HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-05-22 - AGENDA REPORTS - SB 1402 (2)Agenda Item: 4
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
DATE: May 22, 2012
SUBJECT: STATE LEGISLATION: SB 1402
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Casey Bingham
City Council adopt the recommendation of the City Council Legislative Committee and adopt a
"support" position for Senate Bill 1402 (Lieu) and transmit letters of support to Senate Member
Lieu, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor
Brown, League of California Cities, and the Santa Clarita Community College District Board of
Trustees.
BACKGROUND
Senate Bill 1402 was introduced by Senator Ted Lieu (D -28 -Torrance) on February 24, 2012.
Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California Community Colleges Economic
and Workforce Development Program. Existing law provides for the awarding of grants for this
program, and provides that this program shall only be implemented during fiscal years for which
funds are appropriated for these purposes. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, as part of the program, to assist economic and workforce
regional development centers and consortia to improve linkages and career -technical education
pathways between high schools and community colleges, in a manner that, among other things,
improves the quality of career exploration and career outreach materials. Existing law also
requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop an implementation
strategy for achieving this goal, as specified. The program also includes ajob development
incentive training component and provisions requiring the implementation of accountability
measures and an independent evaluation relating to the program.
If passed SB 1402 would reauthorize the provisions governing the California Community
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Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program that is to be repealed on
January 1, 2013, excluding the provisions relating to the economic and workforce regional
development centers and consortia, and would establish a revised program that would operate
until January 1, 2018.
This program has enabled College of the Canyons to provide customized training and helped
Santa Clarita Valley companies create jobs and remain competitive during an uncertain economy.
For example, the college has been able to provide customized training at Henry Mayo Newhall
Memorial Hospital, Advanced Bionics and Boston Scientific. College of the Canyons' Economic
Development Division has provided training to 21,455 employees at 3,932 companies since
1997. Continuation of the program is viewed by the college and local business community as an
integral component to the continued economic viability of the Santa Clarita Valley.
At the request of the Santa Clarita Community College District, on May 8, 2012, the City
Council Legislative Committee met and voted to recommend a "support" position for SB 1402 to
the full City Council.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Adopt an "oppose" position on SB 1402.
2. Take no position on SB 1402.
3. Other direction as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact by this action.
ATTACHMENTS
SB 1402 -Lieu
SENATE BILL
Introduced by Senator Lieu
February 24, 2012
No. 1402
An act to add and repeal Part 52.5 (commencing with Section 88600)
of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to economic
development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1402, as introduced, Lieu. Economic development: California
Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program.
Existing law, until January I, 2013, establishes the California
Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program.
Existing law provides for the awarding of grants for this program, and
provides that this program shall only be implemented during fiscal years
for which funds are appropriated for these purposes. Existing law
requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges,
as part of the program, to assist economic and workforce regional
development centers and consortia to improve linkages and
career -technical education pathways between high schools and
community colleges, in a manner that, among other things, improves
the quality of career exploration and career outreach materials. Existing
law also requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
to develop an implementation strategy for achieving this goal, as
specified.
The program also includes a job development incentive training
component and provisions requiring the implementation of
accountability measures and an independent evaluation relating to the
program.
This bill would generally recast and revise the provisions governing
the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
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Development Program that is to be repealed on January I, 2013,
excluding the provisions relating to the economic and workforce regional
development centers and consortia, and would establish a revised
program that would operate until January 1, 2018.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State -mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION I. Part 52.5 (commencing with Section 88600) is
2 added to Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
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4 PART 52.5. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
5 ECONOMICAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
7 CHAPTER 1. MISSION STATEMENT
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9 88600. (a) The economic and workforce development program
10 shall operate according to all of the following principles:
1 1 (1) The program shall be responsive to the needs of employers,
12 workers, and students.
13 (2) The program shall collaborate with other public institutions,
14 aligning resources to foster cooperation across workforce education
15 and service delivery systems, and building well -articulated career
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17 (3) Program decisions shall be data driven and evidence based,
18 investing resources and adopting practices on the basis of what
19 works.
20 (4) The program shall develop strong partnerships with the
21 private sector, ensuring industry involvement in needs assessment,
22 planning, and program evaluation.
23 (5) The program shall be outcome oriented and accountable,
24 measuring results for program participants, including students,
25 employers, and workers.
26 (6) The program shall be accessible to employers, workers, and
27 students who may benefit from its operation.
