California Assembly Bill AB1584 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1584INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eng FEBRUARY 2, 2012 An act to amend Section 33430 of, and to repeal Sections 33431 and 33432 of, the Education Code, relating to health education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1584, as introduced, Eng. Health education: Health Science and Medical Technology Project. Existing law establishes a Health Science and Medical Technology Project, administered by the State Department of Education to provide competitive grant funds to California public schools offering grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to enhance existing or establish new health-related career pathway programs, including programs at California partnership academies and regional occupational centers and programs, as well as other health science and medical technology pathway programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to report to the Legislature and the Governor on the efficacy of this project on or before January 1, 2012. Existing law repeals the project as of January 1, 2014. This bill would recast and revise the provisions relating to the Health Science and Medical Technology Project. The bill would add public postsecondary students to the persons who would be eligible to participate in programs supported by grants allocated under the project. The bill would require grant recipients to design and implement a multiyear coherent sequence of standards-based academic and career technical education courses and work-based learning experiences that provide pupils as early as middle school with a structured progression of secondary and postsecondary education. The bill would specify the purposes of the project. The bill would require the department to monitor and review all grantees under the project. The bill would delete the provision requiring the department to report to the Legislature and the Governor on the efficacy of the project on or before January 1, 2012. The bill would also delete the provision that would repeal the project as of January 1, 2014, thereby extending the project indefinitely. 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 33430 of the Education Code is amended to read: 33430. (a) This  article   section  establishes the Health Science and Medical Technology Project, administered by the  State Department of Education   department  to provide competitive grant funds to California public schools  offering grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to enhance existing or establish new health-related career pathway programs  .  Programs serving pupils in middle school or high school or California public postsecondary students to enhance existing, or to establish new, health care career pathway programs. The Superintendent shall approve all final grant allocations under this section. Grant allocations under this section shall be contingent upon the provision of funding in the annual Budget Act.  (b)     Programs  eligible for funding  under this section  include, but are not necessarily limited to, California partnership academies and regional occupational centers and programs, as well as other health science and medical technology pathway programs.  Grant   (c)     (1)     Grant  recipients  under this section  shall, at a minimum,  offer a coherent sequence of standards-based academic and Career Technical Education coursework in selected pathways that will result in higher levels of achievement, technical skills, and knowledge necessary for students to pursue a full range of health care employment at support, technical, or professional levels   design and implement a multi   year coherent sequence of standards-based academic and career technical education courses and work-based learning experiences that provide pupils as early as middle school with a structured progression of secondary and   postsecondary education. A major component of the grant shall be the r   elationship with education partners to facilitate articulation, dual credit, and other strategies to support pupil advancement, and, as a result, pupils will be able to transition into postsecondary educatio   n.   (   2)     The purposes of this project include all of the following:   (A) Increasing pupils' interest in, knowledge of, and exposure to the health care industry.   (B) Enhancing academic achievement and leadership skills applicable to health care.   (C) Providing pupils with a path to complete postsecondary health care programs and complete a health care certificate or license.   (D) Pursuing a full range of health care employment at entry, technical, or professional levels.   (b)   (  d)  Funding provided for  the  purposes of this  article   section  shall be used for any of the following purposes standards-based:   limited to the following activities   :   (1) Coordination, design, and implementation of an articulated multiyear sequence of courses from middle school through postsecondary education in a selected pathway.   (2)     Development of standards-based health   -   science   -   and medical   -   technology   - focused  curriculum  development, development of a sequence of courses in selected pathways, program articulation in grades 7 to 14, inclusive, material and equipment, student support   .   (3)     Integration of pupil leadership and engagement practices that promote pupils' decisionmaking and career choices.   (4)     Support of  work-based learning experiences  , and   .   (5)     Providing related  professional development  opportunities  .  (6) Providing materials and equipment to support academic and technical curriculum alignment in the selected pathway.   (e) A grantee under this section shall be monitored and reviewed by the department. Technical assistance shall be provided by the department to ensure that grantees meet the requirements of this section.  SEC. 2. Section 33431 of the Education Code is repealed.  33431. The State Department of Education shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on the efficacy of the project established under this article on or before January 1, 2012.  SEC. 3. Section 33432 of the Education Code is repealed.  33432. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.