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		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Fong</ns0:AuthorText>
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		<ns0:Title> An act to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 3130) to Chapter 4 of Division 3 of the Labor Code, relating to apprenticeships.</ns0:Title>
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			<ns0:Subject>Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program.</ns0:Subject>
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			<html:p>Existing law establishes the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations and requires the division, among other things, to evaluate apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to ensure that the program evaluated is complying with its standard, as specified.</html:p>
			<html:p>This bill would establish the Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to be administered by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for specific purposes, including, among other purposes, to coordinate and establish apprenticeships for in-school and out-of-school individuals from 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive, and to establish a streamlined youth apprenticeship data system to promote data-driven decisionmaking.</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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				Article 7 (commencing with Section 3130) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 3 of the 
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				, to read:
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								<html:p>The Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program is hereby established, to be administered by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, for purposes of all of the following:</html:p>
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									(a)
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									To coordinate and establish apprenticeships for in-school and out-of-school individuals from 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
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									To identify a process for approving industry pathways for preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
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									To provide paid training opportunities through preapprenticeships and supportive services to out-of-school youth.
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									To establish a streamlined youth apprenticeship
						  data system to promote data-driven decisionmaking.
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									To identify resources to support youth apprenticeships.
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									(f)
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									To identify appropriate partnerships between local educational agencies, the State Department of Education, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, and other state agencies and employers to guide and implement the program.
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