Section 84920 Of Article 9. Adult Education Block Grant Program From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 50. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 9.
84920
. (a) To the extent that one-time funding is made available in
the Budget Act of 2015, consistent with the provisions of Section
84917, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall identify common
measures for determining the effectiveness of members of each
consortium in meeting the educational needs of adults. At a minimum,
the chancellor and the Superintendent shall accomplish both of the
following:
(1) Define the specific data each consortium shall collect.
(2) Establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding
placement of adults seeking education and workforce services into
adult education programs to be used by each consortium to measure
educational needs of adults and the effectiveness of providers in
addressing those needs.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following
occur:
(1) That the educational needs of adults in the state be better
identified and understood through better sharing of data across state
agencies.
(2) That, at a minimum, the chancellor and the Superintendent
shall enter into agreements to share data related to effectiveness of
the consortia between their agencies and with other state agencies,
including, but not necessarily limited to, the Employment Development
Department and the California Workforce Investment Board.
(c) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall identify, no later
than January 1, 2016, the measures for assessing the effectiveness
of consortia that will be used in the report that, pursuant to
Section 84917, is to be submitted by September 30, 2016. These
measures shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the
following:
(1) How many adults are served by members of the consortium.
(2) How many adults served by members of the consortium have
demonstrated the following:
(A) Improved literacy skills.
(B) Completion of high school diplomas or their recognized
equivalents.
(C) Completion of postsecondary certificates, degrees, or training
programs.
(D) Placement into jobs.
(E) Improved wages.
(d) No later than November 1, 2015, the chancellor and the
Superintendent shall submit to the Director of Finance, the state
board, and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees in the
Legislature a report of its progress in meeting the requirements of
subdivisions (a) and (b).
(e) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion the
funds appropriated for purposes of this section in the Budget Act of
2015 in accordance with both of the following:
(1) Eighty-five percent of these funds shall be used for grants to
consortia to establish systems or obtain data necessary to submit
any reports or data required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
84917.
(2) Fifteen percent of these funds shall be used for grants for
development of statewide policies and procedures related to data
collection or reporting or for technical assistance to consortia, or
both.
(f) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall provide any
guidance to the consortia necessary to support the sharing of data
included in systems established by consortia pursuant to this section
across consortia.