SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In 1960, the State Department of Education published the Master Plan for Higher Education in California, which relegated each segment of public postsecondary education to a distinct role in California’s public postsecondary education system.
(b) Since the California Postsecondary Education Commission was defunded in 2011, California has been without a statewide postsecondary education coordinating body and remains one of just two states without a coordinating body.
(c) The state provides state funds and receives federal funds for various workforce development programs that may not work in a coordinated and seamless fashion to best prepare students and adults for high-paying jobs and careers.