citation: UIC § 4701

text:
(a) (1) An employer that is entitled under Section 4654 to notice of the filing of an application or additional claim and who, within 10 days after mailing of the notice, submits to the department any facts within its possession disclosing whether the individual left the most recent employment with the employer voluntarily and without good cause or was discharged from the employment for misconduct connected with their work, or whether the claimant was a student employed on a temporary basis and whose employment began within, and ended with their leaving to return to school at the close of, their vacation period, or whether the claimant left the employer’s employ to accompany their spouse or domestic partner to a place or to join their spouse at a place from which it is impractical to commute to the employment, and to which a transfer of the claimant by the employer is not available, or whether the claimant’s discharge or quit from their most recent employer was the result of an irresistible compulsion to use or consume intoxicants, including alcoholic beverages, or whether the claimant left the employer’s employ to protect their family or themselves from domestic violence abuse, or whether the claimant left the employer’s employ to take a substantially better job, shall be entitled to a ruling as prescribed by this section. The period during which the employer may submit these facts may be extended by the director for good cause.

(2) For purposes of this section, “spouse” includes a person to whom marriage is imminent, and “domestic partner” includes a person to whom a domestic partnership, as described in Section 297 of the Family Code, is imminent.

(b) The department shall consider the facts together with any information in its possession. If the employer is entitled to a determination pursuant to Section 4655, the department shall promptly issue to the employer its ruling as to the cause of the termination of the individual’s most recent employment. The employer may appeal from a ruling or reconsidered ruling to an administrative law judge within 30 days after service of notice of the ruling or reconsidered ruling. The 30-day period may be extended for good cause, which shall include, but not be limited to, mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect. The director shall be an interested party to an appeal. The department may for good cause reconsider a ruling or reconsidered ruling within either five days after the date an appeal to an administrative law judge is filed or, if no appeal is filed, within 30 days after service of notice of the ruling or reconsidered ruling, except that a ruling or reconsidered ruling that relates to a determination that is reconsidered pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1332 may also be reconsidered by the department within the time provided for reconsideration of that determination.

(c) For purposes of this section only, if the claimant voluntarily leaves the employer’s employ without notification to the employer of the reasons therefor, and if the employer submits all of the facts within its possession concerning the leaving within the applicable time period referred to in this section, the leaving shall be presumed to be without good cause.

(d) An individual whose employment is terminated under the compulsory retirement provisions of a collective bargaining agreement to which the employer is a party shall not be deemed to have voluntarily left their employment without good cause.

(e) Rulings under this section shall have the effect prescribed by Section 1032.

(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2015.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 41. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 4. Reserve Accounts

path: 1. UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION > 4. FEDERAL-STATE EXTENDED COMPENSATION > 2. Federal-State Extended Benefits > 4. Reserve Accounts


kind: section

code: UIC

citation: UIC § 4702

text: Federal-state extended benefits, to the extent that these extended benefits are not reimbursed or reimbursable by the federal government to the State of California, shall be charged except as provided by Section 1032, 1032.5, 1034, 1036, 1335, 1338, or 1380, against the reserve account of the individual’s employer during his or her base period. If the individual performed services in employment for more than one employer during his or her base period, unemployment compensation benefits paid to him or her shall be charged against the respective reserve accounts of such employers in the proportion that the total wages paid to the individual in employment for each employer bears to the total wages paid to the individual in employment for all employers during the base period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1169, Sec. 9.)

division: 1. UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION

part: 4. FEDERAL-STATE EXTENDED COMPENSATION

chapter: 2. Federal-State Extended Benefits

article: 4. Reserve Accounts


citation: UIC § 4751

text:
The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1375) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of this division are modified in the following respects:

(a) In the absence of fraud, misrepresentation, or willful nondisclosure, the notice of overpayment of federal-state extended benefits shall be served by the Employment Development Department not later than one year after the close of the extended benefit period in which the overpayment was made.

(b) The Director of Employment Development may offset an overpayment of extended duration benefits, or federal-state extended benefits, or unemployment compensation benefits against any of such three types of benefits or against disability benefits to which the liable person may become entitled under this division. The Director of Employment Development may offset the amount of any such overpayments within any of the periods prescribed by subdivision (b) of Section 1379, and further within the current extended duration period or current extended benefit period or any extended benefit period or extended duration period which begins during the three-year period next succeeding the date of the service of such notice of overpayment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 42. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 5. Overpayments

path: 1. UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION > 4. FEDERAL-STATE EXTENDED COMPENSATION > 2. Federal-State Extended Benefits > 5. Overpayments


citation: UIC § 4900

text:
As used in this division:

(a) “Department” means the Employment Development Department.

(b) “Director” means the Director of Employment Development.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 799, Sec. 3. Effective September 15, 1986.)

chapter: 1. Annual Reports

path: 1.5. AUTOMATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT > 1. Annual Reports


citation: UIC § 4901

text: The director shall prepare a biennial report to the Legislature, on or before February 1, 1994, and on or before February 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, on the department’s automation plans, including any recommendation on improvements for the purpose of consideration by both policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 713, Sec. 28. Effective September 15, 1992.)

division: 1.5. AUTOMATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT


citation: UIC § 4902

text:
The report, required by Section 4901, shall be transmitted to the Legislative Analyst, the Assembly Committees on Insurance, Labor and Employment, and Budget, the Senate Committees on Industrial Relations and Budget and Fiscal Review, the Department of Finance, and the Governor, on or before February 1 of each even-numbered year. The report shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide a strategic information technology plan that describes the long-term goals and strategies which shall be undertaken by the department to create an information technology environment that will not only support the achievement of the department’s strategic business mission and goals but set the foundation for using information technology to make substantial and sustainable improvements in how it conducts business. The plan shall cover a 10-year planning horizon and include the department’s information vision, its information management principles, and long-term goals and strategies for achieving its information vision.

(b) Provide a tactical information plan of specific automation and infrastructure projects to be undertaken within three years of the date of the report. The plan shall include project description and scope, consistency with the strategic information plan, relationship to other projects, priority of development, estimated project costs and benefits, and improvements in services. For automation projects, it shall also provide reductions in personnel and operating costs, and identification of how personnel and cost savings will be used, transferred, or otherwise accounted for.

(c) Not necessarily be in addition to or replace any reports now submitted by the director to the California Department of Technology.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 224, Sec. 5. (AB 1514) Effective January 1, 2016.)


citation: UIC § 4903

text:
(a) Thirty days prior to the release of the report identified in Section 4901, the director shall submit it to the California Department of Technology, which shall review and comment on it. These comments shall be attached to the report by the director and distributed with the report.

(b) When commenting on the report, the California Department of Technology shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment of whether:

(1) The requirements for the report have been met.

(2) The strategic plan is consistent with the formal strategic plan submitted separately to the California Department of Technology.

(3) The costs and benefits identified in the report are consistent with the projects previously submitted for approval or contained in the Information Management Annual Plans.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 224, Sec. 6. (AB 1514) Effective January 1, 2016.)


citation: UIC § 9000

text:
The Legislature hereby makes the following declaration of purpose and intent in enacting the Employment Development Act of 1973.

It is the public policy of the State of California to provide for comprehensive statewide and local manpower planning, to improve the efficiency of, and the accountability for, delivery systems for manpower programs, to promptly place job-ready individuals in suitable jobs, to provide qualified job applicants to employers, to assist potentially employable individuals to become job ready, and to create employment opportunities.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

division: 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS

chapter: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

article: 1. General Provisions

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citation: UIC § 9001

text:
In enacting the Employment Development Act of 1973, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is essential to the health and welfare of the people of this state that action be taken by local, state and federal governments to effectively and economically utilize public funds for job training and placement services. To achieve this, it is necessary that:

(a) Explicit priorities be established for the allocation of these funds to ensure that they are first used to assist those in greatest need for job training and placement services;

(b) Definitive goals be established for the total system of job training and placement services to maximize the effectiveness of the system in assisting individuals to find and maintain gainful, competitive employment;

(c) Efforts be made to enlist the full support of private industry in securing jobs for enrollees of training programs, and a closer, more integrated and coordinated effort be established with the federal government as well as state and local public and private agencies involved in performing job training and placement services; and

(d) New approaches involving improved services and changes in traditional organization structures be used to assist persons in economically disadvantaged areas.

