Career technical education: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program: carpenter's preapprenticeship programs.

Existing law establishes the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, administered by the State Department of Education, with the purpose of encouraging and maintaining the delivery of career technical education programs during implementation of the school district and charter school local control funding formula. Existing law appropriates specified amounts for the program from the General Fund for the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 fiscal years, and provides minimum eligibility standards for grant applicants. This bill would require the department to use a portion of grant funding appropriated for the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program to establish a carpenter's preapprenticeship pilot program. The pilot program shall award grants to school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, or regional occupational centers or programs operated by joint powers authorities that establish a carpenter's preapprenticeship program for high school pupils. The bill would require each applicant and its carpenter's preapprenticeship program to meet specified requirements, including all applicable requirements of the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, in order to receive a grant under the pilot program. The bill would require the department to commence awarding these grants to applicants by the start of the 2019–20 academic year. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2025.