State employment: apprenticeship agreements.

The California Constitution provides that the civil service includes every officer and employee in the state except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, and existing statutory law, the State Civil Service Act, prescribes a comprehensive civil service personnel system for the state. Existing law provides for the establishment of apprenticeship programs in various trades and requires each apprentice agreement to contain certain provisions, including, among others, a statement of the graduated scale of wages to be paid the apprentice and whether the required schooltime will be compensated. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure compliance in state employment with that required apprentice agreement provision.