It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature to concentrate and account for the funds available for job training and placement services in one state agency whose functions shall be subject to periodic review by the Legislature and appropriate federal agencies, and to which is assigned the responsibility for the efficient administration of job training and placement services in this state and the allocation of these funds to the end that such funds will be more effectively utilized and will be directed primarily to those areas of the state with the largest concentrations of chronically unemployed persons.

It is the further intent of the Legislature (a) to maintain policy control over all job training and placement programs administered by the department pursuant to this part to the maximum extent feasible, consistent with effective program operations, (b) to organize existing job training and placement programs now operating in the state into a coordinated system designed to remove employable persons from dependency on public assistance, and to enlist the full support of private industry in securing jobs, (c) to use funds for job training and placement services in a flexible manner to provide needed services for individuals through contractual arrangements with public and private agencies, (d) to provide a unified system for timely delivery of improved job training placement and related services to eligible persons including individual case responsibility, an outreach effort to seek out those persons who need but do not apply for services, followup to insure that the needs of eligible persons and their families are met, dissemination of information and knowledge to residents of the economically disadvantaged area about available services, and location of services in areas readily accessible to those who need them, and (e) to involve members of each community in identifying the needs to be met and relating them to the services available in order to reduce the isolation of the disadvantaged from their government and the community as a whole and to improve their confidence in government at all levels.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

part: 1. EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICES

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: UIC § 9002

text: Subject to the provisions of Sections 9600 and 9605, the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall coordinate all job training placement, and related programs, conducted by state agencies, with the federal government and ensure that there is no duplication of the programs among state agencies and that all agreements, contracts, plans, or programs conform to the provisions of this part. Any plan proposed to be submitted by any agency to the federal government in relation to a job training, placement, or related program, shall first be submitted to the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency for his or her review. The Health and Welfare Agency may require state departments to contract with it for services to carry out the provisions of this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 433.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: UIC § 9003

text: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, individuals with disabilities who are clients of the Department of Rehabilitation shall not be barred as participants in manpower programs, including, but not limited to, retraining programs, work incentive programs, job training and placement programs, career opportunity development programs, and vocational educational programs, because of their mental or physical disability when certified by the Department of Rehabilitation as being potentially employable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 152, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: UIC § 9004

text: Upon receipt of a formal ruling from the United States Secretary of Labor, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the head of any federal agency that any provision of Chapter 1206 of the Statutes of 1973 or Chapter 1212 of the Statutes of 1973 cannot be given effect without causing the state’s plan to be out of conformity with federal requirements or would result in decertification of provisions of this code and notification of intention to withdraw federal funds from the state, that provision shall become inoperative to the extent that it is not in conformity with federal requirements.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 106, Sec. 159.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: UIC § 9100

text: Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.

article: 2. Definitions

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS > 1. EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICES > 1. General Provisions and Definitions > 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9101

text: “Department” means the Employment Development Department, which may also be referred to as the Department of Employment Development.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 503.)

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9102

text: “Director” means the Director of Employment Development.

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9105

text: “State agency” means those agencies enumerated in Section 11000 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1460.)

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9107

text: “Job training and placement services” or “job training and placement programs” means any job training, placement, or related services administered or supervised by or provided under contract with the department, directly calculated to increase employability or improve the employment of the individual.

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9108

text: “Unemployed person” means a person who lacks a bona fide employment, suffers economic deprivation because of lack of employment, and is employable or capable of being made employable through the services available under this part.

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9109

text: “Underemployed person” means a person who has a bona fide employment but whose employment, be it full time, or part time, or intermittent, is insufficient to provide an income adequate to avoid economic deprivation.

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9110

text: “Economic deprivation” means annual income insufficient to enable the family or individual to meet a table of income criteria adopted by the director, which takes appropriate factors into account, including, but not limited to, the level indicated by multiplying by 3 the cost of the Low Cost Food Plan of the United States Department of Agriculture for the Western Region of the United States.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1000.)

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9111

text:
(a) “Economically disadvantaged area” means an area which meets all of the following requirements:

(1) It is composed of contiguous census tracts within or partly within an urbanized area as defined by the most recent federal census for which statistics are available.

(2) In the area 20 percent of the families report annual income less than four thousand dollars ($4,000) according to the most recent federal census for which statistics are available.

(3) The area has a population of not less than 25,000.

(b) “Economically disadvantaged area” also includes any portion of an area if:

(1) Such portion is within or partly within an urbanized area but because of technical factors such portion cannot be isolated as a census tract or tracts or cannot be isolated as a “contiguous” census tract; and

(2) The total area when such portion is included meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) The director shall periodically review the definition set forth in this section and Section 9110, and he shall recommend necessary changes to the Legislature and the Governor.

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9112

text: “Eligible person” means an unemployed person or underemployed person who resides in an economically disadvantaged area or resides outside of an economically disadvantaged area but who resides in a county in which an economically disadvantaged area exists and qualifies under criteria established by the director.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1243.)

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9115

text: “Economically displaced persons” means those persons who have been subjected to an involuntary layoff or separation from their employment, and who have not quit voluntarily or been dismissed for disciplinary reasons.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1563.)

article: 2. Definitions


citation: UIC § 9500

text: The department shall administer all job training and placement programs and services for eligible persons as defined in this division, except as otherwise provided by federal statute or regulation.

chapter: 2. Employment Development Department

article: 1. Administration

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS > 1. EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICES > 2. Employment Development Department > 1. Administration


citation: UIC § 9502

text: For purposes of administration, the director may establish such offices as are appropriate for the administration of this part. Offices administering programs under this part shall be established to the fullest extent possible in economically disadvantaged areas.

article: 1. Administration


citation: UIC § 9600

text:
(a) The department shall represent the state and local governments upon their request in dealing with the federal government regarding the kinds and quality of job training and placement, employability, and related programs contained in the statewide plan described in subdivision (b), which are administered by or in the State of California pursuant to this division.

(b) The department shall develop a statewide plan and area plans to coordinate all programs it administers pursuant to this division and shall present such plans annually to the Legislature. Such plans shall include, but not be limited to, the review required in Section 9604.

article: 2. Powers and Duties

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS > 1. EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICES > 2. Employment Development Department > 2. Powers and Duties


text:
(a) The department shall have the authority to administer the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act including, but not limited to, establishing accounting, monitoring, auditing, and reporting procedures and criteria in order to ensure state compliance with the objectives and requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(b) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal any rules and regulations as necessary to implement Division 7 (commencing with Section 14000).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 94, Sec. 2. (AB 1270) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9601

text: The department may enter into any contractual agreements with public agencies, community action agencies, private organizations and individuals which are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part. Priority in contracts for services to carry out the provisions of this part shall be given to community action agencies, if the director determines that the agency can effectively provide such services.

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9602

text:
(a) The director shall designate economically disadvantaged areas. These areas shall be priority areas for services provided under this part. To the fullest extent possible, offices shall be established within the boundaries of the disadvantaged areas designated by the director.

(b) To the extent permitted by law, the department shall serve eligible persons in such a way as to prevent discrimination by serving persons whose minority group characteristics coincide to the fullest extent possible with the minority group characteristics of the unemployed and underemployed in the economically disadvantaged areas of their community.

A minority shall be interpreted to include women to assure equality of opportunity in employment in accordance with Executive Order 11478 under the Federal Affirmative Action Program.

