Bill Text: CA AB2172 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Career technical education: multiple pathways report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2172 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2172-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2172	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act  to add Section 52372.6 to the Education Code, 
relating to career technical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2172, as amended, Carter. Career technical education: multiple
pathways report.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
develop, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary for
Education, the California Community Colleges, the University of
California, the California State University, the Legislature, the
Employment Development Department, teachers, chamber organizations,
industry representatives, research centers, parents, school
administrators, representatives of regional occupational centers and
programs, community-based organizations, labor organizations, and
others as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent, a report that
explores the feasibility of expanding and establishing career
multiple pathway programs, as defined, in California.
   Existing law requires that the report include specified
components, including, but not limited to, methods for developing and
sharing models of integrated curriculum and instruction, strategies
for increasing the course options and instructional time for pupils
in high school, and recommendations for supporting regional
coalitions in planning and developing the programs. Existing law
requires that the Superintendent report to the Legislature as to the
status of completing the report, and any preliminary recommendations,
by July 1, 2009, and to submit a final report with recommendations
to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2009.
   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to help close the achievement gap in education by
implementing   require the Superintendent to convene an
advisory board to review  the recommendations of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction's report submitted pursuant to
the provision described above  and to advise on the
implementation of those recommendations  .
   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.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) Multiple pathways are an important option for transforming
California's high schools in order to close the achievement gap and
prepare all pupils for success in the global economy of the 21st
century.  
   (b) Multiple pathways are multiyear programs that offer high
school pupils four key components: an integrated core academic
curriculum, an integrated core technical curriculum, a series of
work-based learning opportunities, and pupil support services. 

   (c) To compete in a competitive global economy and ensure the
long-term viability of the state, California must increase the number
of high school graduates who are better prepared to pursue the full
range of postsecondary opportunities, apprenticeships, additional
training, and two- and four-year colleges.  
   (d) Multiple pathways programs are a proven and beneficial way to
increase graduation rates, prepare pupils for both college and
career, and help to close the achievement gap.  
   (e) In recognition of the importance of the multiple pathways
approach, the Legislature adopted and the Governor signed Assembly
Bill 2648 of the 2007-08 Regular Session to require the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a report that
explores the feasibility of establishing and expanding additional
multiple pathway programs.  
   (f) The bill required the report to include specified components,
including, but not limited to, methods for developing and sharing
models of integrated curriculum and instruction, strategies for
increasing the course options and instructional time for pupils in
high school, and recommendations for supporting regional coalitions
in planning and developing the programs.  
   (g) The purpose of this act is to establish the foundation for the
expansion and enhancement of multiple pathways programs pursuant to
the intent of Assembly Bill 2648. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 52372.6 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   52372.6.  The Superintendent shall convene an advisory board
composed of leaders from education, business, labor, civic
organizations, and the community to review the recommendations of the
report required pursuant to Section 52372.5 and advise the
Superintendent on the implementation of the recommendations contained
in the report.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to help close the achievement gap in education
by implementing the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction's multiple pathways report submitted pursuant to Section
52372.5 of the Education Code.