Section 78015 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 48. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
78015
. (a) (1) The governing board of a community college district,
prior to establishing a vocational or occupational training program,
shall conduct a job market study of the labor market area, as those
terms are defined in Section 52301.5, in which it proposes to
establish the program. The study shall use the State-Local
Cooperative Labor Market Information Program established in Section
10533 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, or if this program is not
available in the labor market area, other available sources of labor
market information. The study shall include a California Occupational
Information System supply analysis of existing vocational and
occupational education or training programs for adults maintained by
high schools, community colleges, and private postsecondary schools
in the area to ensure that the anticipated employment demand for
students in the proposed programs justifies the establishment of the
proposed courses of instruction.
(2) The governing board of the community college district shall
make copies of each job market study available to the public.
(b) Subsequent to completing the study required by this section
and prior to establishing the program, the governing board of the
community college district shall determine whether or not the study
justifies the proposed vocational education program.
(c) If the governing board of the community college district
determines that the job market study justifies the initiation of the
proposed program, it shall determine, by resolution, whether the
program shall be offered through the district's own facilities or
through a contract with an approved private postsecondary school
pursuant to Section 8092.