Chapter 1. Mission Statement of California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 52.5. >> Chapter 1.
(a) The economic and workforce development program shall
operate according to all of the following principles:
(1) The program shall be responsive to the needs of employers,
workers, and students.
(2) The program shall collaborate with other public institutions,
aligning resources to foster cooperation across workforce education
and service delivery systems, and building well-articulated career
pathways.
(3) Program decisions shall be data driven and evidence based,
investing resources and adopting practices on the basis of what
works.
(4) The program shall develop strong partnerships with the private
sector, ensuring industry involvement in needs assessment, planning,
and program evaluation.
(5) The program shall be outcome oriented and accountable,
measuring results for program participants, including students,
employers, and workers.
(6) The program shall be accessible to employers, workers, and
students who may benefit from its operation.
(b) The mission of the economic and workforce development program
is to do all of the following:
(1) To advance California's economic growth and global
competitiveness through education, training, and services that
contribute to continuous workforce improvement.
(2) To advance California's economic and jobs recovery and sustain
economic growth through labor market-aligned education workforce
training services, and sector strategies focusing on continuous
workforce improvement, technology deployment, and business
development, to meet the needs of California's competitive and
emerging industry sectors and industry clusters.
(3) To use labor market information to advise the chancellor's
office and regional community college bodies on the workforce needs
of California's competitive and emerging industry sectors and
industry clusters, in accordance with both of the following:
(A) To the extent possible, the economic and workforce development
program shall work with, share information with, and consider the
labor market analyses produced by, the Employment Development
Department's Labor Market Information Division and the California
Workforce Investment Board.
(B) The economic and workforce development program may also use
its own resources to bolster and refine these labor market and
industry sector and industry cluster analyses to fulfill its mission.
(4) To provide technical assistance and logistical, technical, and
communications infrastructure support that engenders alignment
between the career technical education programs of the community
college system and the needs of California's competitive and emerging
industry sectors and industry clusters.
(5) To collaborate and coordinate investment with other state,
regional, or local agencies involved in education and workforce
training in California, including, but not necessarily limited to,
the California Workforce Investment Board, local workforce investment
boards, the Employment Training Panel, the State Department of
Education, and the Employment Development Department.
(6) To identify, acquire, and leverage community college and other
financial and in-kind public and private resources to support
economic and workforce development and the career technical education
programs of the state's community colleges.
(7) To work with representatives of business, labor, and
professional trade associations to explore and develop alternatives
for assisting incumbent workers in the state's competitive and
emerging industry sectors. A key objective is to enable incumbent
workers to become more competitive in their region's labor market,
increase competency, and identify career pathways to economic
self-sufficiency, economic security, and lifelong access to
good-paying jobs.