(a) Consistent with the intent of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 14000, the California Workforce Development Board shall collect and report program and outcome data for its high road workforce programs.
(b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), all of the following shall apply:
(1) The Employment Development Department shall make available to the board any and all wage and employment data necessary to evaluate all relevant programs and grants.
(2) All grant applicants and program beneficiaries participating in a high road training partnership program shall provide any and all necessary information to the state to facilitate public transparency, accountability, and grant and program performance evaluation, including any relevant data needed to determine the outcomes and benefits of programing and grants funded for program participants, high road training partnerships, industry, and the workforce system.
(3) All grants and programming shall be evaluated using criteria, metrics, and data that include, but are not limited to, information pertaining to the ability of grantees and program administrators to conduct and complete relevant programming as demonstrated through appropriate quantitative and qualitative analysis, including the use of appropriate outcome metrics.
(4) For funds and grants providing direct workforce, training, and education services to individuals, the board shall report all of the following:
(A) Who is receiving the services, including data on the demographics of the individuals receiving services.
(B) The nature of the services received collected at the individual level.
(C) Data pertaining to participant program and employment outcomes of individuals receiving services including:
(i) The employment rates of individuals served to measure initial job placement and retention over time.
(ii) The wages and wage growth of individuals served during and after program participation.
(5) Recognizing that the outcome data specified in this section frequently lags program implementation activities, progress reports and interim evaluation reports consistent with the requirements of this section shall be provided to the Legislature by the board, after it receives and administers funding under the relevant budget allocations, by October 1 of even-numbered years utilizing whatever program participant and outcome data is available. The report shall also include, but not be limited to, the number of grants awarded, the average award amounts, geographic distribution of awards, and types of industries awarded.
(6) Final evaluation reports for all grants and programs shall be provided to the Legislature 18 months after all available labor market outcome data specified in this section becomes available.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 78, Sec. 16. (AB 138) Effective July 16, 2021.)