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(a) The chancellor shall implement performance
accountability outcome measures for the economic and workplace
development program that provide the Governor, Legislature, and
general public with information that quantifies employer and student
outcomes for those participating in the program. At a minimum, these
performance measures shall include all of the following:
(1) Measures of skills or competency attainment by students and
workers receiving educational or workforce training services under
the program.
(2) Measures relevant to program completion, including measures of
course, certificate, degree, and program of study rates of
completion for students or workers receiving education or workforce
training services under the program.
(3) Measures of employment placement or measures of educational
progression, such as transfer readiness, for students or workers
receiving education or workforce training services under the program,
depending on whether the client is entering the labor market or
continuing in education.
(4) For those who have entered the labor market following
completion of the education or workforce training services offered
under the program, measures of income, including wage measures.
(5) A quantitative assessment of impacts on businesses receiving
services under the program. These may include data pertaining to
profitability, labor productivity, workplace injuries, employer cost
savings resulting from improved business processes, levels of
customer satisfaction, employee retention rates, estimates of new
revenue generated, sales, and market penetration, as well as
information pertaining to new products or services developed.
(b) The chancellor shall submit a report to the Governor and
Legislature on or about March 1 of each year. This report shall
include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Sufficient information to ensure the understanding of the
magnitude of expenditures, by type of expenditure, including those
specified in Section 88625, disaggregated by industry sector or
cluster, region, and type of grant.
(2) Information pertaining to the type of services provided to
colleges and employers, and the number of businesses, students, and
employees served, including information to identify the benchmarks
and indicators used to demonstrate the results achieved.
(3) Data summarizing outcome accountability performance measures
enumerated and required by this section.
Prior to January 1, 2015, the chancellor shall contract
for an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in
achieving the specific program goals and objectives set forth in this
part. This performance evaluation shall include, but not necessarily
be limited to, specific conclusions about the strengths and
weaknesses of the program, as well as specific recommendations for
strategies to improve the effectiveness of the program. The
evaluation shall include an analysis of available outcome
accountability performance measures and data for program
participants. To the extent feasible, the analysis shall use
experimental, quasi-experimental, or controlled case comparison
methodology to compare outcome measures for program participants with
a suitable control group to assess and isolate the impact of the
program on program participants. The chancellor shall provide the
findings of the study to the Legislature no later than March 1, 2016.
This report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of
the Government Code.