20250AB__159099INT INTRODUCED 2026-01-15 REVISED 2026-03-19 2025 AB INT Introduced by Assembly Member Ransom (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo and Hadwick) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Ávila Farías, Bennett, Castillo, Davies, Flora, Jeff Gonzalez, Harabedian, Quirk-Silva, and Michelle Rodriguez) (Coauthors: Senators Choi, Dahle, and Grayson) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ransom PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Carrillo PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Hadwick COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ávila Farías COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bennett COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Castillo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Davies COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Flora COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Jeff Gonzalez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Harabedian COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Quirk-Silva COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Michelle Rodriguez COAUTHOR SENATE Choi COAUTHOR SENATE Dahle COAUTHOR SENATE Grayson

An act to amend

Section of the Education Code, relating to career technical education. career technical education California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program: revised allocation formula. Existing law establishes the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, administered by the State Department of Education, with the purpose of encouraging, maintaining, and strengthening the delivery of high-quality career technical education programs.

Existing law provides, for the 2021–22 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, that $300,000,000 shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the program. Existing law requires an applicant to demonstrate a proportional dollar-for-dollar match and sets that amount for the 2021–22 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, at $2 for every $1 received from the program. Existing law prohibits an applicant from being awarded an amount higher than the amount that the allocation formula determines them to be eligible to receive under the program.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine, in collaboration with the executive director of the State Board of Education, and to make public on a preliminary basis at least days before a regularly scheduled meeting of the state board, the allocation formula, specific funding amounts, the purposes for which grant funds may be used, allowable and nonallowable expenditures, and the number of grants to be awarded.

Existing law requires that same information to also be provided in writing to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Governor within days following final approval of the state board.

This bill would, for purposes of allocations commencing no later than the 2027–28 fiscal year and pursuant to the above-described requirements, require the Superintendent to determine, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, a revised allocation formula that ensures that all funds appropriated for the program in any given fiscal year are fully allocated to program applicants in that fiscal year. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section of the Education Code is amended to read: 53076. For purposes of administering the program established by this chapter, the Superintendent shall do all of the following: (a)

(1) Determine, in collaboration with the executive director of the state board, and make public on a preliminary basis at least days before a regularly scheduled meeting of the state board, the allocation formula, specific funding amounts, the purposes for which grant funds may be used, allowable and nonallowable expenditures, and the number of grants to be awarded. The information specified in this subdivision shall also be provided in writing to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Governor within days following final approval of the state board.

(2) For purposes of allocations commencing no later than the 2027–28 fiscal year, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (1), the Superintendent shall determine, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, a revised allocation formula that ensures that all funds appropriated for purposes of this

chapter in any given fiscal year are fully allocated to applicants in that fiscal year, consistent with the requirements of this chapter. (

b) Distribute funding on a multiyear schedule, establish a process for monitoring the use of the funding, and, if necessary, cease distribution of funding and recover previously distributed funding in the case of a recipient’s failure to report the specified data to the Superintendent or comply with a grant prerequisite or minimum standard. (

c) Annually review grant recipients’ expenditures on career technical education programs for purposes of determining if the grant recipients have met the dollar-for-dollar match requirement specified in subdivision (

a) of

Section 53071. If, pursuant to

Section 53076.1, an auditor determines that a grant recipient failed to meet the matching funds requirement, the Superintendent shall reduce the following year’s grant allocation in an amount equal to the unmet portion of the match requirement, if applicable. The reduction shall not reduce the grant recipient’s match requirement for the year in which the Superintendent reduces the allocation. If a grant recipient with an audit finding pursuant to

Section 53076.1 does not have an allocation in the subsequent year to reduce, the department shall require the recipient to return the unmatched funds identified in the audit finding. (

d) Require grant recipients to submit program reports pursuant to paragraph (11) of subdivision (

c) of

Section 53071. (

e) Manage the grant process, collect pertinent data, and undertake statewide program improvement activities. (

f) Promote the success of K–12 career technical education programs through statewide activities to improve and administer the program, including by facilitating system, program, and data alignment at the state and regional levels, facilitating the development and delivery of professional development training modules, and supporting school districts in meeting their college indicator and career indicator targets. (

g) Ensure that the department fulfills the reporting requirements in

Section 53076.5. REVISIONS: Heading—Line 2.