(c) The department shall to the extent permitted by law provide services under this part in accordance with the following priorities:

(1) Unemployed heads of households.

(2) Underemployed heads of households.

(3) Other unemployed and underemployed persons.

(4) Veterans shall be accorded priority pursuant to federal law.

(d) For purposes of this division, women as a class shall be deemed to constitute a minority group.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1468.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


text:
The department shall establish, in conjunction with the Department of Social Services, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Education, and the Chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges, a systemwide policy of actively promoting the training of women in nontraditional occupations. For purposes of this section, “nontraditional occupations” means any job classification in which not more than 25 percent of the employees are women, according to the statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

This section is not intended, and shall not be construed, to require any local agency to make any expenditures to further the policy set forth in this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 356, Sec. 1.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9604

text:
(a) The department shall establish necessary data systems which shall provide administrative information on persons served including, but not limited to, the following information:

(1) Pertinent data on the characteristics of persons served.

(2) The services provided.

(3) The results of services provided.

(b) The department shall also compile annually a report for the state and its principal labor market areas. The report shall contain information on the characteristics of the unemployed and analyses of current trends and projections for population, labor force, employment, and unemployment and shall be provided on a regular basis to cooperative area manpower systems councils or successors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 152, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9605

text:
The department shall:

(a) Conduct the state manpower program, with the exception of manpower programs conducted by units of local general purpose government.

(b) Be the sole state agency to approve and coordinate publicly funded job training and placement programs, which it administers. The department shall approve programs only if consistent with the plans developed under Section 9600 and other provisions of this division.

(c) Be responsible for developing program objectives for each category of the service program it administers, establishing cost-effective results measurement, and providing accountability for results as related to the objectives set.

(d) Appoint an advisory committee of representatives of employers and employer organizations to enlist the advice and support of private industry in developing a statewide system for making jobs available to job trainees following successful completion of job training and placement programs.

(e) Develop controls to insure that job training and placement programs, it administers meet existing labor market needs as viewed by employers. The department shall study training and personnel selection methods used successfully by private industry.

(f) Encourage placement of eligible persons in public employment with the assistance of an advisory group representing state and local officials and representatives of economically disadvantaged areas appointed by the department.

(g) Evaluate the need for specific new public employment opportunities.

(h) Determine the kinds and quality of job training and placement programs, it administers necessary to provide placement in public employment for eligible persons and develop means to realign job tasks to develop greater employment opportunities for eligible persons.

(i) Cooperate with the State Personnel Board and local personnel officials in developing and upgrading employment opportunities for and in eliminating unnecessary barriers to the placement of eligible persons in public employment.

The State Personnel Board and other state and local agencies shall cooperate to the maximum extent feasible to achieve the purposes of this division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 152, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9606

text: The state manpower program shall serve the needs of employers by providing them with referrals of qualified job applicants. In addition the manpower program shall assist those individuals who are ready for employment, those who are employable with some direct assistance, and those individuals who are potentially employable.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9607

text: In the administration of the state manpower program, the director shall establish community employment development centers. Within his administrative discretion, he shall determine the number, location and management structure for community employment development centers based on identified community needs. Each center shall be responsible for identifying and meeting manpower needs within the community and for maintaining current community labor market information. This labor market information shall be the basis for more realistic direction to manpower and vocational training efforts.

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9608

text:
The director shall, within each community employment development center, establish an intake system to appraise the individual needs of applicants. Each community employment development center shall provide the following services:

(a) Job referral and labor market information services to applicants who are occupationally competitive and qualified by training or experience in the labor market. These applicants shall be encouraged to utilize self-help services.

(b) Employment exploration and job development services to applicants who are employable but need some directed assistance in planning an effective job search or coping with minor barriers to employment. Employment exploration and job development services are designed as follows:

(1) To prepare groups of applicants to use job referral and information services by instructing them in job finding techniques and how to initiate their own job search.

(2) To assist applicants directly by developing job opportunities.

(3) To provide, as necessary, usually on a one-time basis, the following services:

(A) Contacting an employer to explain an applicant’s qualifications or limitations, such as a disability not affecting ability to work, in relation to requirements for a particular job and arranging an interview.

(B) A more thorough appraisal of the applicant’s capabilities and desires in relation to the job market than is required of an applicant seeking only job referral and labor market information.

(4) To arrange for short-term supplemental services.

(c) Individual employability development and placement services to applicants who are potentially employable but are in need of more intensive services before becoming employable because they have vocational barriers due to disability, lack of skills, obsolescence of job skills, limited education, or poor work habits and attitudes. Intensive employability services shall be provided by case-responsible persons to applicants where case-responsible persons are assigned.

(d) Through case managers or case-responsible persons, case services to applicants to the extent funds are available. Case services funds may be made available for services to the disadvantaged. “Case services” means an applicant’s expenses necessary for or incident to training or employability development and includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) Medical and dental treatment necessary for employability.

(2) Temporary child care.

(3) Transportation costs.

(4) Wearing apparel.

(5) Books and supplies.

(6) Tools and safety equipment.

(7) Union fees.

(8) Business license fees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 649. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9609

text: The department shall administer manpower service funds and shall provide, in a balanced and flexible manner, needed services as provided in this part.

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9610

text: The director may enter into contracts for public and private job training and placement programs as may be required, and shall maintain quarterly projections of manpower needs in the public and private sector in each area.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 9606 by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9612

text: The employees of the department shall be subject to the State Civil Service Act, except for exempt appointees. Members of the California Commission on Aging shall continue to be appointed by the Governor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 819, Sec. 4.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9613

text:
(a) The director shall make every effort to secure to the fullest extent possible federal funds available for participation under this part and shall provide that effective and comprehensive placement and manpower information services are made available to eligible persons, both youth and adults, who are served by the department, using funds available to the department under Title III and Title IX of the Social Security Act, in accordance with a plan of service developed by the department and approved by the United States Department of Labor as required by federal law and regulations.

(b) Under a plan of service developed by the department, funds under Title III and Title IX used for the administration of employment service offices and funds under the Manpower Development and Training Act shall be used to administer programs designed to find employment for economically displaced personnel toward the end of meeting the following goals:

(1) Developing a broad inventory of skills of displaced workers.

(2) Establishing labor market information systems necessary to identify the need for skills in waste disposal, power, water reclamation, sea water conversion, communications, biomedical techniques, air pollution control, and transportation systems.

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9615

text: Eligible persons who are registrants pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall receive priority for services. The department shall use up to 50 percent of the funds available to it pursuant to Section 7(b) of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 49f) to provide for job services required pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11320.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 152, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9616

text:
(a) The department, in coordination with the United States Department of Defense and the various branches of the military of the United States, shall determine which military occupational specialties have civilian counterpart jobs that require licensure by state or local agencies.

(b) The department shall further determine, to the degree possible, if any procedural, financial, technological, educational, or bureaucratic barriers exist that impede military personnel reentering the civilian workforce from acquiring these licenses.

(c) The department shall implement this section only to the extent federal funds are available for the costs of implementation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 216. Effective October 12, 2001.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


text:
(a) The department shall convene groups that represent local department field offices, county welfare departments, local workforce investment areas, and community colleges for the purpose of developing a local plan on how these entities will regularly coordinate employer outreach activities and the solicitation of entry-level and other job listings, in order to reduce duplication of effort and to enhance the overall job development activities. Each local plan shall be signed by the local entities convened pursuant to this subdivision and submitted to the department.

(b) The entities involved in formulating each local plan and the department shall review each plan on at least an annual basis.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 152, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9617

text:
(a) To the extent that funds are provided in the Budget Act of 2000 for the purposes of providing competitive grants to faith-based organizations that are not owned or operated as pervasively sectarian organizations, those organizations receiving funding shall demonstrate that they are able to meet the following six criteria in the provision of services:

(1) Establishing linkages with local workforce development service delivery systems.

