AB 445: Career technical education: the California Career Technical Education Grant Program.

(1)Existing law establishes the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program as a state education, economic, and workforce development initiative with the goal of providing pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with the knowledge and skills necessary to transition to employment and postsecondary education. Existing law appropriates $200,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for purposes of this grant program for the 201718 fiscal year.

Existing law requires applicants for grants under the program to demonstrate that they have local matching funds, as specified. Existing law specifies that no applicant may receive a renewal grant under the program for the 201819 fiscal year.

This bill would change the name of the program to the California Career Technical Education Grant Program. The bill would increase to $300,000,000 the General Fund appropriation to the State Department of Education for this program for the 201718 fiscal year, and would further provide for an appropriation to the department in this amount for each subsequent fiscal year. the 201819, 201920, and 202021 fiscal years.

The bill would lower the amount of local matching funds required of an applicant from $1.50 for every dollar received to $1 for every dollar received, for the 201718 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter. 201718, 201819, 201920, and 202021 fiscal years. The bill would also provide that an applicant receiving a grant from this program in the 201718 201718, 201819, or 201920 fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year would be eligible for a renewal grant in the next fiscal year if that applicant demonstrates continued compliance with program requirements.

(2)The funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.