BILL NUMBER: SB 123INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Liu FEBRUARY 4, 2009 An act to amend Section 53086 of the Education Code, relating to career development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 123, as introduced, Liu. California Career Resource Network Program. Existing law establishes the California Career Resource Network in state government for the purpose of providing career development information and resources to people in California in order to enable them to attain their career goals. The network is composed of the Director of Employment Development, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Director of Rehabilitation, the Director of Social Services, the Executive Director of the California Workforce Investment Board, the Executive Secretary of the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, the Director of the California Youth Authority, the Director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Director of the Department of Developmental Services, or their designees. This bill would establish the network as a program in the State Department of Education, establish the State Agency Partners Committee to be composed of the members of the program, and require the State Agency Partners Committee to coordinate the use of network information and resources in its programs. These provisions would become operative on July 1, 2010. 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 53086 of the Education Code is amended to read: 53086. (a) There is instate governmentthe department the California Career Resource Network Program , formerly called the California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, composed of the Director of Employment Development, the Superintendent, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Director of Rehabilitation, the Director of Social Services, the Executive Director of the California Workforce Investment Board, the Executive Secretary of the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, the Director of the California Youth Authority, the Director of the Department of Corrections, and the Director of the Department of Developmental Services, or their designees. This committee. This program is established for the purposes of Section 2328 of Title 20 of the United States Code, for the purposes of this article, and for other purposes authorized by the Legislature. (b) The mission of theCalifornia Career Resource Networkprogram is to provide all persons in California with career development information and resources to enable them to reach their career goals. (c) The primary duty of theCalifornia Career Resource Networkprogram is to distribute career information, resources, and training materials to middle school and high school counselors, educators, and administrators, in order to ensure that middle schools and high schools have the necessary information available to provide a pupil with guidance and instruction on education and job requirements necessary for career development. (d) Information and resources distributed by theCalifornia Career Resource Networkprogram shall provide all of the following: (1) Encouragement to completing a secondary education. (2) Career exploration tools, provided in written and multimedia format, that offer an introduction to the nature of career planning, self-assessment, methods of investigating the work world, methods of identifying and meeting education and training needs, and methods of creating a career action plan. (3) Relevant information on the labor market and career opportunities. (4) Assistance to a pupil in the acquisition and development of career competencies including the appropriate skills, attitudes, and knowledge to allow a pupil to successfully manage his or her career. (e) (1) There is hereby established the State Agency Partners Committee composed of the following members or their designees: (A) The Director of Employment Development. (B) The Superintendent of Public Instruction. (C) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. (D) The Director of Rehabilitation. (E) The Director of Social Services. (F) The Executive Director of the California Workforce Investment Board. (G) The Chief Deputy Secretary for Adult Operations of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (H) The Chief Deputy of Juvenile Justice. (I) The Director of Developmental Services. (2) The State Agency Partners Committee shall coordinate the use of network information and resources in programs that are implemented by the entities that the members of the committee represent.(e)(f) Thenetworkprogram shall perform its duties only upon funding provided in the annual Budget Act. SEC. 2. This act shall become operative on July 1, 2010.