SECTIONS 79140-79148 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 79140-79148

79140. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(a) A consensus exists among employment training professionals,
economists, and industry experts concerning the serious mismatch that
has developed between labor force skills and the needs of employers.
(b) Workplace skills training is most effective within a real
workplace environment.
(c) Private sector industry internships and apprenticeship models
successfully focus employment training on a specific job or set of
skills, thereby meeting the precise needs of the labor market.
(d) Many high-growth industries, such as new media and
biotechnology, are particularly suited to worksite-based learning
because skills required by those industries involve the use of costly
equipment and require continual upgrading.

79144. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Apprenticeship program standards" means the written document
containing, among other things, all the terms and conditions for the
qualification, recruitment, selection, employment and training,
working conditions, wages, employee benefits, and other compensation
for apprentices and all other provisions and statements, including
attachments, as required by the Labor Code and by Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 200) of Title 8 of the California Code of
Regulations, which, when approved by the Chief of the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations,
shall constitute registration of these standards and authority to
conduct that program of apprenticeship in this state.
(b) "Apprenticeship training program" means a comprehensive plan
containing, among other things, apprenticeship program standards,
program regulations, related and supplemental instruction course
outlines, and policy statements for the effective administration of
that apprenticeship training program, in accordance with Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 200) of Title 8 of the California Code of
Regulations.
(c) "Internship training program" means a planned series of
educational training activities, paid or unpaid, in a specific or
general occupational field.

79146. To the extent sufficient resources exist, the board of
governors may establish internship training programs and actively
support apprenticeship training programs in collaboration with the
State Department of Education and the Division of Apprenticeship
Standards. The board of governors may establish internship training
programs pursuant to this section for only those occupations not
covered by an apprenticeship training program approved by the
Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial
Relations prior to January 1, 1998.

79148. (a) To the extent that sufficient federal funds and other
resources are available, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in
partnership with the State Department of Education and the
California Community Colleges, shall develop and implement innovative
apprenticeship training demonstration projects in high-growth
industries in emerging and transitioning occupations that meet local
labor market needs and that are validated by current labor market
data.
(b) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in collaboration
with the State Department of Education and the California Community
Colleges, shall submit a report not later than December 31, 1998, to
the Governor and the Legislature containing a summary of educational
and vocational outcomes resulting from innovative apprenticeship
training demonstration projects. The report shall include a status
report on the number of participating registered apprentices as well
as a statewide analysis and needs assessment regarding the extent
that these apprenticeship training demonstration projects are meeting
work force training needs in high growth industries.