Chapter 1.7Higher Education Regional Workforce Coordination

Section § 99070

Explanation

This law requires the California State University to, and requests the University of California to, engage in regional discussions as guided by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. By May 1, 2019, they must submit a report to the Legislature.

The report should cover two main areas: first, the recommendations, partnerships, and activities aiming to increase degrees or workforce training in high-demand jobs, including efforts with local and regional workforce partners. Second, they need to identify barriers to meeting regional workforce needs and suggest solutions to these challenges.

The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, participate in regional conversations pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, submit a summary of those first-year activities to the Legislature on or before May 1, 2019, on both of the following:
(a)CA Education Code § 99070(a) Recommendations made, partnerships developed, activities undertaken by individual campuses, programs, or the university system that have substantively included local and regional workforce partners and that were designed to increase the number of degrees or other forms of workforce preparation in high-demand occupations and industry sectors within one or more regions in the state.
(b)CA Education Code § 99070(b) Barriers to addressing regional workforce demands and recommendations to overcome these barriers.
California State University involvement University of California participation Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act regional workforce partners high-demand occupations workforce preparation degree increase industry sectors regional conversations barriers to workforce demands recommendations to overcome barriers workforce partnerships first-year activities summary workforce training report to Legislature
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 661, Sec. 2. (AB 957) Effective January 1, 2018.)