(2) Leveraging resources through collaboration and partnerships.

(3) Establishing intermediate and long-term outcome goals, with measurable indicators.

(4) Collecting and maintaining data that can be used for management decisionmaking.

(5) Using data to assess progress and evaluate effectiveness.

(6) Sharing information with stakeholders.

(b) The department shall provide technical assistance to organizations as needed to enable them to meet the six criteria specified in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a).

(c) The department shall collect and analyze the following information as it relates to the organizations funded under this section:

(1) The number of participants who experienced job placements, wage gains, increased job retention, increased educational achievement, and reduced use of public assistance programs.

(2) The cost per participant.

(3) Organizations’ effectiveness in serving populations with barriers to employment who are missed by traditional service providers.

(4) The department’s success in transitioning the organizations to longer-term funding sources.

(d) The department shall provide an interim report with regard to the competitive grants provided under this section to the Legislature on or before May 15, 2001, and shall provide a final report to the Legislature on or before September 1, 2001.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 108, Sec. 17.5. Effective July 10, 2000.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9618

text:
(a) The department shall administer a solar training program. The department shall coordinate with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and the State Contractors’ License Board to ensure solar energy product and service providers in California possess and maintain the necessary skills, training, and certification.

(b) Elements of the training program shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The science of photovoltaics and small scale solar thermal technologies.

(2) The design of solar systems.

(3) The installation of solar systems.

(4) Permitting of solar systems.

(5) Safety.

(6) System and component certification.

(7) State and federal incentive programs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 17, Sec. 4. Effective August 8, 2002.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9619

text:
(a) (1) To the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the department may award grants to regional collaboratives for the creation of regional nursing simulation laboratories that will allow additional nursing students to have access to clinical educational facilities. No single grant made under this section may exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).

(2) During the 2005–06 fiscal year, all grants made under this section shall be made for the creation of regional nursing simulation laboratories that serve rural areas.

(b) The department shall administer grants made under this section, and shall establish procedures and criteria for the awarding of those grants.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 74, Sec. 73. Effective July 19, 2005.)

article: 2. Powers and Duties


citation: UIC § 9700

text: For purposes of this article, “center” means the San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 628, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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citation: UIC § 9701

text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1) Biotechnology represents one of the most promising, innovation-based growth industries of this era. California is the nation’s leading state in biotechnology innovation and production.

(2) The San Diego region, as the world’s third largest biotechnology industry cluster, is host to world-class generators of science and technology in biotechnology and the related life sciences.

(3) Despite the specialized nature of emerging biotechnology firms, their recent growth has been extensive, and with that growth has come an ever-increasing demand for trained biotechnology workers at all levels. The industry’s workforce has grown at an annual rate of about 15 percent over the past five years, and California’s biotechnology workforce could easily grow to over 250,000 by the year 2015 from its current level of 100,000.

(4) Biotechnology employers need entry-level and advanced professionals that have a background in, and familiarity with, industrylike conditions for basic, applied, and translational research, development, and production. Based on recent studies, there is a clear and strong demand for applied bioscience training, but that demand is currently not being met by the region’s universities and colleges.

(5) Companies nationally have overwhelmingly endorsed an “industry-focused” approach of providing internship training programs directly with the companies, combined with “company-like” training activities.

(6) Many firms have identified the difficulty in finding entry level biotechnology workers at both the graduate and undergraduate levels as being directly related to the students’ lack of applied industry training or exposure. Many firms have had to extensively train new employees to teach them how to function in a biotechnology business environment. Additionally, nearly three-fourths of firms surveyed in San Diego and nationally have indicated that they would benefit from being able to hire workers that have been prepared to enter the workforce through advanced biotechnology internships and training of a “specific” nature.

(7) San Diego and the surrounding area is served by many well-recognized academic institutions, from community colleges to universities offering doctorate programs, that supply educated workers to the biotechnology industry. At each academic level (AA, BS/BA, MS/MA, Ph.D.) curricula are in place, but most of the curricula are only marginally related to biotechnology workforce preparation in the applied sector. Applied education in the form of internships or instruction in practical science skills that would smooth the transition from academic institutions to the commercial biotechnology environment is even less prevalent than the biotechnology curricula offered at many schools, and is only now just emerging.

(8) Many of California’s firms have found that many students graduate from four-year university programs with adequate conceptual understanding of biotechnology, but with relatively little practical laboratory experience, especially in the skills and protocols that are specific to commercial ventures as opposed to academic research.

(9) In 2001, the Legislature created the Pasadena Bioscience Center to address biotechnology workforce needs in the Los Angeles region. The Pasadena Bioscience Center provides applied workforce training and includes components for research and innovation, new business incubation, and bioinformatics. In cooperation with California State University, the City of Pasadena, Pasadena City College, the California Institute of Technology, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, and local biotechnology companies and organizations, the Pasadena Bioscience Center serves as a successful model of focused education and training, tailored to specific industry needs, and that may be utilized in other areas of the state.

(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that to address workforce needs in biotechnology, a multiuse biotechnology training center is being created in San Diego to serve as an anchor and catalyst for the growth of biotechnology enterprises in San Diego. The center will operate as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and will serve as a catalyst for accelerating the growth and formation of new bioscience enterprises that will create value-added jobs and high economic multipliers in the San Diego region. For this purpose:

(1) The center will provide state-of-the-art, industry-oriented bioscience training and act as a strong contributor to the growth and retention of bioscience companies in the region. As such, the center, as proposed, will help encourage biotechnology companies to remain in the region, thereby offsetting the pull of other, less expensive business environments that have been recruiting both startup and existing local area bioscience companies.

(2) The center will utilize the organization, programs, and work of the Pasadena Bioscience Center as successful models in the development of the San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center and its programs.

(3) The new center will serve as a world class biotechnology workforce training facility offering practical, hands-on learning experiences, including short-term workshops and courses, and more extended training that will involve putting together multidisciplinary, multilevel teams of researchers, technicians, production specialists, apprentices, and students to work in a businesslike environment.

(4) The center will coordinate an extensive applied biotechnology internship program that will place students in local biotechnology companies for practical training and experience.

(5) The center will have the most relevant and advanced training possible, including an emphasis in bioinformatics, that will ensure that the center attains a position at the forefront of this rapidly expanding, cross-application specialization within biotechnology.

(6) The center will have facilities and a collection of instruments not generally available to the region’s secondary schools, colleges, or universities.

(7) The center can serve as a capstone training site for regional institutions.

(8) The center will address the needs of existing as well as future industry employees.

(9) The center may appoint directors to a board of directors, and existing participants in the center may serve as the original board of directors. The center may appoint new directors, as necessary, in its discretion.

(10) The center will work with private universities, companies, associations, and various public agencies through memoranda of understanding under Section 9702, for the purpose of coordinating services and receiving assistance and support.

article: 3. San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center


citation: UIC § 9702

text:
The San Diego Community College District, California State University, University of California, Employment Development Department, Employment Training Panel, California Health and Human Services Agency, Labor and Workforce Development Agency, California Workforce Investment Board, and the San Diego Workforce Partnership may enter into memoranda of understanding with the center to utilize existing staff and resources to provide any of the following:

(a) Funding, if moneys are appropriated.

(b) Staff.

(c) Program development.

(d) Outreach.

(e) Coordination.

(f) Implementation.

(g) Strategy.

(h) Physical office, administration, and training space.


citation: UIC § 9800

text:
The purposes of the California YouthBuild Program shall be all of the following:

(a) To enable economically disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not finished high school, to obtain the education, job skills training, personal counseling, leadership development skills training, job placement assistance, and long-term followup services necessary for them to achieve permanent economic self-sufficiency, while at the same time providing valuable community service that addresses urgent community needs, including the demand for affordable housing and the need for young role models and mentors for younger teenagers and children.

(b) To provide communities with the opportunity to establish or rebuild neighborhood stability in economically depressed and low-income areas, as well as historic areas requiring restoration or preservation, while providing economically disadvantaged youth, and youth who have not finished high school, an opportunity for a meaningful participation in society.

(c) To allow communities to expand the supply of affordable housing for homeless and other low-income individuals by utilizing the energies and talents of economically disadvantaged youth and young people who have not graduated from school.

(d) To foster the development of leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 829, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program

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citation: UIC § 9801

text:
(a) The director, from funds appropriated for this purpose to the YouthBuild Program, may make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out programs as authorized by this article. For the purpose of administering and managing the grant-making process, the director may contract with a qualified nonprofit corporation designated by the United States Department of Labor to provide technical assistance to YouthBuild programs. All programs shall have strong youth and community involvement.

(b) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning:

(1) “YouthBuild Program” means the overall California YouthBuild Program, as coordinated by the director.

(2) “Program” means an individual program funded by a grant made by the director to an applicant as part of the overall YouthBuild Program.

(c) “Applicant” means an entity that applies for a program grant pursuant to Section 9807.

(d) “Participant” means a person eligible to participate in a program pursuant to Section 9805.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 95, Sec. 1. (AB 271) Effective January 1, 2010.)

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9802

text:
Programs shall provide, at a minimum, all of the following services:

(a) (1) Acquisition, rehabilitation, acquisition and rehabilitation, or construction of housing and related facilities to be used for the purpose of providing home ownership for disadvantaged persons, residential housing for homeless individuals and very low income families, or transitional housing for persons who are homeless, ill, deinstitutionalized, or who have disabilities or special needs.

(2) Rehabilitation or construction of community facilities owned by public agencies or nonprofit entities.

(b) (1) Integrated education and job training services and activities or an equally divided basis, with 50 percent of participants’ time spent in classroom-based instruction, counseling, and leadership development instruction, and 50 percent of participants’ time spent in experiential training on the construction site.

(2) The education component described in paragraph (1) shall include basic skills instruction, secondary education services, and other activities designed to lead to the attainment of a high school diploma or its equivalent. The curriculum for this component shall include math, language arts, vocational education, life skills training, social studies related to the cultural and community history of the participants, leadership skills, and other topics at the discretion of the program. Bilingual services shall be available for individuals with limited-English proficiency. A program shall have a goal of a minimum teacher-to-participant ratio of one teacher for every 18 participants.

(3) The job training component described in paragraph (1) shall involve work experience and skills training apprenticeships related to construction and rehabilitation activities described in subdivision (a). The process of construction shall be coupled with skills training and with close onsite supervision by experienced trainers. The curriculum for this component shall contain a set of locally agreed upon skills and competencies that are systematically taught, with participants’ mastery assessed individually on a regular, ongoing basis. Safety skills shall be taught at the outset. A program shall have a goal of a minimum trainer-to-participant ratio of one trainer for every seven participants. This component shall be coordinated to the maximum extent feasible with preapprenticeship and apprenticeship opportunities.

(4) Assistance in attaining postsecondary education and in obtaining financial aid shall be made available to participants prior to graduation from the program.

(c) Counseling services designed to assist participants in positively participating in society, including all of the following, as necessary: outreach, assessment, and orientation; individual and peer counseling; life skills training, drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention; and referral to appropriate drug rehabilitation, medical, mental health, legal, housing, and other community services and resources. A program shall have a goal of a minimum counselor-to-participant ratio of one counselor for every 28 participants.

(d) (1) Leadership development training that provides participants with meaningful opportunities to develop leadership skills, including decisionmaking, problem solving, and negotiating. A program shall encourage participants to develop strong peer group ties that support their mutual pursuit of skills and values.

(2) Each program shall establish a youth council in which participants are afforded opportunities to develop public speaking and negotiating skills, and management and policymaking participation in specific aspects of the program.

(e) Each participant shall be provided with a training subsidy, living allowance, or stipend of not less than eight dollars ($8) per hour for the time spent at the worksite in construction training. For those participants who receive public assistance, this training subsidy, living allowance, or stipend shall not affect housing benefits, medical benefits, child care benefits, or CalFresh benefits, to the extent consistent with federal law. The training subsidy, living allowance, or stipend may be distributed in a manner that offers incentives for good performance.

(f) Full-time participation in a program shall be offered for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 24 months.

(g) A concentrated effort shall be made to find construction, construction-related, or nonconstruction jobs for all graduates of the program who have performed well. The job training curriculum shall provide participants with basic preparation for seeking and maintaining a job. Followup counseling and assistance in job seeking shall also be provided to participants for a period of 12 months following graduation from the program.

(h) A program serving 20 or more participants is required to have a full-time director responsible for the coordination of the requirements of this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 24. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


text: The department may accept proposals for funding from applicants who establish their eligibility for funding under this article by submitting proof that they have been funded or designated as a federal YouthBuild program by the United States Department of Labor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 95, Sec. 2. (AB 271) Effective January 1, 2010.)

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9803

text:
Program grants may be used for the activities in Section 9802 and for any of the following activities:

(a) Legal fees for housing acquisition.

(b) Administrative and technical assistance costs of the program applicant that may not exceed 15 percent of the program grant, or another amount as is determined by the director to be necessary to support capacity development of a private nonprofit community-based organization. The applicant may contract with a technical assistance provider approved by the director.

(c) Defraying costs for the ongoing training and technical assistance needs of the program applicant that are related to developing and carrying out the program.

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9805

text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), eligible participants in a program shall be youth between the ages of 17 and 24, inclusive, who are economically disadvantaged, as defined in Section 1503 of Title 29 of the United States Code, and who are in one of the following groups:

(1) Persons who are not attending any school and who have not received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent.

(2) Persons currently enrolled in a traditional or alternative school setting or a GED program and who are in danger of dropping out of school.

(3) Very low income persons whose incomes are at or less than 50 percent of the area median income area, adjusted for family size, as estimated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(b) Not more than 25 percent of program participants may be individuals who do not meet the requirements of subdivision (a). These participants shall be persons who have educational needs despite the attainment of a high school diploma.

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9806

text:
(a) The director shall use the existing infrastructure of federally funded YouthBuild programs to the maximum extent possible. In the 1999–2000 fiscal year, the director shall give first priority in awarding grants under this article to applicants seeking to continue YouthBuild programs established with federal or other funding.

(b) Entities eligible for grants under this article shall be nonprofit private entities and public agencies with experience in operating youth construction skills training, education, job placement, personal development, leadership development, and housing rehabilitation or construction programs.

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9807

text:
An application for a grant under this article shall, at a minimum, contain all of the following:

(a) The amount of the grant requested and the proposed use of the grant.

(b) A description of the applicant and a statement of the applicant’s qualifications, including a description of the applicant’s past experience in running a YouthBuild program, if applicable, a description of the applicant’s past experience with housing rehabilitation or construction, youth and youth education, youth leadership development, and youth employment training programs, and a description of the applicant’s relationship with apprenticeship programs and with community-based organizations.

(c) A description of the proposed construction site and evidence of site control, and a description of the proposed construction or rehabilitation activities to be undertaken and the anticipated schedule for carrying out those activities.

(d) A description of the educational and job training activities, work opportunities, and other services that will be provided to participants.

(e) A description of the manner in which eligible youths will be recruited and selected, including a description of the arrangements that will be made with community-based organizations, local education agencies and education agencies of Native American nations, public assistance agencies, courts of jurisdiction for status and youth offenders, shelters for homeless individuals and other agencies serving homeless youth, foster care agencies, and other appropriate public agencies and private entities.

(f) A description of the special efforts that will be undertaken to recruit eligible young women as participants, including women with dependent children, including a description of how those women can receive appropriate support, including child care.

