Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 661, Sec. 2. (AB 957) Effective January 1, 2018.
The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, participate in regional conversations pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, submit a summary of those first-year activities to the Legislature on or before May 1, 2019, on both of the following:
(a)Recommendations made, partnerships developed, activities undertaken by individual campuses, programs, or the university system that have substantively included local and regional workforce partners and that were designed to increase the number of degrees or other forms of workforce
preparation in high-demand occupations and industry sectors within one or more regions in the state.
(b)Barriers to addressing regional workforce demands and
recommendations to overcome these barriers.