Bill Text: CA SB621 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Career technical education: individuals with exceptional
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB621 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SB621-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 621 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2009
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 13, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Florez
( Coauthors: Senators
Alquist and Padilla )
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to amend Section 51226 51226.1
of the Education Code, relating to career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 621, as amended, Florez. Career technical education:
individuals with exceptional needs.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on
a cyclical basis, to coordinate the development of model curriculum
standards for the prescribed course of study and of a career
technical education course of study necessary to assist school
districts with complying with their obligation to offer qualified
pupils a course of study that provides an opportunity for pupils to
attain entry-level employment skills in business or industry upon
graduation from high school. Existing law requires the
Superintendent, upon the adoption of these model curriculum
standards, to develop a curriculum framework consistent with
specified criteria that offers a blueprint for implementation of
career and technical education.
This bill would require the Superintendent, in coordinating the
development of model curriculum standards for a career technical
education course of study, to include model curriculum standards
appropriate for individuals with exceptional needs.
This bill would require the Superintendent, in coordinating the
development of the next revision of this curriculum framework that is
submitted to the State Board of Education for approval, to include
guidance for adapting work-based learning for individuals with
exceptional needs.
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 51226.1 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
51226.1. (a) Upon adoption of the model curriculum standards
developed pursuant to Section 51226, the Superintendent shall develop
a curriculum framework consistent with criteria set forth in
subdivision (a) of Section 60005 that offers a blueprint for
implementation of career and technical education. The framework shall
be adopted no later than November 1, 2006.
(b) In developing the framework, the Superintendent shall work in
consultation and coordination with an advisory group, including, but
not limited to, representatives from all of the following:
(1) Business and industry.
(2) Labor.
(3) The California Community Colleges.
(4) The University of California.
(5) The California State University.
(6) Classroom teachers.
(7) School administrators.
(8) Pupils.
(9) Parents and guardians.
(10) Representatives of the Legislature.
(11) The department.
(12) The Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
(c) In convening the membership of the advisory group set forth in
subdivision (b), the Superintendent is encouraged to seek
representation broadly reflective of the state population.
(d) Costs incurred by the superintendent in complying with this
section shall be covered, to the extent permitted by federal law, by
the state administrative and leadership funds available pursuant to
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.).
(e) In developing the framework, the Superintendent shall consider
developing frameworks for various career pathways that will prepare
pupils for both career entry and matriculation into postsecondary
education.
(f) In coordinating the development of the next revision of the
framework that is submitted to the state board for approval, the
Superintendent shall include guidance for adapting work-based
learning for individuals with exceptional needs.
(f)
(g) Upon completion of the framework, the advisory
group is encouraged to identify career technical education courses
that meet state-adopted academic content standards and that satisfy
high school graduation requirements and admissions requirements of
the University of California and the California State University, and
to determine the extent to which local educational agencies accept
credit earned for the completion of those courses, in lieu of other
courses of study.
(g)
(h) The adoption of the framework developed and adopted
pursuant to this section by a local educational agency shall be
voluntary.
SECTION 1. Section 51226 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
51226. The Superintendent shall coordinate the development, on a
cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for the course of study
required by Section 51225.3 and for a career technical education
course of study necessary to assist school districts with complying
with subdivision (b) of Section 51228. In coordinating the
development of model curriculum standards for a career technical
education course of study, the Superintendent shall include model
curriculum standards appropriate for individuals with exceptional
needs. The Superintendent shall set forth these standards in terms of
a wide range of specific competencies, including higher level
skills, in each academic subject area. The Superintendent shall
review currently available textbooks in conjunction with the
curriculum standards. The Superintendent shall seek the advice of
classroom teachers, school administrators, parents, postsecondary
educators, and representatives of business and industry in developing
these curriculum standards. The superintendent shall recommend
policies to the state board for consideration and adoption by the
board. The state board shall adopt these policies no later than
January 1, 1985. However, neither the Superintendent nor the state
board shall adopt rules or regulations for course content or methods
of instruction.
The Superintendent shall, to the extent applicable, incorporate
the integration of career technical and academic education into the
development of curriculum standards for career technical education
courses. The standards for a career technical education course of
study shall be adopted no later than June 1, 2005.
