Bill Text: CA SB786 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Adult education: Adult Education Block Grant Program: joint powers authorities.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB786 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB786-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 786	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Allen

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section  25722.8 of the Public Resources
Code,    84830 of the Education Code,   relating to
 air quality.   adult education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 786, as amended, Allen.  Advanced technology parking
incentive programs: report   Adult education: regional
consortia  . 
   Existing law, pursuant to funding made available in the annual
Budget Act, requires the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the State Department of Education to jointly provide
2-year planning and implementation grants to regional consortia of
community college districts and school districts for purposes of
developing regional plans to better serve the educational needs of
adults.  
   This bill would authorize a county office of education and joint
powers authority consisting of community college districts, school
districts, county offices of education, or a combination of these, to
join a regional consortium for these purposes.  
   Existing law requires the Secretary of the Government Operations
Agency, in consultation with the Department of General Services and
other appropriate state agencies that maintain or purchase vehicles
for the state fleet, including the campuses of the California State
University, to develop and implement, and submit to the Legislature
and the Governor, a plan to improve the overall state fleet's use of
alternative fuels, synthetic lubricants, and fuel-efficient vehicles
by reducing or displacing the consumption of petroleum products by
the state fleet when compared to the 2003 consumption level, based on
a specified schedule. Existing law requires the Department of
General Services to prepare an annual progress report on meeting the
goals set by the schedule.  
   Existing law also requires the Department of General Services and
the Department of Transportation to develop and implement advanced
technology vehicle parking incentive programs in specified parking
facilities to provide incentives for the purchase and use of
alternatively fueled vehicles in the state.  
   This bill would require the progress report prepared by the
Department of General Services relative to fleet vehicles to also
include a progress report on developing and implementing the advanced
technology parking incentive programs. 
   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.    Section 84830 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   84830.  (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
and the State Department of Education shall, pursuant to funding made
available in the annual Budget Act, jointly provide two-year
planning and implementation grants to regional consortia  of
community college districts and school districts  for the
purpose of developing regional plans to better serve the educational
needs of adults.  A regional consortium may be composed of
community college districts, school districts, county offices of
education, or joint powers authorities, or a combination of these,
provided that any joint powers authority for this purpose shall be
composed of community college districts,   school districts,
county offices of education, or a combination of these. 
   (1) Eligibility shall be limited to consortia consisting of at
least one community college district and at least one school district
within the boundaries of the community college district, either of
which may serve as the consortium's fiscal agent, as determined by
the applicant consortium.
   (2) If a community college district chooses not to participate in
a consortium, a neighboring community college district may form a
consortium with school districts within the boundaries of the
nonparticipating community college district.
   (3) Consortia may include other entities providing adult education
courses, including, but not necessarily limited to, correctional
facilities, other local public entities, and community-based
organizations.
   (b) Grant funds provided pursuant to this section shall be used by
each regional consortium to create and implement a plan to better
provide adults in its region with all of the following:
   (1) Elementary and secondary basic skills, including classes
required for a high school diploma or high school equivalency
certificate.
   (2) Classes and courses for immigrants eligible for educational
services in citizenship and English as a second language, and
workforce preparation classes in basic skills.
   (3) Education programs for adults with disabilities.
   (4) Short-term career technical education programs with high
employment potential.
   (5) Programs for apprentices.
   (c) (1) The classes and courses described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) of subdivision (b) shall distribute basic information on American
government and civics that includes, but is not limited to,
instruction on all of the following:
   (A) Federal, state, and local government.
   (B) The three branches of government.
   (C) The importance of civic engagement.
   (D) Registering to vote.
   (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that, consistent with the
requirements of Sections 51225.3 and 52555, students enrolled in
classes and courses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (b) in which instruction in American government and
civics is appropriate shall receive instruction in American
government and civics.
   (d) Each regional consortium's plan shall include, at a minimum:
   (1) An evaluation of current levels and types of adult education
programs within its region, including education for adults in
correctional facilities; credit, noncredit, and enhanced noncredit
adult education coursework; and programs funded through Title II of
the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, known as the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act (Public Law 105-220).
   (2) An evaluation of current needs for adult education programs
within its region.
   (3) Plans for parties that make up the consortium to integrate
their existing programs and create seamless transitions into
postsecondary education or the workforce.
   (4) Plans to address the gaps identified pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2).
   (5) Plans to employ approaches proven to accelerate a student's
progress toward his or her academic or career goals, such as
contextualized basic skills and career technical education, and other
joint programming strategies between adult education and career
technical education.
   (6) Plans to collaborate in the provision of ongoing professional
development opportunities for faculty and other staff to help them
achieve greater program integration and improve student outcomes.
   (7) Plans to leverage existing regional structures, including, but
not necessarily limited to, local workforce investment areas.
   (e) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
State Department of Education may identify additional elements that
consortia must include in a plan.
   (f) (1) On or before March 1, 2014, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the State Department of Education
shall submit a joint report to the Legislature and the Governor. This
report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, both of the
following:
   (A) The status of developing regional consortia across the state,
including identification of unserved geographic areas or emerging
gaps in regional program delivery.
   (B) The status and allocation of grant awards made to regional
consortia.
   (2) The report shall be submitted to the Legislature as provided
in Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (g) (1) On or before March 1, 2015, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the State Department of Education
shall submit a joint report to the Legislature and the Governor. This
report shall include, but is not limited to, both of the following:
   (A) The plans developed by regional consortia across the state.
   (B) Recommendations for additional improvements in the delivery
system serving adult learners.
   (2) The report shall be submitted to the Legislature as provided
in Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (h) It is the intent of the Legislature to work toward developing
common policies related to adult education affecting adult schools at
local educational agencies and community colleges, including
policies on fees and funding levels.
   (i) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide additional
funding in the 2015-16 fiscal year to regional consortia to expand
and improve the provision of adult education. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 25722.8 of the Public
Resources Code is amended to read:
   25722.8.  (a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Secretary of the
Government Operations Agency, in consultation with the Department of
General Services and other appropriate state agencies that maintain
or purchase vehicles for the state fleet, including the campuses of
the California State University, shall develop and implement, and
submit to the Legislature and the Governor, a plan to improve the
overall state fleet's use of alternative fuels, synthetic lubricants,
and fuel-efficient vehicles by reducing or displacing the
consumption of petroleum products by the state fleet when compared to
the 2003 consumption level based on the following schedule:
   (1) By January 1, 2012, a 10-percent reduction or displacement.
   (2) By January 1, 2020, a 20-percent reduction or displacement.
   (b) Annually, on or before April 1, the Department of General
Services shall prepare a progress report on meeting the goals
specified in subdivision (a) and on developing and implementing
advanced technology vehicle parking incentive programs pursuant to
Section 25722.9. The Department of General Services shall post the
progress report on its Internet Web site.
   (c) (1) The Department of General Services shall encourage, to the
extent feasible, the operation of state alternatively fueled
vehicles on the alternative fuel for which the vehicle is designed
and the development of commercial infrastructure for alternative fuel
pumps and charging stations at or near state vehicle fueling or
parking sites.
   (2) The Department of General Services shall work with other
public agencies to incentivize and promote, to the extent feasible,
state employee operation of alternatively fueled vehicles through
preferential or reduced-cost parking, access to charging, or other
means.
   (3) For purposes of this subdivision, "alternatively fueled
vehicles" means light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that reduce
petroleum usage and related emissions by using advanced technologies
and fuels, including, but not limited to, hybrid, plug-in hybrid,
battery electric, natural gas, or fuel cell vehicles and including
those vehicles described in Section 5205.5 of the Vehicle Code.