Bill Text - AB-2273 Career technical education: California Pilot Paid Internship Program.

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California Assembly Bill 2273 establishes a state-funded pilot program providing paid internships to high school seniors in high-skill sectors including engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, science, and technology. The bill appropriates $12 million to support up to 5,000 students annually in 8-week internships at $15/hour through public-private partnerships with local educational agencies. The program runs from fiscal year 2024-25 through 2026-27 and includes an independent evaluation component.

Key Points

•$12 million appropriation to support up to 5,000 rising 12th-grade students annually in paid internships across STEM and related fields
•Students must earn at least $15/hour funded through a combination of state grants and employer matching funds
•Program runs 2024-25 through 2026-27 with required reporting to the Superintendent of Public Instruction by December 31 each fiscal year
•Local educational agencies (school districts, charter schools, county offices) administer grants to establish or expand public-private internship programs
•Includes mandate for independent program evaluation and data reporting on student internship outcomes

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 Date Published: 02/08/2024 09:00 PM
 
 
 AB2273:v99#DOCUMENT Bill Start

 
 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION 
 Assembly Bill
 No. 2273 Introduced by Assembly Member Holden
 
February 08, 2024 An act to add Chapter 16.6 (commencing with Section 53077) to Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to career technical education, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

 
 AB 2273, as introduced, Holden.
 Career technical education: California Pilot Paid Internship Program. Existing law establishes the California Career Pathways Trust as a state education and economic and workforce development initiative with the goal of preparing pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to successfully transition to postsecondary education and training and to employment in high-skill, high-wage, and high-growth or emerging sectors of the state’s economy. Existing law establishes the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, administered by the State Department of Education, with the purpose of encouraging, maintaining, and strengthening the delivery of high-quality career technical education programs. This bill would establish the California Pilot Paid Internship Program in the department to help prepare thousands of California pupils for high-skill jobs of the future in engineering, health care,
 mathematics, manufacturing, science, teaching, and technology. The bill would appropriate $12,000,000 from the General Fund to the department to provide technical assistance to, and allocate grant funds to, school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education that establish or expand existing local public-private internship programs, as provided. The bill would require the department to allocate grant funds to local educational agencies to support, in total, up to 5,000 rising grade 12 pupils per year participating in 8-week 

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