Article 8. Apprenticeship Education of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall
be responsible for allocating funds for apprenticeship programs in
good standing and approved pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 3070) of Division 3 of the Labor Code for the secondary
education system.
(b) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature, the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges shall allocate funds solely for the
purposes of this article consistent with the subdivision (e) of
Section 8152.
(c) For purposes of this article, a "local educational agency" is
defined as a school district or a county office of education.
Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class maintained
by a local educational agency, pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor
Code, shall be reimbursed pursuant to Section 8152 only if reported
separately to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
Attendance reported pursuant to this section shall be used only for
purposes of calculating allowances pursuant to Section 8152.
An apprentice attending a local educational agency 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
those classes.
(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 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 Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall make
the reimbursements specified in this section for teaching time
provided by local educational agencies.
(e) The hours for related and supplemental instruction derived
from funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8150
shall be allocated by the Chancellor of California Community Colleges
directly to participating local educational agencies that contract
with apprenticeship programs pursuant to subdivision (f).
(f) 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 of the Department of Industrial Relations in
accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division
3 of the Labor Code.
(g) The initial allocation of hours made pursuant to subdivision
(e) for related and supplemental instruction at the beginning of a
fiscal year, when multiplied by the hourly reimbursement rate, shall
equal 100 percent of the total appropriation for apprenticeships. The
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall notify
participating local educational agencies of the initial allocation
within 30 days of the enactment of the annual Budget Act.
(h) If funds remain from the appropriation pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 8150, the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall reimburse local educational agencies for unfunded
related and supplemental instruction hours from any of the three
previous fiscal years, in the following order:
(1) Reported related and supplemental instruction hours, as
described in subdivision (b) of Section 8154, that were paid at a
rate less than the hourly rate specified in the Budget Act.
(2) Reported related and supplemental instruction hours that were
not reimbursed.
(i) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall
report to the California Apprenticeship Council within 30 days of
each apportionment period the following information for each
participating local educational agency:
(1) The number of related and supplemental instruction hours
allocated to the local educational agency.
(2) The number of related and supplemental instruction hours
reported by the local educational agency.
(3) At the final or recalculation apportionment, the hourly rate
paid for related and supplemental instruction hours reported above
the local educational agency's initial allocation of hours for
related and supplemental instruction.
For purposes of the California Firefighter Joint
Apprenticeship Program, classes of related and supplemental
instruction that qualify for funding pursuant to Section 8152
include, but are not limited to, classes that 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.
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in
consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the
Department of Industrial Relations and the Superintendent, shall
annually review the amount of state funding necessary to provide the
reimbursements specified in Section 8152, and shall include an
estimate of required funds in its budget for each fiscal year.
(b) If the amounts appropriated in any fiscal year are
insufficient to provide full reimbursement, the hourly rate specified
pursuant to Section 8152 shall be reduced on a pro rata basis only
for reported hours that are in excess of the number of hours
allocated at the beginning of the fiscal year so that the entire
appropriation is allocated.
(c) If the amount appropriated is in excess of the amounts needed
for full reimbursement pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 8152,
any excess shall be allocated to local educational agencies to be
used for the purpose of the state general apportionment.
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and
the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of
Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Superintendent, shall
jointly develop a model format for agreements between apprenticeship
programs and local educational agencies for instruction pursuant to
Section 3074 of the Labor Code.
(b) By March 14, 2014, the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the
Department of Industrial Relations, with equal participation by local
educational agencies and community college apprenticeship
administrators, shall develop common administrative practices and
treatment of costs and services, as well as other policies related to
apprenticeship programs. Any policies developed pursuant to this
subdivision shall become operative upon approval by the California
Apprenticeship Council.
(c) Apprenticeship programs offered through local educational
agencies may maintain their existing curriculum and instructors
separate from the requirements of the California Community Colleges.
The person providing instruction may be a qualified journeyperson
with experience and knowledge of the trade.