AB 957: Higher education regional workforce coordination: California Workforce Development Board.

Under existing law, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.

This bill would require the California State University (CSU), and request the University of California (UC), to participate in regional conversations pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill would require CSU, and request the UC, to submit a summary of those first-year activities to the Legislature on or before May 1, 2019, on specified topics related to regional workforce demands.

Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of Californias workforce investment system. Existing law authorizes the Governor to designate as board members state agency officials responsible for education programs and specifies that those officials may include chief executive officers of community colleges and other institutions of higher education.

This bill would specifically include the chief executive officers, or their designees, of institutions of higher education, including the California Community College system, the California State University system, the University of California system, and their respective individual campuses, among those persons who may be on the board.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 14012 of the Unemployment Insurance Code proposed by SB 396 to be operative only if this bill and SB 396 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.