California Assembly Bill AB848 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 848AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act  relating to economic development   to amend Section 8152 of the Education Code, relating to apprenticeship programs  . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 848, as amended, Campos.  Economic development: enterprise zones.   Apprenticeship programs.   Existing law provides for the designation and oversight by the Department of Housing and Community Development of various economic development areas in the state, including enterprise zones.   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to enterprise zones.   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, whichever is appropriate, to make reimbursements to high schools, unified school districts, regional occupational centers or programs, community colleges, or adult schools for related and supplemental instruction provided to indentured apprentices in apprenticeship programs, as specified.   This bill would require the Superintendent or the Chancellor to require recipients of reimbursements for related and supplemental instruction to report annually, prior to receiving reimbursement, information concerning the number and percentage of apprentices who have received postsecondary educational credit and the amount of credit earned, and the number and percentage of apprentice graduates who have completed a postsecondary degree. The bill would require this information to be formatted for collection and presentation so as to best convey pupil progress toward degree completion for each participating institution and would also require the Superintendent or Chancellor, upon request, to provide the information to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to enterprise zones.   SECTION 1.   Se   ction 8152 of the   Education Code   is amended to read:  8152. (a) The reimbursement rate shall be established in the annual Budget Act and the rate shall be commonly applied to all providers of instruction specified in subdivision (d). (b) For the purposes of this section, each hour of teaching time may include up to 10 minutes of passing time and breaks. (c) This section also applies to isolated apprentices, as defined in Section 3074 of the Labor Code, for which alternative methods of instruction are provided. (d) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, whichever is appropriate, shall make the reimbursements specified in this section for teaching time provided by high schools, unified school districts, regional occupational centers or programs, community colleges, or adult schools. (e) Reimbursements may be made under this section for related and supplemental instruction provided to indentured apprentices only if the instruction is provided by a program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3 of the Labor Code.  (f) The Superintendent or the Chancellor, whichever is appropriate, shall require recipients of related and supplemental instruction funding to report annually, prior to receiving reimbursement, information concerning the number and percentage of apprentices who have received postsecondary educational credit and the amount of credit earned, and the number and percentage of apprentice graduates who have completed a postsecondary degree. The Superintendent or the Chancellor shall determine the format for collection and presentation of this information so as to best convey pupil progress toward degree completion for each participating institution and, upon request, shall provide the information to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations.