Section 53011 Of Chapter 16. California Career Pathways Trust From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 16.
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. Contingent upon funding provided for this purpose in the
annual Budget Act, the department shall administer the California
Career Pathways Trust as a competitive grant program for kindergarten
and grades 1 to 14, inclusive. Funds appropriated in Item
6110-280-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014 shall be
available for expenditure in the 2014-15 fiscal year to the 2016-17
fiscal year, inclusive. Recipients shall do all of the following:
(a) Prioritize work-based learning opportunities, as defined in
Section 51760.1, for pupils and students in partnership with regional
business and industry, state and local governmental entities, and
nonprofit and community-based organizations.
(b) Define the labor market of the regional economy in a manner
that identifies high-skill, high-wage, high-growth jobs in the
current regional economy or in emerging economic sectors.
(c) Establish or strengthen existing regional collaborative
relationships and partnerships among business entities, schools
serving pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and
postsecondary educational agencies, organizations that provide
apprenticeship opportunities, and nonprofit or government entities.
(d) Develop and integrate standards-based academics with a
career-relevant, sequenced curriculum following industry-themed
pathways that are aligned to high-skill, high-wage, high-growth jobs
in the current regional economy, or in emerging regional economic
sectors.
(e) Provide articulated pathways from high school to postsecondary
education and training that are aligned with the workforce
development needs of regional economies.
(f) Ensure that career pathway programs are designed and
implemented in a manner that leads students to a postsecondary degree
or certification in a high-skill, high-wage, and high-growth or
emerging field.
(g) Leverage and build on any of the following:
(1) Existing structures, requirements, and resources of the Carl
D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006,
California Partnership Academies, and Regional Occupational Centers
and Programs.
(2) The California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program.
(3) Matching resources and in-kind contributions from public,
private, and philanthropic sources.