Bill Text: CA SJR10 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Workforce Investment Act of 1998: reauthorization by the
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 54-20)
Status: (Passed) 2013-09-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 121, Statutes of 2013. [SJR10 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SJR10-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SJR 10 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 121
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
ADOPTED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Buchanan,
Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle,
Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue,
Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and
Yamada)
APRIL 22, 2013
Relative to the Workforce Investment Act.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SJR 10, Lieu. Workforce Investment Act of 1998: reauthorization by
the United States Congress.
This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to
reauthorize the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and to
include specified policies and strategies in support of the act.
WHEREAS, Over 8 million people were served nationally by the
public workforce system funded by the federal Workforce Investment
Act (WIA) (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), a 234 percent increase in
participation rates in just two years; and
WHEREAS, Over 4.3 million WIA participants found jobs through the
public workforce system; and
WHEREAS, The policy of investing in a highly productive workforce
through programs that foster skills, attainment, and human capital
development is important to ensure that California and the United
States can compete in the global economy; and
WHEREAS, The policy of investing in programs that foster skills
attainment and human capital development is important for achieving
employment, economic security, and opportunities for career
advancement and upward mobility for WIA service recipients; and
WHEREAS, While the national economy is beginning to expand, there
continue to be areas of high unemployment throughout California that
are lagging behind the nation's recovery from the recession; and
WHEREAS, The federal budget for Fiscal Year 2010 and going forward
has reduced available funding for an array of national workforce
programs targeting dislocated workers, low-income adults, veterans,
disconnected young adults, and other highly vulnerable groups in the
labor market; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Labor has been extremely supportive of
operating and evaluating the Adult and Dislocated Workers Program and
Youth Employment and Youth Build programs; and
WHEREAS, Policies need to be established to ensure program
responsiveness to the needs of employers, workers, and students who
benefit from investment in the workforce; and
WHEREAS, Policies need to be established to encourage
collaboration between state and local workforce investment boards and
the stakeholders whom they serve, including businesses, unions,
nonprofit organizations, K-12 programs, career technical education
programs, basic skills programs, and systems of higher education
including community colleges; and
WHEREAS, Policies need to be established to link program service
delivery strategies to data analysis, ensuring that program practices
are evidence based; and
WHEREAS, Policies need to be established to ensure that programs
and services are outcome oriented and accountable, measuring results
for program participants, including outcomes related to program
completion, skills attainment, employment, and earnings; and
WHEREAS, Policies need to be established to ensure that programs
are accessible to employers, workers, and students, including
disadvantaged populations and individuals with employment barriers;
and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to ensure
that state and local workforce investment boards are representative
of relevant stakeholders, including business and labor leaders from
statewide, regional, and locally competitive or emergent industry
sectors; and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to utilize
demand-driven strategies, including sector-based strategies, that are
connected to regional economies and labor markets, particularly
those strategies that link investment in skills attainment with the
skills needs of competitive or emergent industry sectors; and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to expand
opportunities for skills attainment, lifelong learning, and
enrollment in learn and earn programs which prepare workers for jobs
with a future; and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to ensure
adequate funding for programs that have demonstrated success in
engaging at risk populations, including high risk youth, and are
instrumental in developing a competitive workforce. These include
career pathways programs, summer youth employment programs,
contextualized adult basic skills education and G.E.D. literacy
programs, vocational training, and incumbent worker programs; and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to prioritize
service strategies that target disadvantaged populations, including
strategies that expand outreach to immigrant communities; and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to utilize
service delivery models that are efficient and effective by
encouraging and strengthening collaborative partnerships that
leverage the infrastructures, expertise, and resources of service
providers, educational institutions, businesses and unions, and other
stakeholders. These may include, when appropriate, One-Stop Career
Centers or other service delivery models facilitating individuals'
access to employment programs, services and training opportunities;
and
WHEREAS, Congress should include measures in the WIA to provide
incentives for public-private partnerships; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the California State Legislature urges the
Congress of the United States to reauthorize the Workforce Investment
Act this year and include in it the policies and strategies
referenced above; and be it further
Resolved, That the California State Legislature calls on business
leaders to collaborate with the State Workforce Investment Board and
local workforce investment boards in California to coinvest in
workforce education and career exploration counseling for high school
students and workers of all ages and to work with education and
local leaders to develop appropriate curriculum that is responsive to
workforce trends and results in industry-recognized credentials that
have currency in the job market.