28 (b) The mission of the economic and workforce development
29 program is to do all of the following:
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(1) To advance California's economic growth and global
competitiveness through education, training, and services that
contribute to continuous workforce improvement.
(2) To advance California's economic and jobs recovery and
sustain economic growth through labor market -aligned education
workforce training services, and sector strategies focusing on
continuous workforce improvement, technology deployment, and
business development, to meet the needs of California's
competitive and emerging industry sectors and industry clusters.
(3) To use labor market information to advise the chancellor's
office and regional community college bodies on the workforce
needs of California's competitive and emerging industry sectors
and industry clusters, in accordance with both of the following:
(A) To the extent possible, the economic and workforce
development program shall work with, share information with,
and consider the labor market analyses produced by, the
Employment Development Department's Labor Market
Information Division and the California Workforce Investment
Board.
(B) The economic and workforce development program may
also use its own resources to bolster and refine these labor market
and industry sector and industry cluster analyses to fulfill its
mission.
(4) To provide technical assistance and logistical, technical, and
communications infrastructure support that engenders alignment
between the career technical education programs of the community
college system and the needs of California's competitive and
emerging industry sectors and industry clusters.
(5) To collaborate and coordinate investment with other state,
regional, or local agencies involved in education and workforce
training in California, including, but not necessarily limited to, the
California Workforce Investment Board, the Employment Training
Panel, the State Department of Education, and the Employment
Development Department.
(6) To identify, acquire, and leverage community college and
other financial and in-kind public and private resources to support
economic and workforce development and the career technical
education programs of the state's community colleges.
(7) To work with representatives of business, labor, and
professional trade associations to explore and develop alternatives
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I for assisting incumbent workers in the state's competitive and
2 emerging industry sectors. A key objective is to enable incumbent
3 workers to become more competitive in their region's labor market,
4 increase competency, and identify career pathways to economic
5 self-sufficiency, a living wage, and lifelong access to good -paying
6 jobs.
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CHAPTER 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS
88610. (a) The board of governors may award grants and
project funds to districts for leadership in accomplishing the
mission and goals of the program, provided that funds are
appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act. Grants
under this section shall be awarded on a competitive basis, as
determined by the board of governors and authorized in the annual
Budget Act.
(b) (1) The board of governors shall establish an advisory
committee for the program and determine the membership pursuant
to paragraph (2). The advisory committee shall advise on overall
program development, recommend resource deployment, including
whether projects should be funded at existing levels, increased,
decreased, or terminated, and recommend strategies for regional
coordination.
(2) The membership of the advisory committee shall include
all of the following: representatives from labor, business, and
appropriate state agencies; a faculty representative; a classified
employee representative; and one community college chief
executive officer representative from each of the regions of the
program.
(c) At a minimum, the decision criteria for allocating funds to
colleges shall be based on each of the following:
(1) An evaluation of the relevance of the grant to the labor
market needs of the state and relevant region's competitive and
emerging industry sectors and industry clusters, or to the state's
need to plug skills gaps and skills shortages in the economy,
including skills gaps and shortages at the state and regional level.
(2) An assessment of the past performance of the grantee if the
grantee has been awarded other economic and workforce
development grants or other state grants, including an assessment
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of whether the grantee's previous awards produced project
deliverables specified in prior grant applications.
(3) For grants providing direct services to an employer, a group
of employers, or an industry sector or industry cluster, an
assessment of the purported beneficial impacts of the grant on the
relevant businesses, which may include a review of the grant's
purported impacts on any of the following: increased profitability,
increased labor productivity, reductions in worker injuries,
employer cost savings resulting from improved business processes,
improved customer satisfaction, increased employee retention,
estimates of new revenue to be generated, sales increases, or new
market penetration, as well as information on new products or
services developed.
(4) For grants involving direct education and training services
provided to workers and students, an assessment of the educational
and training goals of the grant, the projected numbers of students
and workers served and the projected rates of course and program
completion or transfer -readiness, the projected rate of skills
attainment for certificates and degrees, and the projected wages
and rate of employment placement for those entering the labor
market.
(5) For technical assistance and logistical support projects, a
concrete enumeration of the ways the project will collaborate with
the chancellor's office to advance sector strategies, regional
development, accountability based on performance data, and the
adoption of effective workforce and economic development
practices.
(d) The chancellor's office shall provide systemwide oversight
and evaluation of the economic and workforce development
program, and shall evaluate grant projects and programs to assess
whether grantees achieved their stated objectives. The chancellor's
office has the authority to terminate programs for nonperformance.
(e) The chancellor may establish program requirements and
performance standards in the administration of the economic and
workforce development program, and distribute funds as
appropriate to implement the program.
(0 The chancellor may provide technical assistance to
community colleges for the purpose of improving the
competitiveness of their proposals.
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1 (g) Grant funds shall be awarded for the program on a
2 competitive basis.
3 (h) The chancellor, in awarding short-term competitive funds,
4 shall take into account colleges in economically distressed urban
5 and rural areas, and colleges that have not previously been
6 successful in the competitive bid process.
7 88615. This part shall be implemented only during those fiscal
8 years for which funds are appropriated for purposes of this part in
9 the annual Budget Act.
If,
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CHAPTER 3. DEFINITIONS
88620. The following definitions govern the construction of
this part:
(a) "Board of governors" means the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges.
(b) "Business Resource Assistance and Innovation Network"
means the network of projects and programs that comprise the
California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program.
(c) "California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program" and "economic and workforce development
program" mean the program.
(d) "Career pathways," and "career ladders," or "career lattices"
mean an identified series of positions, work experiences, or
educational benchmarks or credentials that offer occupational and
financial advancement within a specified career field or related
fields over time.
(e) (1) "Center" means a comprehensive program of services
offered by one or more community colleges to an economic region
of the state in accordance with criteria established by the
chancellor's office for designation as an economic and workforce
development program center. Center services shall be designed to
respond to the statewide strategic priorities pursuant to the mission
of the community colleges' economic and workforce development
program, and to be consistent with programmatic priorities,
competitive and emerging industry sectors and industry clusters,
identified economic development, career technical education,
business development, and continuous workforce training needs
of a region. Centers shall provide a foundation for the long-term,
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sustained relationship with businesses, labor, colleges, and other
workforce education and training delivery systems, such as local
workforce investment boards, in the region.
(2) A center shall support, develop, and deliver direct services
to students, businesses, colleges, labor organizations, employees,
and employers. For purposes of this subdivision, direct services
include, but are not necessarily limited to, data analysis both of
labor market information and college performance; intraregion
and multiregion sector coordination and logistics; inventory of
community college and other assets relevant to meeting a labor
market need; curriculum development, curriculum model
development, or job task analysis development; articulation of
curriculum in a career pathway or career lattice or in a system of
stackable credentials; faculty training; calibration to a career
readiness or other assessment; assessment administration', career
guidance module development or counseling; convenings, such
as seminars, workshops, conferences, and training; facilitating
collaboration between faculty working in related disciplines and
sectors; upgrading, leveraging, and developing technology; and
other educational services. The establishment and maintenance of
the centers is under the sole authority of the chancellor's office in
order to preserve the flexibility of the system to adapt to labor
market needs and to integrate resources.
(f) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges.
(g) "High-priority occupation" means an occupation that has a
significant presence in a targeted industry sector or industry cluster,
is in demand by employers, and pays or leads to payment of high
wages.
(h) "Industry cluster" means a geographic concentration or
emerging concentration of interdependent industries with direct
service, supplier, and research relationships, or independent
industries that share common resources in a given regional
economy or labor market. An industry cluster is a group of
employers closely linked by a common product or services,
workforce needs, similar technologies, and supply chains in a given
regional economy or labor market. '
(i) "Industry -driven regional collaborative" means a regional
public, private, or other community organizational structure that
jointly defines priorities, delivers services across programs, sectors,
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and in response to, or driven by, industry needs. The
industry -driven regional collaborative projects meet the needs and
fill gaps in services that respond to regional business, employee,
and labor needs. These service -delivery structures offer flexibility
to local communities and partners to meet the identified needs in
an economic development region. Industry -driven regional
collaboratives are broadly defined to allow maximum local
autonomy in developing projects responding to the needs of
business, industry, and labor.
0) "Industry sector" means those firms that produce similar
products or provide similar services using somewhat similar
business processes.
(k) "Initiative" is an identified strategic priority area that is
organized statewide, but is a regionally based effort to develop
and implement innovative solutions designed to facilitate the
development, implementation, and coordination of community
college economic development and related programs and services.
Each initiative shall be workforce and business development driven
by a statewide committee made up of community college faculty
and administrators and practitioners and managers from business,
labor, and industry. Centers, industry -driven regional
collaboratives, and other economic and workforce development
programs performing services as a part of the implementation of
an initiative shall coordinate services statewide and within regions
of the state, as appropriate.
(1) "Job development incentive training" means programs that
provide incentives to employers to create entry-level positions in
their businesses, or through their suppliers or prime customers, for
welfare recipients and the working poor.
(m) "Living wage" means family or personal incomes at or
above 250 percent of the poverty level, based on United States
Census Bureau data for the region. This definition may be amended
upon review of current data and recommendation of the California
Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development
Program Advisory Committee and approval of the board of
governors.
(n) "Matching resources" means any combination of public or
private resources, either cash or in-kind, derived from sources
other than the economic and workforce development program
funds appropriated by the annual Budget Act, that are determined
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to be necessary for the success of the project to which they are
applied. The criteria for in-kind resources shall be developed by
the board of governors, with advice from the chancellor and the
California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program Advisory Committee, and shall be consistent
with generally accepted accounting practices for state and federal
matching requirements. The ratio of matching resources to
economic and workforce development program funding shall be
determined by the board of governors.
(o) "Performance improvement training" means training
delivered by a community college that includes all of the following:
(1) An initial needs assessment process that identifies both
training and nontraining issues that need to be addressed to improve
individual and organizational performance.
(2) Consultation with employers to develop action plans that
address business or nonprofit performance improvements.
(3) Training programs that link individual performance
requirements with quantifiable business measures, resulting in
demonstrable productivity gains, and, as appropriate,job retention,
job creation, or improvement in wages or living wages.
(p) "Program" means the California Community Colleges
Economic and Workforce Development Program established under
this part.
(q) "Region" means a geographic area of the state defined by
economic and labor market factors containing at least one industry
cluster and the cities, counties, or community college districts, or
all of them, in the industry cluster's geographic area. For the
Purposes of this chapter, "California Community College economic
development regions" shall be designated by the board of governors
based on factors, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of
the following:
(1) Regional economic development and training needs of
business and industry.
(2) Regional collaboration, as appropriate, among community
colleges and districts, and existing economic development,
continuous workforce improvement, technology deployment, and
business development.
(3) Other state economic development definitions of regions.
(r) "Sector strategies" means prioritizing investments in
competitive and emerging industry sectors and industry clusters
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on the basis of labor market and other economic data that indicate
strategic growth potential, especially with regard to jobs and
income. Sector strategies focus workforce investment in education
and workforce training programs that are likely to lead to
high -wage jobs or to entry-level jobs with well -articulated career
pathways into high -wage jobs. Sector strategies effectively boost
labor productivity or reduce business barriers to growth and
expansion stemming from workforce supply problems, including
skills gaps, and occupational shortages by directing resources and
making investments to plug skills gaps and provide education and
training programs for high-priority occupations. Sector strategies
may be implemented using articulated career pathways or career
lattices and a system of stackable credentials. Sector strategies
often target underserved communities, disconnected youth,
incumbent workers, and recently separated military veterans.
Cluster -based sector strategies focus workforce and economic
development on those sectors that have demonstrated a capacity
for economic growth and job creation in a particular geographic
area. Industry clusters are similar to industry sectors, but the focus
is on a geographic concentration of interdependent industries.
(s) "Skills panel' means a collaboration which brings together
multiple employers from an industry sector or industry cluster with
career technical educators and other stakeholders which may
include workers and organized labor to address common workforce
needs. Skills panels assess workforce training and education needs
through the identification of assets relevant to industry need,
produce curricula models, perform job task analysis, define how
curricula articulate into career pathways or career lattices or a
system of stackable credentials, calibrate career readiness, develop
other assessment tools, and produce career guidance tools.
(t) "Stackable credentials" means a sequence of modularized
training or credentials, where each stack has employment or
industry value.
CHAPTER 4. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES BUSINESS
RESOURCE ASSISTANCE AND INNOVATION NETWORK TRUST FUND
88625. The California Community Colleges Business Resource
Assistance and Innovation Network Trust Fund is hereby
established in the State Treasury as a special fund administered
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by the board of governors. The board of governors may solicit
direct contributions for deposit in the fund from various nonstate
public and private sources for the purpose of funding the program.
Special funds in the trust shall be placed in a surplus money
investment account to earn interest. Interest generated by funds
deposited in this trust fund shall be reinvested in the fund, and may
only be used to fund eligible projects and activities of the program
and related board of governors initiatives. Upon appropriation by
the Legislature, the fund may be expended for purposes of
administering grants and contracts for providing services, through
the program, to public and private entities.
CHAPTER 5. CENTERS AND REGIONAL COLLABORATIVES
88630. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the programs
and services provided through the program shall be flexible and
responsive to the needs identified through the statewide and
regional planning process. Services shall be demand driven, and
delivery structures shall be agile, performance oriented, cost
effective, and contribute to regional economic growth and
competitiveness. The use of economic and workforce development
program centers, local economic development corporations,
industry -driven regional collaboratives, and business networks,
employers, and service providers shall provide a stable and flexible
response mechanism for the identification of training priorities
and to focus resources on intensive projects for competitive and
emerging industry sectors. These networks shall have the flexibility
to meet the demand for new and emerging growth sectors and be
formed, modified, eliminated, and reformed for short- or long-term
responses customized to the duration of the need. Programs and
projects developed and implemented at centers and industry -driven
regional collaborative projects shall act as catalysts for future
career technical education programs in the system.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that centers shall be
established as the long-term structure of the network's service
delivery system. Centers shall provide regional sites to efficiently
respond to employer and worker needs, and shall deliver services
for the strategic initiative areas pursuant to the mission of the
community colleges economic and workforce development
program.
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(c) it is the intent of the Legislature that industry -driven regional
collaboratives perform services as participants of regional
networks. Grants by industry -driven regional collaboratives shall
provide flexibility for local projects to assess and define their
individual project needs. New local programs and equipment shall
be key components of these grants. Funding shall not be limited
per project, but shall be based on the merit and reasonable cost for
the anticipated outcomes and performance of the project. Funding
for industry -driven regional collaboratives shall be limited to two
consecutive fiscal years.
88631. Economic and workforce development program centers
and California Community Colleges participation in industry -driven
regional collaboratives may provide any or all of the following
services and perform the following functions as participants of
networks, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the
following:
(a) Convening skill panels to produce deliverables, such as
curriculum models, that contribute to workforce skill development
common to competitive and emerging industry sectors and industry
clusters within a region.
(b) Development of instructional packages focusing on the
technical skill specific to emerging or changing occupations in
targeted industry sectors and industry clusters.
(c) Support student or worker evaluation of, and fit for, career
paths by articulating how a curriculum model fits within a career
pathway or career lattice or system of stackable credentials,
relevant career readiness battery scores, and career guidance tools.
(d) Faculty mentorships, faculty and staff development,
in-service training, and worksite experience supporting the new
curriculum and instructional modes responding to identified
regional needs.
(e) Institutional support, professional development, and
transformational activities focused on removing systemic barriers
to the development of new methods, transition to a flexible and
more responsive administration of programs, and the timely and
cost effective delivery of services.
(f) The deployment of new methodologies, modes, and
technologies that enhance performance and outcomes and improve
cost effectiveness of service delivery or create new college
programs.
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(g) One-on-one counseling, seminars, workshops, and
conferences that contribute to the achievement of the success of
existing business and foster the growth of new business and jobs
in emerging industry clusters.
(h) The delivery of performance -improvement training, which
shall be provided on a matching basis to employers to benefit
workforce participants. This will promote continuous workforce
improvement in identified strategic priority areas, identified
industry clusters, or areas targeted in the regional business resource
assistance and innovation network plans.
(i) Credit, not -for -credit, and noncredit programs and courses
that contribute to workforce skill development for competitive and
emerging industry sectors and industry clusters within a region or
that focus on addressing a workforce skills gap or occupational
shortage.
Q) Subsidized student internships or work -based learning on a
cash or in-kind matching basis for program participants in
occupational categories identified in competitive and emerging
industry sectors and industry clusters.
(k) Acquisition of equipment to support the eligible activities
and the limited renovation of facilities to accommodate the delivery
of eligible services.
(1) Submission of performance data for aggregation by the
chancellor's office.
CHAPTER 6. JOB DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM
88640. (a) (1) Programs and activities of the Job Development
Incentive Training Program shall include a strong partnership with
state and local economic development entities, workforce
development agencies, community-based organizations, and the
private sector. It is the intent of the Legislature that this program
provide training on a no -cost or low-cost basis to participating
employers who create employment opportunities at an acceptable
wage level for the attainment of self-sufficiency by both of the
following groups:
(A) Recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(B) Clients determined to be eligible because they are employed
at a wage too low to attain self-sufficiency.
