(a) To the extent that one-time funding is made available in the Budget Act of 2015, consistent with the provisions of Section 84917, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall identify common measures for determining the effectiveness of members of each consortium in meeting the educational needs of adults. At a minimum, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall accomplish both of the following:
(1) Define the specific data each consortium shall collect.
(2) Establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding placement of adults seeking education and workforce services into adult education programs to be used by each consortium to measure educational needs of adults and the effectiveness of providers in addressing those needs.
(b) Consistent with the provisions of Section 84917, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with input from the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration and adult education program providers, shall identify common measures consistent with, but not limited to, the English literacy and civics (EL Civics) education program’s Civic Objectives and Additional Assessment Plans under Title II of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128) for meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee adults seeking integration. At a minimum, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with input from the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration, shall accomplish both of the following:
(1) Define the specific data each consortium may collect.
(2) Establish a menu of common assessments and policies regarding placement of adults seeking immigrant integration into adult education programs to be used by each consortium to measure educational needs of adults and the effectiveness of providers in addressing those needs.
(c) No later than August 1, 2017, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall report to the Director of Finance, the State Board of Education, and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on options for integrating the assessments described in subdivision (a) into the common assessment system developed pursuant to Section 78219. The report shall address compliance of the assessments with federal and state funding requirements for adult education programs, identify estimated costs and timelines for the assessments, and identify changes in policies that may be needed to avoid duplicate assessments.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:
(1) That the educational needs of adults in the state be better identified and understood through better sharing of data across state agencies.
(2) That, at a minimum, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall enter into agreements to share data related to effectiveness of the consortia between their agencies and with other state agencies, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Employment Development Department and the California Workforce Investment Board.
(e) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with input from the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration and adult education program providers, as applicable, shall identify, no later than July 1, 2019, the measures for assessing the effectiveness of consortia that will be used in the report that is required pursuant to Section 84917. These measures shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following, as applicable:
(1) How many adults are served by members of the consortium.
(2) How many adults served by members of the consortium have demonstrated the following:
(A) Improved literacy skills.
(B) Immigrant integration in the areas consistent with, but not limited to, those already identified for English literacy and civics under Title II of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), including increased participation in civic and community life.
(C) Completion of high school diplomas or their recognized equivalents.
(D) Completion of postsecondary certificates, degrees, or training programs.
(E) Placement into jobs.
(F) Improved wages.
(f) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion the funds appropriated for purposes of this section in the Budget Act of 2015 in accordance with both of the following:
(1) Eighty-five percent of these funds shall be used for grants to consortia to establish systems or obtain data necessary to submit any reports or data required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 84917.
(2) Fifteen percent of these funds shall be used for grants for development of statewide policies and procedures related to data collection or reporting or for technical assistance to consortia, or both.
(g) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall provide any guidance to the consortia necessary to support the sharing of data included in systems established by consortia pursuant to this section across consortia.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 751, Sec. 2. (AB 2098) Effective January 1, 2019.)