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AB-647 Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program: appropriation.(2021-2022)

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Date Published: 03/22/2021 02:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 22, 2021

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 647

Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

February 12, 2021

An act to amend Section 46010 of the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance. An act relating to pupil instruction, and making an appropriation therefor.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 647, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Pupil attendance: absences. Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program: appropriation.
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.
This bill would appropriate, for the 2021–22 fiscal year, $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate, through a competitive selection process, to a school district for the purpose of implementing a Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program that could be used by local educational agencies as a diagnostic template that examines school systems that intentionally build and cultivate soft skills, hard skills, and pupil purpose and authentic voice. The bill would require the selected school district, on or before January 1, 2023, to submit a report to the department and the Legislature on the development of the Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program that includes recommendations on how to incorporate the framework into a local educational agency’s local control and accountability plan.
Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

Existing law requires the total days of attendance of a pupil upon the schools and classes maintained by a school district or county superintendent of schools during the fiscal year to be the number of days that school was actually taught for not less than the minimum schooldays during the fiscal year, minus the sum of the pupil’s absences.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NOYES   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 (a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Education. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate these funds through a competitive selection process to a school district for the purpose of developing a Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program that could be used by local educational agencies as a diagnostic template that examines school systems that intentionally build and cultivate all of the following:
(1) Soft skills.
(2) Hard skills.
(3) Pupil purpose and authentic voice.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the framework be in a format that can be easily used by civil rights groups, parents, businesses, and other local organizations to assess local educational agencies, including their focus on preparing pupils for jobs and careers, and to be used by local educational agencies as a guide to examine gaps in their own structures and systems, which will help them develop coherence in alignment.
(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2023, the selected school district shall submit a report to the State Department of Education and the Legislature on the development of the Career Preparedness Systems Framework that includes recommendations on how to incorporate the framework into a local educational agency’s local control and accountability plan.
(2) The report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Hard skills” are industry specific skills and certificates acquired through instruction and opportunities, including dual credit community college courses aligned to career pathways in high schools, and certificates earned through career technical education.
(2) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(3) “Pupil purpose and authentic voice” means instruction and opportunities that are meaningful and relevant to pupils, driven by their interests, and often self-initiated with appropriate guidance from teachers that help build pupil agency, including project-based learning, in-class civic engagement activities, access to world languages to build multilingualism, and courses that intentionally integrate ethnic studies and culturally relevant teaching that affirms identity.
(4) “Soft skills” are skills that are needed for a person to be successful on the job and navigating a career or, more likely, multiple careers that are increasingly dependent on hybrid and virtual work platforms, and includes instruction and opportunities for pupils that develop emotional and relational intelligence, and that develop the ability to self-reflect, collaborate, think critically, be innovative and creative, demonstrate time and project management, and communicate effectively both in speaking and writing.
SECTION 1.Section 46010 of the Education Code is amended to read:
46010.

The total days of attendance of a pupil upon the schools and classes maintained by a school district, or schools or classes maintained by the county superintendent of schools during the fiscal year shall be the number of days school was actually taught for not less than the minimum schooldays during the fiscal year less the sum of the pupil’s absences.