(g) A description of how the proposed program will be coordinated with other federal, state, Native American nation, and local agency activities, including public school programs, the Americorps program, crime prevention programs, vocational, adult, and bilingual education programs, and other job training programs.

(h) Substantive assurances that there will be a sufficient number of adequately trained supervisory personnel in the program who have attained the journey level or its equivalent.

(i) A description of the applicant’s relationship with any local building trades union, including a description of the union’s involvement in training and the proposed relationship of the activities to be undertaken pursuant to the grant with established apprenticeship programs.

(j) A description of activities that will be undertaken to develop the leadership skills of participants, including their role in decisionmaking.

(k) A detailed budget and description of a system of fiscal controls and auditing and accountability procedures that will be used to ensure fiscal soundness.

(l) A description of any contracts and arrangements entered into between the applicant and other entities, including all in-kind donations and grants from both public and private sources that will augment grant funds made available pursuant to this article.

(m) Identification and description of the financing proposed for any acquisition of property, or the rehabilitation or construction of housing.

(n) Identification and description of the entity that will operate and manage the property.

(o) A certification that the applicant will comply with the requirements of applicable federal laws, including the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and that the applicant will work to further fair housing policies.

(p) A description of the qualifications and past experience of the person who will be the full-time director for the applicant’s project to be funded pursuant to this article.

(q) A description of the applicant pool profile, including, but not limited to, the number of participants currently on parole or probation, the number of participants with children requiring paid supervision, and the number of participants with Department of Motor Vehicles or court-sanctioned holds on their drivers’ licenses.

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9808

text: The term “YouthBuild” shall only be used in connection with a program funded pursuant to this article or by the United States Department of Labor, or if the program is an affiliate of YouthBuild U.S.A.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 95, Sec. 3. (AB 271) Effective January 1, 2010.)

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9809

text:
Each grant recipient, at the beginning of the grant cycle, shall report to the director, at a minimum, regarding the number of participants who have done any of the following:

(a) Obtained a general education degree (GED).

(b) Obtained full-time, unsubsidized employment in the building trades industry.

(c) Obtained full-time, unsubsidized employment in other industries.

(d) Obtained part-time, unsubsidized employment in the building trades industry or in other industries.

(e) Gained acceptance into a trade apprenticeship program.

(f) Successfully enrolled in a vocational or two-year community college.

(g) Successfully enrolled in a state university, the University of California, or any other four-year college.

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


text: Each grant recipient shall report to the director on other participant outcomes as required by the Governor under Section 122(h) of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

article: 4. California YouthBuild Program


citation: UIC § 9900

text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to support the expansion of the Jobs for California Graduates pilot project in Merced into a regional system of local programs based on the Jobs for America’s Graduates model. The Jobs for California Graduates nonprofit, public-private partnership will create a network of local programs to help California’s at-risk youth complete their secondary education and acquire the basic skills necessary to successfully transition into the workforce or enroll in postsecondary education.

(b) The director of the Employment Development Department, from funds appropriated for this purpose to the Jobs for California Graduates Program, may make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out programs as authorized by this article. The grants shall be used to support new and existing Jobs for California Graduates Programs in the central valley region in one or more of the following counties: Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Madera, and Kern. The director shall develop criteria for ranking grant applications, and performance standards and auditing procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of the grants. The director may contract with a qualified nonprofit corporation designated by the national organization, Jobs for America’s Graduates, to provide technical assistance to Jobs for California Graduates local programs.

(c) The regional system of Jobs for California Graduates local programs shall be designed to accomplish all of the following goals:

(1) To decrease absenteeism rates for at-risk youth.

(2) To improve the performance of at-risk youth in school and in the workplace.

(3) To improve secondary education completion rates.

(4) To improve employability skills of at-risk youth.

(5) To improve employment placement rates for at-risk youth.

(6) To improve enrollment rates of at-risk youth in postsecondary education and training.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 313, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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citation: UIC § 9901

text:
(a) In order to encourage a regional system of long-lasting, self-sustaining model local programs, communities served pursuant to this article shall contribute in-kind and financial resources in direct support of the model local program, according to the following schedule:

(1) During its initial year of implementation, a Jobs for California Graduates local program may receive state funds in an amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of implementing each Jobs for California Graduates Program site, but not to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000).

(2) During any year subsequent to the initial year of implementation, a model local program may receive state funds in the amount equal to 75 percent of the costs of implementing the model local program, but not to exceed forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000).

(b) Community partners providing matching resources to the model local programs may include private nonprofit corporations, community-based organizations, workforce investment agencies, school districts, and other public and private sources.

article: 5. Jobs for California Graduates Program


citation: UIC § 9902

text:
Local affiliates of the Jobs for California Graduates Program shall include all of the following elements:

(a) (1) A trained youth specialist employed year-round providing individual and group instruction to 25 to 45 eligible youth recruited and selected by a school-based advisory committee comprised of faculty, administrators, and counselors.

(2) The youth specialist shall provide individual attention to students to help them overcome barriers preventing them from receiving a high school diploma or securing employment, or both, or pursuing a postsecondary education that will lead to a career.

(3) The youth specialist shall provide informal guidance to students on academic, career, and life decisions and, based on the individual needs of students, connect them to professional counseling services to address more serious barriers, such as mental health problems or drug abuse.

(4) The youth specialist shall be actively involved in intensive, one-on-one employer marketing and job development activities to identify entry-level job opportunities for students upon graduation. Likewise, the youth specialist shall assist graduates in the exploration of postsecondary education opportunities and help them navigate the financial aid process to pursue these opportunities.

(b) Youth shall be taught a minimum of 37 employment competencies designed to prepare them to secure a quality entry-level job or pursue a postsecondary education, or both, upon completion of their secondary education.

(c) Placement services shall be provided to students during the summer months or partnerships developed with summer youth employment programs to support yearlong learning. Youth specialists shall maintain contact with youth during the summer months.

(d) A student-led organization, associated with a state and national association, shall build on the competency-based curriculum and provide the opportunity for students to develop, practice, and refine their leadership and team membership skills.

(e) It shall serve as a school-based “one-stop center” for participating at-risk youth to ensure that they receive appropriate academic and social services from available resources in the school and community.

(f) It shall provide no less than 12 months of followup and support on the job and in postsecondary education after leaving the school.

(g) It shall provide computerized tracking of youth served, services delivered and performance outcomes, such as graduation rate, positive outcome rates, aggregate employment rate, full-time jobs rate, full-time placement rate, further education rate, wages, and return to school rate, at local and state levels.

(h) It shall provide continuous improvement of results through the ongoing professional development of managers, supervisors, and specialists.


citation: UIC § 9903

text:
(a) Entities eligible to conduct a Jobs for California Graduates local program shall include, but need not be limited to, local education agencies, community colleges, and nonprofit organizations with an interest in serving at-risk youth.

(b) To maintain eligibility after the initial year of implementation, participating entities shall conduct the Jobs for California Graduates Program in accordance with Jobs for America’s Graduates performance standards, receiving no less than a “Meets Standards” rating on an accreditation review.


citation: UIC § 9904

text:
To be eligible to receive services through a Jobs for California Graduates local program under this article, a youth shall meet at least two of the following criteria:

(a) One or more years behind modal grade for one’s age group, with particular emphasis on those two or more years behind modal grade.

(b) Below average academic grade point average relative to students in his or her class.

(c) Above average number of absences during the past school year in comparison to other students in the school.

(d) Placed on probation, suspended, or expelled from school one or more times during the past two years.

(e) Pregnant or parenting teen.

(f) Physically or mentally challenged.

(g) Involved with substance abuse or criminal activities.

(h) Member of an economically disadvantaged family.

(i) Lives with only one or neither of his or her natural parents.

(j) Receives little or no academic or social support from home or family.

(k) Mother has not graduated from high school.

