BILL NUMBER: SB 569	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Steinberg

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 53081 of the Education Code, relating to
career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 569, as introduced, Steinberg. Career technical education:
School-to-Career Program.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to
administer the School-to-Career Program, and, in the course of
administering the program, to serve specified roles, including, but
not limited to, developing or participating in the development of
accountability measurements for school-to-career programs to ensure
that the goals of the program are being met, and providing technical
and professional assistance to all local partnerships, as defined.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 53081 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   53081.  The  State Department of Education  
department  shall administer the School-to-Career Program and
serve the following roles:
   (a) Develop or participate in the development of accountability
measurements specified in paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section
53082 for school-to-career programs to ensure that the goals of the
program are being met.
   (b) Award grants to eligible applicants that meet or exceed the
criteria specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53082.
   (c) Provide technical and professional assistance to all local
partnerships.
   (d) Consult and offer advice to partnerships.
   (e) Provide an informational link where local partnerships can
collaborate and exchange successful and innovative methods and ideas.