ConnectEd seeks to inform state policy by conducting research studies and distributing reports, sharing expertise, and convening stakeholders. The bills listed below have potential to impact the expansion of multiple pathways in California high schools. Since ConnectEd is not a lobbying organization, we do not formally support or oppose pending legislation.
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| Bill # |
Bill Summary |
Author |
Status |
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| Priorities |
| AB 400 |
Public School Accountability – Incorporate various indicators into the API, including high school graduation rates, rates by which pupils are offered and complete a-g courses, and rates by which pupils are offered and complete a CTE courses. |
Assembly
Speaker
Nunez |
Enrollment– Governor’s Desk |
| AB 1414 |
Career Technical Education Revitalization Act of 2007 – Establish the CTE Revitalization Program and appropriate $250 million (1st year, increasing to $1B in 4th year and beyond) for additional credentialed CTE teachers, innovative CTE projects, and other CTE programmatic support. |
Assembly-
member
Hancock |
Held in Assembly Appropriations 5/31 |
| AB 1409 |
Pupils: Concurrent Enrollment in Community College and Secondary or Elementary School – Authorize school districts to enter into partnerships with community college districts to allow secondary school pupils to benefit from advanced scholastic and CTE coursework on a high school or community college campus. |
Assembly-
member
Portantino |
Held in Assembly Appropriations 8/30 |
| Other Bills |
| AB 32 |
Career Technical Education: Work Certification Training – Authorize a pupil enrolled in at least 3 high school courses to enroll also in a community college for the purpose of taking CTE classes leading to work certification if the class is not offered at the pupil's high school or ROCP. |
Assembly-
member
Fuller |
Held in Assembly Appropriations 5/31 |
| AB 597 |
Career Technical Education: Web site pages – Create comprehensive, easy to access, user-friendly Web site pages with specified information about CTE opportunities and programs available in elementary and secondary schools. |
Assembly Education Committee |
Enrollment– Governor’s Desk |
| AB 598 |
Career Technical Education – Authorize a community college or apprentice training instructor to teach a career CTE course on a high school campus, a high school pupil to take an apprenticeship, job training, or community college career technical education course after regular school hours for credit, and a school district to bring in professionals as guest lecturers for CTE courses. |
Assembly Education Committee |
Enrollment– Governor’s Desk |
| AB 876 |
Career Technical Education – Encourage community college districts and public high schools that offer CTE courses to link their curricula and courses to trades needed for new public infrastructure. |
Assembly-
member
Davis |
Not advancing |
| AB 973 |
Regional Occupational Centers and Programs: Fees – Require a state department, commission, board, body, bureau, or other agency to waive the application fee for a certificate, license, or examination that it issues if the applicant is a high school student or recent HS graduate. |
Assembly-
member
Fuller |
Enrollment– Governor’s Desk |
| AB 974 |
Regional Occupational Centers and Programs: Partnership Academies – Authorize a regional occupational center or program to plan, establish, and maintain a partnership academy and to offer academic courses as part of its partnership academy. |
Assembly-
member
Fuller |
Held in Assembly Appropriations 5/31 |
| AB 999 |
Career Technical Education: Partnership Academies: Green Technology and Goods Movement – Establish two new categories of partnership academies in the areas of Green Technology (10) and Goods Movement (4). |
Assembly-
member
Hancock |
Held in Assembly Appropriations 5/31 |
