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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Gonzalez</ns0:AuthorText>
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                <ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 3120 of the Labor Code, relating to apprenticeship programs.</ns0:Title>
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                        <ns0:Subject>Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>Existing law establishes the Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program, administered by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, to provide grants for the purpose of providing funding for existing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs or to develop new apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to serve the target population of specified individuals from 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive, and satisfy the goals and objectives of the grant program, as specified.</html:p>
                        <html:p>This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision establishing the goals and objectives of the grant program.</html:p>
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                <ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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                                Section 3120 of the
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                                 is amended to read:
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                                                        <html:p>Youth apprenticeship shall be a key priority for the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Youth apprenticeship will complement the state’s existing registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs. The objectives and goals of the division in expanding youth apprenticeships shall include all of the following:</html:p>
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                                                                Create a framework for youth apprenticeship, increase the number of apprenticeship pathways for youth, and foster coordination and alignment across career-connected learning programs.
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                                                                Increase
                                  the number of community colleges and local education agencies offering youth apprenticeship programs, and increase the number of youth who complete certificate and degree programs.
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                                                                Increase the number of preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs targeting youth.
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                                                                Increase the number of youth who complete a youth apprenticeship and matriculate to employment or continued higher education.
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                                                                Coordinate with, complement, and enhance, existing preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
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