California Conservation Corps: Green Collar Certification Program.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify a start date for the Green Collar Certification Program.

Green Collar Certification Program for California Conservation Corps

This bill requires young adults in the California Conservation Corps to work on projects related to clean energy, climate resilience, and sustainable solutions, and establishes a Green Collar Certification Program within the corps.

What This Bill Does

• Requires young adults participating in the California Conservation Corps to engage in projects that promote or contribute to the conservation of energy and the development or enhancement of clean energy, climate resilience, or sustainable nature-based solutions.
• Establishes a Green Collar Certification Program within the corps to provide skills and education related to reducing carbon emissions, preparing communities for environmental disasters, and developing conservation infrastructure projects.
• Requires the director of the California Conservation Corps to issue a Green Collar Certificate to participants who successfully complete the program.
• Authorizes the director to collaborate with other entities to identify emerging workforce needs in relation to the program.
• Allows the director to apply for and accept grants or donations from public or private sources to fund the Green Collar Certification Program.

Who It Names or Affects

• Young adults participating in the California Conservation Corps
• The Director of the California Conservation Corps

Terms To Know

Green Collar Certificate

A certificate given to corpsmembers who complete a program teaching skills related to clean energy and environmental protection.

California Conservation Corps

An organization that provides job training for young adults through projects focused on conservation and community service.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify when the Green Collar Certification Program will start.
• It is unclear how much funding the program will receive from public or private sources.

Official Summary Text

SB 803, as amended, Durazo.
California Conservation Corps: Green Collar Certification Program.
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps and requires young adults participating in the corps program to be generally engaged in projects that do specified things, including, among other things, projects that directly contribute to the conservation of energy.
This bill would instead require young adults participating in the corps program to be generally engaged in projects that, among other things, promote or contribute to the conservation of energy and the development or enhancement of clean energy, climate resilience, or sustainable nature-based solutions.
Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that the corps blend academic and job skills training with personal growth opportunities in order to develop productive youths who can make substantial contributions
as California workers and citizens.
This bill would require the Director of the California Conservation Corps to establish a Green Collar Certification Program that provides corpsmembers participating in the corps with skills and education including, but not limited to, reducing carbon emissions in residential and nonresidential buildings, preparing communities for environmental disasters, and developing conservation infrastructure projects that stabilize shorelines and restore ecological habitats, as provided. The bill would require the director to issue a Green Collar Certificate to a corpsmember who successfully completes the program. The bill would require the director, in administering the program, to collaborate with specified entities to identify emerging workforce needs, as specified. The bill would authorize the director to authorize certified community conservation corps to implement the program pursuant to guidelines established by the corps, as
specified.
This bill would also authorize the director to apply for and accept grants or donations of funds from any public or private source that are provided for specified purposes relating to the program. The bill would establish the Green Collar Certification Program Fund and would require the grants or donations described above to be deposited into the fund. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in the fund to the director for specified purposes relating to the program. By providing for the continuous appropriation of fund moneys to the director, this bill would create an appropriation.

Current Bill Text

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