Bill Text: CA AB646 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public education governance: regional P-20 councils: advisory committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB646 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB646-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 646 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 16, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 6, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cooley
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to add and repeal Chapter 1.3
(commencing with Section 10050) of to
Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of , and to add and repeal
Section 10051 of, the Education Code, relating to public
education governance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 646, as amended, Cooley. Public education governance: regional
P-20 councils: advisory committee.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational
agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide
instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive
(K-12). Existing law also establishes a system of public
postsecondary education in the state that consists of 3 segments: the
University of California, the California State University, and the
California Community Colleges.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to affirm
the employer-education partnership model of a regional P-20 council,
as defined, as a desired structure in California to help align
preschool, K-12, community college, 4-year college, and graduate and
professional education programs and funding to advance strategic
educational and economic outcomes.
The
Contingent upon the enactment of an appropriation for this
purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, this bill
would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with
specified entities, including, but not limited to, the Governor's
Office of Business and Economic Development, to study best practices
of state and regional P-20 councils in California and across the
nation to identify key statewide policies and goals that P-20
councils may seek to further, and to report its findings and
recommendations to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2015.
These provisions would be repealed on July 1, 2020.
The provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2020.
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. Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 10050) is added to
Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 1.3. REGIONAL P-20 COUNCILS
10050. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) The Federal Reserve has stated on its Internet Web site that "
m]ost policymakers estimate the longer-run normal rate of
unemployment is between 5.2 and 6 percent." The current rate of
unemployment in the United States is 7.4 percent. The unemployment
rates in both the County of Sacramento and California are higher than
the national unemployment rate. According to a September 2013 brief
by the California Budget Project, "i]f California's job market
continues to grow as it has over the past year, the state will not
recover the jobs lost due to the Great Recession until January 2016,"
but that this also "understates how long it will actually take for
the job market to reach pre-recession strength" due to California's
increased working-age population since 2007.
(2) P-16 councils were first established in several states in the
1990s to convene state leaders representing early learning (the "P"
stands for preschool) through the first four years of college (the
"16"). More recently, some states have extended the scope of these
councils to include doctoral and professional schools (the "20").
(3) According to a 2008 report of the Education Commission of the
States, 38 states had established a P-16 or P-20 council and 11
states had regional P-16 or P-20 councils.
(4) It is increasingly recognized that regions are the units of
economic competition and an essential ingredient of economic
competitiveness is for regions to align educational assets to prepare
students for critical careers within key economic clusters. The
Sacramento region's Next Economy initiative is one example of a
regional economic development strategy advancing these objectives.
(5) Recent research affirms that aligning regional assets is a key
to advancing economic competitiveness; a Brookings Institution
Metropolitan Policy Program study has noted that "r]egional economies
are differentiated, complex, and dynamic; improving their
performance entails customized and integrated strategies." An
educated and suitably prepared workforce is a key element in private
sector job creation and job-related capital investment.
(6) Several examples of effective P-20 councils can be found in
California, including the Alliance for Education in San Bernardino
County, which is the Inland Empire's premier partnership between the
business and education communities. Its objective is "to achieve the
goal of producing an educated and skilled workforce that ensures the
economic well-being for San Bernardino County."
(7) Recent state policy and funding priorities are intended to
promote the development and sustainability of pathways preparing
students across the P-20 spectrum for critical careers in the 21st
century economy.
(8) During hearings of the Assembly Select Committee on Community
and Neighborhood Development in July 2013, witnesses stated that
California's future economic growth would benefit from a concentrated
effort aimed at establishing the preconditions that support growth
in jobs and private sector investment in California communities. Such
an approach would be analogous to the high degree of regional
coordination that is typical for prioritizing and funding
transportation improvements. State and federal governments already
require regional coordination among local governments to prioritize
transportation funding.
(9) California will benefit from a system of regional P-20
councils, composed of both employers and educational leaders of
educational entities that provide instruction for all levels from
early childhood learning to doctoral and professional programs, to
help align educational programs, policies, and funding to meet
strategic educational and economic objectives.
(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to affirm the
employer-education partnership model of a regional P-20 council as a
desired structure in California to help align preschool, K-12,
community college, four-year college, and graduate and professional
education programs and funding to advance strategic educational and
economic outcomes.
10051. (a) The Contingent upon the
enactment of an appropriation for this purpose in the annual Budget
Act or another statute, the department shall study best
practices of state and regional P-20 councils in California and
across the nation to identify key statewide policies and goals that
P-20 councils may seek to further, and shall report its findings and
recommendations to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2015. The
department shall work in consultation with the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development, the office of the President of the
University of California, the office of the Chancellor of the
California State University, the office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, the Employment Development Department,
and the California Workforce Investment Board, as well as related
state and regional interests.
(b) (1) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on July 1, 2020.
