SECTIONS 8150-8156 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 8150-8156

8150. Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class maintained by
a high school, unified school district, regional occupation center
or program, community college, or adult school, pursuant to Section
3074 of the Labor Code, shall be reimbursed pursuant to Section 8152
only if reported separately to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction or Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, as
appropriate. Attendance reported pursuant to this section shall be
used only for purposes of calculating allowances pursuant to Section
8152.

8151. An apprentice attending a high school, unified school
district, regional occupational center or program, community college,
or adult school in classes of related and supplemental instruction
as provided under Section 3074 of the Labor Code and in accordance
with the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 3078 of the Labor
Code shall be exempt from the requirements of any interdistrict
attendance agreement for such classes.

8152. (a) The reimbursement rate shall be established in the annual
Budget Act and the rate shall be commonly applied to all providers
of instruction specified in subdivision (d).
(b) For the purposes of this section, each hour of teaching time
may include up to 10 minutes of passing time and breaks.
(c) This section also applies to isolated apprentices, as defined
in Section 3074 of the Labor Code, for which alternative methods of
instruction are provided.
(d) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges, whichever is appropriate, shall
make the reimbursements specified in this section for teaching time
provided by high schools, unified school districts, regional
occupational centers or programs, community colleges, or adult
schools.
(e) Reimbursements may be made under this section for related and
supplemental instruction provided to indentured apprentices only if
the instruction is provided by a program approved by the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations in
accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division
3 of the Labor Code.

8153.5. For purposes of the California Firefighter Joint
Apprenticeship Program, classes of related and supplemental
instruction which qualify for funding pursuant to Sections 8152 and
8153, include, but are not limited to, classes which meet both of the
following requirements:
(a) The classes are conducted at the workplace.
(b) The person providing instruction is qualified, by means of
education or experience, as a journeyman and shares the
responsibility for supervision of the apprentices participating in
the classes with the certified community college or adult education
coordinator.

8154. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the
Division of Apprenticeship Standards, shall annually review the
amount of state funding necessary to provide the reimbursements
specified in Sections 8152 and 8153, and shall include an estimate of
required funds in their budgets for each fiscal year.
If the amounts appropriated in any fiscal year are insufficient to
provide full reimbursement, the hourly rate specified in Section
8153 shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the entire
appropriation is allocated. The Superintendent of Public Instruction
and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges may mutually
agree to the transfer of moneys from one section of the State School
Fund to the other in an amount necessary to provide for full
reimbursement, or equal funding on a pro rata basis, of the rate
specified in Section 8153 for school and community college districts.
The amount upon which the superintendent and chancellor agree is
reappropriated from the appropriate section of the State School Fund
to the other section of the State School Fund for the purpose
specified in the agreement.
If the amount appropriated is in excess of the amounts needed for
full reimbursement, any excess shall be allocated to school and
community college districts to be used for the purpose of the state
general apportionment from Sections A and B of the State School Fund.

8155. (a) The State Department of Education, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, and the Division of Apprenticeship
Standards shall jointly develop a model format for agreements between
Joint Apprenticeship Training Councils and local education agencies
for instruction pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code.
(b) The State Department of Education, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, and the Division of Apprenticeship
Standards shall jointly develop a model format for agreements between
Joint Apprenticeship Training Councils and local education agencies
concerning the calculation and payment of excess costs pursuant to
Section 3074 of the Labor Code.

8156. (a) For any apprenticeship program established pursuant to
Section 3074 of the Labor Code for which there is a reimbursement
entitlement under Section 8152 and that is transferred from a county
office of education or a school district maintaining classes in
kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to a community
college district, the Controller, upon certification by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall transfer, prior to the
first or second principal apportionment, as appropriate, from Section
A of the State School Fund to Section B of the State School Fund an
amount equal to the numbers of hours for which the apprenticeship
program received funding in the previous fiscal year multiplied by
the appropriate reimbursement rate set forth in Section 8152.
(b) For any apprenticeship program for which there is a
reimbursement entitlement under Section 8152 and that is transferred
from a community college district to a school district maintaining
classes in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, the
Controller, upon certification by the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, shall transfer, prior to certification of the
first or second principal apportionments, as appropriate, from
Section B of the State School Fund to Section A of the State School
Fund an amount equal to the number of hours for which the
apprenticeship program received funding in the previous fiscal year
multiplied by the appropriate reimbursement rate set forth in Section
8152.
(c) In the event that a deficit occurs in either Section A or
Section B of the State School Fund for apprenticeship programs
established pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code for which
there is a reimbursement entitlement under Section 8152, the Director
of the Department of Finance may transfer any unspent funds from one
section of the State School Fund to fund a deficit in another
section of the State School Fund.
(d) Any transfer authorized by this section shall be subject to
the approval of the Director of the Department of Finance, provided
that the transfer may not be authorized sooner than 30 days after
written notification of the necessity therefor is provided to the
chairpersons of the appropriate budget committees of the Legislature
and to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or
sooner than any lesser period of time designated in each instance by
the Director of the Department of Finance, or his or her designee.