(l) Closest friends have limited educational expectations. For example, they do not expect to graduate from high school or have already dropped out of high school.


citation: UIC § 9905

text:
(a) For purposes of establishing and expanding these programs, the department shall, to the extent feasible, make local grants available throughout the region.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature that Jobs for California Graduates local programs be conducted in a broad range of settings, including urban, suburban, and rural districts, which are representative of all California youth during the initial year of the regional program, in order to test the effectiveness of the model local programs throughout the state.


citation: UIC § 9908

text:
State funds made available pursuant to this article shall be used to carry out both of the following:

(a) The Jobs for California Graduates local program elements specified in Section 9902.

(b) Regional management and technical assistance activities, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Operation of an office, including the hiring of staff, that shall be responsible for managing and monitoring model local program compliance.

(2) Conducting research and evaluation of all Jobs for California Graduates local programs, retaining a third-party provider as appropriate.

(3) Making available regional training and development opportunities for consistent, effective implementation of the model local programs.

(4) Conducting educational and outreach activities to engage private and public sector employers, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, the military, state and local elected officials, community and social service organizations, and other interested parties.

(5) Conducting regional activities for students, including, at a minimum, a leadership development conference and a career development conference.

(6) Providing for the continuous improvement of model local program performance outcomes.

(7) Developing and maintaining state and local partnerships with private and public employers, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, and community and social services organizations.

(8) Providing other support and oversight to promote the continuous improvement of Jobs for California Graduates local programs.

(9) Directly operating local programs as appropriate.


citation: UIC § 9910

text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The percentage of California employers offering pension and retirement plans to employees is substantially lower than the national average.

(2) Many employers lack an understanding of the implications of our coming “age wave,” and how to best assist employees in preparing for the long-term care needs of themselves and their families.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature, in future years, to develop and to enact legislation to institute elder care and caregiving programs as an employee benefit, holding employers to the same standard in providing benefits and leave time for employees caring for elders as those provided employees caring for children.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 541, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 6. Employer Elder Care Benefits

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citation: UIC § 9912

text:
(a) The Legislature requests that the Senior Worker Advocate Office of the Employment Development Department work with the California Commission on Aging and other interested organizations including, but not limited to, AARP, in order to conduct outreach to the business community. The Legislature encourages other state entities, including, but not limited to, the California Department of Aging, to join in this effort.

(b) The Legislature requests that this outreach effort be directed at educating employers about the implications of the impending “age wave,” and at providing employers with information on matters relevant to the aging population and on related employment implications.

(c) State funds may not be appropriated for purposes of this article. The Employment Development Department is not required to undertake any new task pursuant to this article unless the department receives federal or private funds for the purposes of this article.

article: 6. Employer Elder Care Benefits


citation: UIC § 9920

text:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) All efforts funded under this article are intended to supplement and be aligned with the broader workforce and education system in the State of California. This act is intended to focus on innovative approaches to, and proven practices for, addressing employment dislocations associated with oil, gas, and related industries.

(b) The primary purpose of this act is to support workers on the front lines of the state’s transition to carbon neutrality and specifically workers in California’s oil, gas, and related industries, with the services they need to enter, participate in, and complete broader workforce preparation, training, and education programs aligned with regional labor market needs. Those who complete these programs should have the skills and competencies necessary to successfully enter the labor market and earn wages that lead to self-sufficiency, and eventually, economic mobility and security.

(c) Populations eligible to be served by grants include, but are not limited to, workers on the front lines of the state’s transition to carbon neutrality and specifically workers in California’s oil and gas industry who are transitioning or dislocated.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 43. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed as of July 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 9925.)

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citation: UIC § 9921

text:
(a) There is hereby established the Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of addressing employment dislocations associated with oil, gas, and related industries.

(b) For purposes of this article:

(1) “Department” means the Employment Development Department.

(2) “Program” means the Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program.

(3) “Qualified applicant” means a public or private nonprofit organization, local workforce development area, education and training provider, tribal organization, faith-based organization, or community-based organization. “Qualified applicant” does not include an individual applicant.

(4) “Target population” means individuals who are transitioning or have been displaced from the oil, gas, and related industries.

article: 7. Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program


citation: UIC § 9922

text:
(a) The department shall award grants to qualified applicants on a competitive basis using funds to be appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the program.

(b) The department shall accept grant applications from qualified applicants. The grant application shall identify a lead applicant who shall be deemed the fiscal agent responsible for reporting and monitoring.

(c) The department shall develop criteria for the selection of grant recipients that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Demonstrated experience working to ensure populations who have been dislocated from the labor market have access to quality jobs in their regions, with an emphasis on those transitioning or displaced from the oil, gas, and related industries.

(2) Capacity to provide services to target populations and provide evidence of this capacity.

(3) Experience in providing services, consistent with the objectives of the program, to the target population.

(4) Support from partner entities includes, but is not limited to, local workforce development areas, education and training providers, tribal organizations, employers and faith-based organizations, business-based, labor-based organizations, including labor-management partnerships and labor-community partnerships, cultural-based organizations, and services-based organizations.

(5) The specific purpose and goals of the grant award, the roles and responsibilities of the lead applicant and partner entities, a discussion of how funds will be used and success will be measured, the number of individuals who will be served, and the services to be provided to these individuals. Documentation shall be included to demonstrate that each partner entity has agreed to the activities in the grant proposal.

(6) A description of how the grant proposal is designed to complement the work of, and integrate the individuals being served with, the broader workforce, education, and employment system within the proposed service area, and evidence that the proposal incorporates innovative strategies or proven practices for service delivery that will create pipelines to quality jobs, including temporary job creation, and income security for workers with an emphasis on career pathway programs aligned with regional labor market needs.

(d) Funding awarded for training shall meet the requirements of high road as defined in subdivisions (r) and (s) of Section 14005.


citation: UIC § 9923

text:
(a) Grant recipients shall be evaluated using the following criteria:

(1) Ability to provide the services proposed in the grant to the number of individuals specified in the grant as evidenced by, among other things, whether the grantee has previously completed the same or similar services as proposed.

(2) Ability of individuals to successfully complete relevant programming funded under the grant as demonstrated by relevant measures directly related to the purpose of the program.

(3) Ability of individuals to transition or be integrated into the broader workforce and education system, as evidenced by employment and enrollment in relevant programs.

(b) The department shall procure a technical assistance and evaluation contractor to convene communities of practice to identify and help replicate evidence-based practices and to help facilitate an assessment and evaluation of grant performance and program success.

(c) A grant recipient shall participate in grant technical assistance and evaluation pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) A grant recipient shall provide all necessary information to the department for purposes of monitoring program performance measures. Program performance shall be based on, but not limited to, the following workforce measures:

(1) Training completion.

(2) Credential attainment.

(3) Median earnings and employment of participants after they have exited the program.


citation: UIC § 9924

text:
Eligible activities for the program and grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Labor market information.

(b) Career exploration activities.

(c) High school diploma and GED acquisition.

(d) Skills and vocational training that aligns with regional labor market needs.

(e) Work-based learning, transitional jobs, internships, on-the-job training, work experience, preapprenticeship, and apprenticeships.

(f) Stipends for trainees.

(g) Mentoring.

(h) Other remedial education and work readiness skills.

(i) Supportive services.

(j) Entrepreneurial training and support for small business development.

(k) Activities undertaken pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 9923.


citation: UIC § 9925

text: This article shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 43. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed as of July 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 7, commencing with Section 9920.)


text:
The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a) California’s economy is being challenged by competition from other states and overseas. In order to meet this challenge, California’s employers, workers, labor organizations, and government need to invest in a skilled and productive workforce, and in developing the skills of frontline workers. For purposes of this section, “frontline worker” means a worker who directly produces or delivers goods or services.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a strategically designed employment training program to promote a healthy labor market in a growing, competitive economy that shall fund only projects that meet the following criteria:

(1) Foster creation of high-wage, high-skilled jobs, or foster retention of high-wage, high-skilled jobs in manufacturing and other industries that are threatened by out-of-state and global competition, including, but not limited to, those industries in which targeted training resources for California’s small- and medium-sized business suppliers will increase the state’s competitiveness to secure federal, private sector, and other nonstate funds, and, in addition, provide for retraining contracts in companies that make a monetary or in-kind contribution to the funded training enhancements.

