8150-8156
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8150-8156
8150. Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class maintained by a high school, unified school district, regional occupation center or program, community college, or adult school, pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code, shall be reimbursed pursuant to Section 8152 only if reported separately to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate. Attendance reported pursuant to this section shall be used only for purposes of calculating allowances pursuant to Section 8152. 8151. An apprentice attending a high school, unified school district, regional occupational center or program, community college, or adult school in classes of related and supplemental instruction as provided under Section 3074 of the Labor Code and in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 3078 of the Labor Code shall be exempt from the requirements of any interdistrict attendance agreement for such classes. 8152. (a) The reimbursement rate shall be established in the annual Budget Act and the rate shall be commonly applied to all providers of instruction specified in subdivision (d). (b) For the purposes of this section, each hour of teaching time may include up to 10 minutes of passing time and breaks. (c) This section also applies to isolated apprentices, as defined in Section 3074 of the Labor Code, for which alternative methods of instruction are provided. (d) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, whichever is appropriate, shall make the reimbursements specified in this section for teaching time provided by high schools, unified school districts, regional occupational centers or programs, community colleges, or adult schools. (e) Reimbursements may be made under this section for related and supplemental instruction provided to indentured apprentices only if the instruction is provided by a program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3 of the Labor Code. 8153.5. For purposes of the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program, classes of related and supplemental instruction which qualify for funding pursuant to Sections 8152 and 8153, include, but are not limited to, classes which meet both of the following requirements: (a) The classes are conducted at the workplace. (b) The person providing instruction is qualified, by means of education or experience, as a journeyman and shares the responsibility for supervision of the apprentices participating in the classes with the certified community college or adult education coordinator. 8154. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, shall annually review the amount of state funding necessary to provide the reimbursements specified in Sections 8152 and 8153, and shall include an estimate of required funds in their budgets for each fiscal year. If the amounts appropriated in any fiscal year are insufficient to provide full reimbursement, the hourly rate specified in Section 8153 shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the entire appropriation is allocated. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges may mutually agree to the transfer of moneys from one section of the State School Fund to the other in an amount necessary to provide for full reimbursement, or equal funding on a pro rata basis, of the rate specified in Section 8153 for school and community college districts. The amount upon which the superintendent and chancellor agree is reappropriated from the appropriate section of the State School Fund to the other section of the State School Fund for the purpose specified in the agreement. If the amount appropriated is in excess of the amounts needed for full reimbursement, any excess shall be allocated to school and community college districts to be used for the purpose of the state general apportionment from Sections A and B of the State School Fund. 8155. (a) The State Department of Education, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall jointly develop a model format for agreements between Joint Apprenticeship Training Councils and local education agencies for instruction pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code. (b) The State Department of Education, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall jointly develop a model format for agreements between Joint Apprenticeship Training Councils and local education agencies concerning the calculation and payment of excess costs pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code. 8156. (a) For any apprenticeship program established pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code for which there is a reimbursement entitlement under Section 8152 and that is transferred from a county office of education or a school district maintaining classes in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to a community college district, the Controller, upon certification by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall transfer, prior to the first or second principal apportionment, as appropriate, from Section A of the State School Fund to Section B of the State School Fund an amount equal to the numbers of hours for which the apprenticeship program received funding in the previous fiscal year multiplied by the appropriate reimbursement rate set forth in Section 8152. (b) For any apprenticeship program for which there is a reimbursement entitlement under Section 8152 and that is transferred from a community college district to a school district maintaining classes in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, the Controller, upon certification by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall transfer, prior to certification of the first or second principal apportionments, as appropriate, from Section B of the State School Fund to Section A of the State School Fund an amount equal to the number of hours for which the apprenticeship program received funding in the previous fiscal year multiplied by the appropriate reimbursement rate set forth in Section 8152. (c) In the event that a deficit occurs in either Section A or Section B of the State School Fund for apprenticeship programs established pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code for which there is a reimbursement entitlement under Section 8152, the Director of the Department of Finance may transfer any unspent funds from one section of the State School Fund to fund a deficit in another section of the State School Fund. (d) Any transfer authorized by this section shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Finance, provided that the transfer may not be authorized sooner than 30 days after written notification of the necessity therefor is provided to the chairpersons of the appropriate budget committees of the Legislature and to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or sooner than any lesser period of time designated in each instance by the Director of the Department of Finance, or his or her designee.