BILL NUMBER: SB 825INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Corbett FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 9600.5 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 825, as introduced, Corbett. Employment Development Department: training expenditures: report. Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to administer various job training and placement programs and services for eligible persons, as provided, and requires that the department, among other things, develop a statewide plan and area plans to coordinate all programs it administers, as specified. Existing law also requires the Employment Development Department to report annually to the Governor, the Legislature, and the California Workforce Investment Board, no later than November 30, regarding the training expenditures made by local workforce investment boards in the prior fiscal year, as provided. This bill would require the Employment Development Department, instead of reporting to the Legislature, to report annually to the relevant fiscal committees of the Legislature. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 9600.5 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read: 9600.5. The director of the Employment Development Department shall report annually to the Governor, the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, and the California Workforce Investment Board, no later than November 30, regarding the training expenditures made by local workforce investment boards in the prior fiscal year. The department shall specify what expenditures qualify as training expenditures, including, but not limited to, the price paid for classroom instruction or other training opportunities, contracted services for customized training and on-the-job training, development of training materials, and supportive services, including case management, that enable a participant to attend and complete training. The annual report shall specify the total amount of federal funding provided to the state and to each of the local workforce investment areas for the adult and dislocated persons programs and the amount within each program expended for training services.