From: Patterson, Daniel@CWIB [mailto:Daniel.Patterson@cwib.ca.gov]
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 1:38 PM
Cc: Sale, Douglas@CWIB; Evashenk, Michael@EDD; Margarite, Gus@EDD
Subject: Recent Workforce Legislation signed by Governor Brown Dear Members, Governor Brown recently signed 4 bills into law that affect the state workforce system. For your information I have included the Legislative Counsel's Digest summary. The four bill numbers are: AB 554: Atkins. Apprenticeship Training and Coordination This bill would require the California Workforce Investment Board and each local board to ensure that programs and services funded by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and directed to apprenticeable occupations, including pre-apprenticeship training, are conducted in coordination with one or more apprenticeship programs approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for the occupation and geographic area. The bill would also require the California Workforce Investment Board and each local board to develop a policy of fostering collaboration between community colleges and approved apprenticeship programs in the geographic area to provide pre-apprenticeship training, apprenticeship training, and continuing education in apprenticeable occupations through the approved apprenticeship programs. SB 698: Lieu. High Performance Boards This bill would require the Governor to establish, through the California Workforce Investment Board, standards for certification of high-performance local workforce investment boards, in accordance with specified criteria. The bill would also require the Governor and the Legislature, in consultation with the California Workforce Investment Board, to reserve specified federal discretionary funds for high-performance local workforce investment boards. This bill would also require the California Workforce Investment Board to establish a policy for the allocation of those funds to those boards. SB734: DeSaulnier. State and Local Workforce Investment Boards: Funding This bill would require local workforce investment boards to spend a certain percentage of available federal funds for adults and dislocated workers on workforce training programs in a manner consistent with federal law, as prescribed, and would allow the boards to leverage specified funds to meet the funding requirements, as specified. Beginning program year 2012, an amount equal to at least 25 percent of funds available under Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220) provided to local workforce investment boards for adults and dislocated workers shall be spent on workforce training programs. Beginning program year 2016, an amount equal to at least 30 percent of funds available under Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220) provided to local workforce investment boards for adults and dislocated workers shall be spent on workforce training programs. AB 29: Perez. Governor's Office of Business and Economic DevelopmentThis bill would create, within the Governor's office, the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, which would be administered by a director appointed by the Governor. The bill would require that the office serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth, and would authorize the office to exercise various powers, including, among others, making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. The bill would create the California Business Investment Services Program, as specified, within the office, under the authority of the director, for the purpose of serving employers, corporate executives, business owners, and site location consultants who are considering California for business investment and expansion. The bill would also move the Office of Small Business Advocate to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. This legislation and its impact will be discussed at the upcoming State Board's Issues and Policy Committee meeting scheduled for October 25, 2011. That meeting agenda will be posted later this week. Links to the full text of these bills are also available on our website at www.cwib.ca.gov Thank you, Danny Daniel X. Patterson California Workforce Investment Board WIA Policy and Administration Group 777 12th Street, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95814 E: Daniel.Patterson@cwib.ca.gov P: 916-324-2853 F: 916-324-3068 |
