SECTIONS 12050-12060 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 12050-12060

12050. The people of the state accept the provisions of, and each
of the funds provided by, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education
Act (P.L. 98-524), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 (P.L. 101-392; 20 U.S.C.
Sec. 2301 and following), and any acts amending or succeeding those
acts.

12052. In accepting the benefits of the acts of Congress referred
to in Section 12050, the people of the state agree to comply with all
of the provisions and to observe all of the requirements of those
acts.

12053. (a) The State Board of Education is designated the state
board of vocational education, which is the sole state agency
responsible for the administration or the supervision of the state
vocational education program, as required by the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational Education Act (P.L. 98-524), the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990
(P.L. 101-392; 20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 and following), and any acts
amending or succeeding those acts. The State Board of Education is
granted all necessary power and authority to carry out those
provisions of federal law.
(b) In recognition of the need for coordinated delivery of
vocational education and training in California, the State Board of
Education and the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall enter into a memorandum of understanding, which shall
do all of the following:
(1) Provide for an advisory committee composed of an equal number
of members of each board.
(2) Assure shared planning and coordination.
(3) Delegate to the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, in keeping with the requirements of federal law, the
maximum responsibility in administration, operation, and supervision
of policies and procedures related to community college vocational
programs provided for in federal law.
(c) In carrying out the provisions of federal law, the State Board
of Education, prior to taking final action on any proposed policies,
procedures, or allocations of funds, shall consider recommendations,
if any, of the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges and make a record of review and comment on the proposed
policies, procedures, or allocations of funds.

12054. For the purpose of implementing the program set forth in
Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 10650) of Part 2 of Division 9
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, funds available may be used to
provide vocational education services to present and potential
recipients of public assistance, to the extent permitted by federal
law.

12055. The Vocational Education Federal Fund in the State Treasury
is hereby created. All grants of money received by this state from
the United States, the expenditure of which is administered under the
provisions of Sections 12050 to 12054, inclusive, and Sections
12020, 12220, and 12300 to 12307, inclusive, on order of the State
Controller, shall be deposited in the Vocational Education Federal
Fund.

12056. The State Treasurer, as required by the federal acts
relating to vocational education referred to in Sections 12050 to
12054, inclusive, and Sections 12020, 12220, and 12300 to 12307,
inclusive, shall receive and provide for the proper custody of all
funds apportioned to the state under these acts. The amount received
shall be deposited to the credit of the Vocational Education Federal
Fund.

12057. The State Treasurer shall also receive and provide for the
proper custody of all money appropriated by this article, of all
money that may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this article and of all money that may be
received by the State Board of Education under the provisions of this
article.

12058. All funds appropriated by the state for vocational education
shall be expended pursuant to the provisions of this article.

12059. All money in the Vocational Education Federal Fund is hereby
appropriated to the State Department of Education, without regard to
fiscal years, for expenditure for the purposes for which the money
deposited therein is made available by the United States for
expenditure by the state.

12060. The Director of Finance and the State Controller may approve
any general plan whereby:
(a) Any expenditures which are a proper charge against money made
available by the United States and deposited in the Vocational
Education Federal Fund may be paid in the first instance from any
appropriation from the General Fund, expenditures from which are
administered under the provisions of Sections 12050 to 12054,
inclusive, and Sections 12020, 12220, and 12300 to 12307, inclusive,
and
(b) The General Fund shall be reimbursed for expenditures made
therefrom that are a proper charge against the Vocational Education
Federal Fund. Such a general plan may provide for advance transfer
from the Vocational Education Federal Fund to the General Fund, based
on estimates of such expenditures that will be subject to
reimbursement from the Vocational Education Federal Fund pursuant to
such plan, and may provide for reimbursement to the Vocational
Education Federal Fund when necessary.
Requests for reimbursement or transfer pursuant to such a plan
shall be furnished to the State Controller in writing by the
Department of Education, accompanied by such financial statements as
the plan may provide; and on order of the State Controller, the
required amount shall be transferred in accordance therewith.