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 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly
 01/07/25 - Introduced

 AB-95 California Education Interagency Council.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/23/2025 09:00 PM

AB95:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 23, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 03, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 95

Introduced by Assembly Member Fong

January 07, 2025

An act to add Chapter 12 12.5 (commencing with Section 11900) to Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to the California Education Interagency Council.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 95, as amended, Fong.
 California Education Interagency Council.

Existing law establishes the Government Operations Agency, which consists of several state entities, including, but not limited to, the State Personnel Board, the Department of General Services, and the Office of Administrative Law.

This bill, subject to an appropriation, would establish in the Government Operations Agency the California Education Interagency Council, composed of specified state officers for purposes of evaluating workforce and economic changes in the state, integrating and aligning education and employment systems, maximizing funding impact, supporting adult skill development, coordinating regional education and workforce needs, and serving as a forum for discussions of intersegmental and cross-sector policy issues, as specified. The bill would require the council, among other duties, to adopt a
 strategic plan, and work plans, report to the Governor and the Legislature on the outcome outcomes of its work and recommendations to advance transitional kindergarten to postsecondary education, inclusive, intersegmental student pathway efforts aligned to careers, establish a faculty and employer advisory committee, and provide advice and recommend tools designed to support students across their educational careers, as specified. The bill, subject to an appropriation, would establish the Office of the California
 Education Interagency Council in the Government Operations Agency as a neutral administrative body tasked with supporting the California Education Interagency Council, as specified.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 11900) is added to Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:SECTION 1.

 Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 11900) is added to Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:

 CHAPTER
 12.5. California Education Interagency Council

11900.

 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Education Interagency Council.

11901.

 For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Council” means the California Education Interagency Council established pursuant to Section 11902.

(b) “Managing entity” means the Office of the California Education Interagency Council established pursuant to Section 11904.

11902.

 The California Education Interagency Council is hereby established in the Government Operations Agency for the purpose of accomplishing all of the following goals:

(a) Proactively evaluating and addressing the changing nature of work and the economy, and supporting the advancement of state educational attainment, equity, and workforce goals.

(b) Integrating and aligning efforts across elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, employers, and the statewide workforce system, and maximizing the impact of federal and state funding investments to ensure effective student pathways to quality work and well-paying
 careers and to contribute to economic growth.

(c) Increasing collaboration across postsecondary education and the workforce development systems statewide, and with employers to ensure flexibility and support for meeting the skill-building and upskilling needs of adults.

(d) Working in regions throughout the state to ensure that education supply and statewide workforce demand are aligned.

(e) Being a forum for communication to discuss the impacts of proposed intersegmental and cross-sec