist of
include one or more representatives of the
general public knowledgeable about the disadvantaged,
students pupils , teachers, business,
industry, school administration, and the field office of
the Department of Employment Development , and members of labor
and trade organizations, who shall be appointed by the governing
board of the school district .
(c) The committee also shall include representatives of career
technical education industry sectors who shall be appointed by the
governing board of the school district from lists of recommended
individuals provided by the applicable local industry organizations
pursuant to paragraph (2).
(1) Based on the needs of the school district, the governing board
of the school district shall select at least five of the following
career technical education industry sectors to be represented on the
committee:
(A) Agriculture and natural resources.
(B) Building trades and construction. If the governing board of
the school district selects this sector for representation on the
committee, there shall be at least two representatives of this
industry sector appointed to the committee.
(C) Finance and business.
(D) Health science and medical technology.
(E) Manufacturing and product development.
(F) Transportation, with a focus on the automotive industry.
(G) Arts, media, and entertainment.
(H) Education, child development, and family services.
(I) Energy and utilities.
(J) Engineering and design.
(K) Fashion and interior design.
(L) Hospitality, tourism, and recreation.
(M) Information technology.
(N) Marketing, sales, and service.
(O) Public services.
(P) Goods movement.
(2) Local industry organizations representing the industry sectors
selected by the governing board of the school district pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall provide lists of individuals that the
organizations recommend to serve on the committee as representatives
of the respective industry sectors. An industry organization may
provide a list of recommended individuals only for an industry sector
that it represents.
(d) If a school district demonstrates that it is unable to find
representatives from the industry sectors set forth in paragraph (1)
of subdivision (c), that school district may waive the requirements
of subdivision (c). If a school district waives the requirements of
subdivision (c), that school district may appoint representatives
from other industry sectors as potential employer liaisons pursuant
to subdivision (a).
SEC. 3. Section 52499.67 is added to the Education Code, to read:
52499.67. The Superintendent and the state board shall consider
ways to expand career technical education in middle and high schools
in California, including any of the following:
(a) Seeking public-private partnerships to provide facilities and
equipment for career technical courses.
(b) Incorporating career technical courses in standard high school
curriculum.
(c) Allowing high schools to include a significant number of
career technical courses in their requirements for graduation.
(d) Developing extensive curriculum frameworks, guidelines, and
instructional materials for the courses described in subdivisions (b)
and (c).
(e) Creating robust district advisory committees to assist in
planning for career technical courses and to seek private sector
assistance to provide training, internships, and information about
careers in various fields.
(f) Developing methods of career technical teacher training and
recruitment, which may include those with college training or
teachers whose background is based on experience in the field in
which he or she may teach.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