(2) Encourage industry-based investment in human resources development that promotes the competitiveness of California industry through productivity and product quality enhancements.

(3) Result in secure jobs for those who successfully complete training. All training shall be customized to the specific requirements of one or more employers or a discrete industry and shall include general skills, including soft skills, that trainees can use in the future.

(4) Supplement, rather than displace, funds available through existing programs conducted by employers and government-funded training programs, such as the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 3101 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (Public Law 98-524), CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code), the former Enterprise Zone Act (Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 7070) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), the California Community Colleges Economic Development Program, or apportionment funds allocated to the community colleges, regional occupational centers and programs, or other local educational agencies.

(b) The Employment Training Panel, in funding projects that meet the requirements of subdivision (a), shall give funding priority to those projects that best meet the following goals:

(1) Result in the growth of the California economy by stimulating exports from the state and the production of goods and services that would otherwise be imported from outside the state.

(2) Train new employees of firms locating or expanding in the state that provide high-skilled, high-wage jobs and are committed to an ongoing investment in the training of frontline workers.

(3) Develop workers with skills necessary to work with new technologies or methods.

(4) Train workers who have been displaced, have received notification of impending layoff, or are subject to displacement, because of a plant closure, workforce reduction, changes in technology, or significantly increasing levels of international and out-of-state competition.

(5) Are jointly developed by business management and worker representatives.

(6) Develop high road, as defined in subdivision (r) of Section 14005, jobs and career ladders for workers with demonstrated wage progression and demonstrate high road training partnership, as defined in subdivision (s) of Section 14005, standards to ensure job quality.

(7) Promote the retention and expansion of the state’s manufacturing workforce.

(8) Promote the hiring, training, and advancement of disadvantaged, marginalized, and underrepresented workers.

(c) The program established through this chapter is to be coordinated with all existing employment training programs and economic development programs, including, but not limited to, programs such as the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 3101 et seq.), the California Community Colleges, the regional occupational programs, vocational education programs, joint labor-management training programs, and related programs under the Employment Development Department, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, and the Business and Consumer Services Agency.

(d) Projects funded under this chapter may include programs to provide training through apprenticeship programs that are registered with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

(e) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 102. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)

chapter: 3.5. Employment Training Panel

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text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “Department” means the Employment Development Department.

(b) “Employer” or “eligible employer” means any employer subject to Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Division 1, except any public entity, or any nonprofit organization which has elected an alternate method of financing its liability for unemployment insurance compensation benefits pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 801), or Article 6 (commencing with Section 821) of Chapter 3.

Any public entity or nonprofit organization that has elected an alternate method of financing its liability for unemployment insurance compensation benefits pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 801), or Article 6 (commencing with Section 821) of Chapter 3, shall be deemed to be an employer only for purposes of placement of new hire trainees who received training as an incidental part of a training project designed to meet the needs of one or more private sector employers.

(c) “Eligible participant” means any person who, prior to beginning training or employment pursuant to this chapter, is any of the following:

(1) Unemployed and has established an unemployment insurance claim in this state, or has exhausted eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits from this state within the previous 24 months.

(2) Employed for a minimum of 90 days by his or her employer, or if employed for less than 90 days, met the conditions of paragraph (1) at the time of hire, had received a notice of layoff from the prior employer, or was employed by an employer for a period of not less than 90 days during the 180-day period prior to the employee’s current employment at the start of training with an eligible employer, as provided in subdivision (b). The panel may waive this requirement for trainees employed by a business locating or expanding operations in the state, provided it is part of a state and local economic development effort endeavoring to create or retain California jobs. The panel may also waive the requirement for up to 10 percent of the trainee population, if it determines a business meets standard funding requirements set out under subdivision (a) of Section 10200.

(d) “Executive director” means the executive director appointed pursuant to Section 10202.

(e) “Fund” means the Employment Training Fund created by Section 1610.

(f) “Job” means employment on a basis customarily considered full time for the occupation and industry. The employment shall have definite career potential and a substantial likelihood of providing long-term job security, with reportable California earnings during the employment retention period. Furthermore, the employment shall provide earnings, upon completion of the employment requirement specified in subdivision (f) of Section 10209, equal to 50 percent, in the case of new hire training, or 60 percent, in the case of retraining, of the state or regional average hourly wage. However, in no case shall the employment result in earnings of less than 45 percent of the state average hourly wage for new hire training and 55 percent of the state average hourly wage for retraining. The panel may consider the dollar value of health benefits that are voluntarily paid for by an employer when computing earnings to meet the minimum wage requirements.

(g) “New hire training” means employment training, including job-related literacy training, including soft skills, for persons who, at the start of training, are unemployed.

(h) “Panel” means the Employment Training Panel created by Section 10202.

(i) “Retraining” means employment-related skills and literacy training, including soft skills, for persons who are employed and who meet the definition of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) prior to commencement of training and will continue to be employed by the same employer for at least 90 days following completion of training.

(j) “Soft skills” means behaviors and competencies to allow people to navigate professional environments, work well with colleagues, and perform up to standards for professional success, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Social skills, including, but not limited to, respectful personal interactions, context appropriate behavior, and conflict resolution.

(2) Competency in oral, written, nonverbal, and listening skills.

(3) Problem solving, critical thinking, and decisionmaking skills, including, but not limited to, identifying issues and evaluating options in order to reach a reasonable conclusion.

(4) Self-regulation of behavior and the exercise of delayed gratification or directing focus or attention, or both.

(k) “State average hourly wage” means the average weekly wage paid by employers to employees covered by unemployment insurance, as reported to the Employment Development Department for the four calendar quarters ending June 30 of the preceding calendar year, divided by 40 hours.

(l) “Trainee” means an eligible participant.

(m) “Training agency” means any private training entity or local educational agency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 216, Sec. 2. (AB 2420) Effective January 1, 2019.)


text: With respect to funding appropriated in the annual Budget Act to the Employment Development Department for allocation by the Employment Training Panel and identified for training of workers in regions suffering from high unemployment and low job creation or regions identified in a proclamation of a state of emergency issued by the Governor under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the panel, notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 10201, may waive the minimum wage requirements included in that subdivision provided that the post-retention wage of each trainee who has completed training and the required training period exceeds his or her wage before and during training. This determination shall be made on a case-by-case basis to ensure that post-training improvements in earnings are sufficient to warrant the investment of public funds.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 3, Sec. 6. (SB 104) Effective March 1, 2014.)


text:
(a) The Employment Training Panel is established in the Employment Development Department.

(b) The executive director shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall be well qualified for the position with experience in government. The executive director may perform all duties, exercise all powers, discharge all responsibilities, and administer and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations under the jurisdiction of the panel, with the approval of the panel. The executive director shall administer this chapter, with the approval of the panel, in the manner he or she deems necessary to conduct the work of the panel properly. With the approval of the panel, the executive director may create divisions and subdivisions as necessary, and change and abolish these divisions and subdivisions from time to time.

(c) The panel may employ personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All personnel shall be appointed pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except for an executive director, and two assistant directors, who shall be exempt from state civil service.

(d) All personnel of the panel shall be appointed, directed, and controlled only by the panel or its authorized deputies or agents to whom it may delegate its powers.

(e) The Governor shall appoint two assistant directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The assistant directors shall have the duties as assigned by the executive director, and shall be responsible to the executive director for the performance of their duties.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 497, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)