Plain English Breakdown
The source material states the bill is enacted (Chapter 255, Statutes of 2025) but does not provide a specific effective date.
Strong Workforce Program: Paid Work-Based Learning Opportunities
This law requires the Chancellor's office to update rules by June 30, 2026, so community colleges can use existing funds to support paid work-based learning for students and employers.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Chancellor's office of the California Community Colleges to revise policies, regulations, and guidance on work-based learning.
- Sets a deadline of June 30, 2026, for these policy revisions to be completed.
- Mandates that updated rules must provide paid work-based learning opportunities for students, employers, or both.
- Allows community college districts to use specific program funds to give direct support for paid work experiences.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Chancellor's office of the California Community Colleges
- Community college districts in regional consortia
- Students participating in work-based learning opportunities
- Employers participating in work-based learning opportunities
Terms To Know
- Strong Workforce Program
- A state funding program that provides money to career technical education regional consortia made up of community college districts and local educational agencies.
- Work-based learning
- Opportunities where students gain job skills through work experiences, which this bill aims to make paid for students or employers.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not specify the exact amount of money available for these paid opportunities.
- No effective date is listed in the provided source material.
- The specific details on how funds will be distributed are described as 'as provided' without further definition in this summary.