Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program: appropriation.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. This bill would appropriate, for the 2021–22 fiscal year, $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate, through a competitive selection process, to a school district for the purpose of implementing a Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program that could be used by local educational agencies as a diagnostic template that examines school systems that intentionally build and cultivate soft skills, hard skills, and pupil purpose and authentic voice. The bill would require the selected school district, on or before January 1, 2023, to submit a report to the department and the Legislature on the development of the Career Preparedness Systems Framework pilot program that includes recommendations on how to incorporate the framework into a local educational agency's local control and accountability plan. Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.