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(2) Guidelines for the determination of eligibility under this
subdivision shall be developed by the chancellor's office in
consultation with the appropriate agencies responsible for
collecting appropriate data. A structured career ladder methodology
may be implemented in this program area.
(3) Funds received from other eligible programs, including, but
not necessarily limited to, programs under the federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220) and other applicable
programs selected by the chancellor, or a combination of programs,
may be used to provide funds to match job development incentive
training funds.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the expenditure of funds
under this section should lead measurably to the upgrading of
highly skilled and technical workers, upgrade opportunities for
those who are employed at a wage too low to attain self-sufficiency,
and the creation of jobs for new entrants into the workforce.
88641. Annual appropriations for the Job Development
Incentive Training Program may be allocated for the purposes of
supporting eligible activities if, as a result of the workforce
improvement services provided to employers, entry-level positions
are created within the industry cluster. Participating employers
may receive eligible services such as performance-based training,
and other eligible services that stimulate productivity and growth
in targeted industrial clusters on a matching basis. Any annual
savings from this section shall be available for expenditure for
purposes of the Industry -Driven Regional Collaborative Program.
88642. Matching fund requirements shall be waived for
employers who receive training services through the Job
Development Incentive Training Program and who accomplish
either of the following:
(a) Create employment opportunities for recipients of aid under
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1 1200) of Part 3 of Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code at an acceptable wage level
to attain self-sufficiency.
(b) Create opportunities for individuals working at a low wage
to upgrade to a wage adequate to attain self-sufficiency.
88643. Each community college that participates in the Job
Development Incentive Training Program shall inventory its local
or regional business community, including nonprofit organizations,
and identify industry -driven needs and employment opportunities
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2 continuous employee training, and skills upgrades.
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88650. (a) The chancellor shall implement performance
accountability outcome measures for the economic and workplace
development program that provide the Governor, Legislature, and
general public with information that quantifies employer and
student outcomes for those participating in the program. At a
minimum, these performance measures shall include all of the
following:
(1) Measures of skills or competency attainment by students
and workers receiving educational or workforce training services
under the program.
(2) Measures relevant to program completion, including
measures of course, certificate, degree, and program of study rates
of completion for students or workers receiving education or
workforce training services under the program.
(3) Measures of employment placement or measures of
educational progression, such as transfer readiness, for students
or workers receiving education or workforce training services
under the program, depending on whether the client is entering
the labor market or continuing in education.
(4) For those who have entered the labor market following
completion of the education or workforce training services offered
under the program, measures of income, including wage measures.
(5) A quantitative assessment of impacts on businesses receiving
services under the program. These may include data pertaining to
profitability, labor productivity, workplace injuries, employer cost
savings resulting from improved business processes, levels of
customer satisfaction, employee retention rates, estimates of new
revenue generated, sales, and market penetration, as well as
information pertaining to new products or services developed.
(b) The chancellor shall submit a report to the Governor and
Legislature on or about March 1 of each year. This report shall
include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Sufficient information to ensure the understanding of the
magnitude of expenditures, by type of expenditure, including those
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specified in Section 88625, disaggregated by industry sector or
cluster, region, and type of grant.
(2) Information pertaining to the type of services provided to
colleges and employers, and the number of businesses, students,
and employees served, including information to identify the
benchmarks and indicators used to demonstrate the results
achieved.
(3) Data summarizing outcome accountability performance
measures enumerated and required by this section.
88650.5. Prior to January 1, 2015, the chancellor shall contract
for an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the program
in achieving the specific program goals and objectives set forth in
this part. This performance evaluation shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to, specific conclusions about the strengths
and weaknesses of the program, as well as specific
recommendations for strategies to improve the effectiveness of
the program. The evaluation shall include an analysis of available
outcome accountability performance measures and data for program
participants. To the extent feasible, the analysis shall use
experimental, quasi -experimental, or controlled case comparison
methodology to compare outcome measures for program
participants with a suitable control group to assess and isolate the
impact of the program on program participants. The chancellor
shall provide the findings of the study to the Legislature no later
than March 1, 2016. This report shall be submitted in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
CHAPTER 8. REPEAL
88651. This part shall remain in effect only until January I,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date.
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