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DIVISION 3. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS [9000. - 11024.]

Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.

§§ 9000–11024 · 105 sections

  1. PART 1. EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICES §§ 9000–11024 · 105 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 9000–9115 · 16 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 9000–9004 · 5 sections
        • § 9000 The Legislature hereby makes the following declaration of purpose and intent in enacting the Employment Development Act of 1973. It is the public policy of the…
        • § 9001 In enacting the Employment Development Act of 1973, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is essential to the health and welfare of the people of…
        • § 9002 Subject to the provisions of Sections 9600 and 9605, the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall coordinate all job training placement, and related…
        • § 9003 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, individuals with disabilities who are clients of the Department of Rehabilitation shall not be barred as…
        • § 9004 Upon receipt of a formal ruling from the United States Secretary of Labor, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the head of any federal…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 9100–9115 · 11 sections
        • § 9100 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
        • § 9101 “Department” means the Employment Development Department, which may also be referred to as the Department of Employment Development.
        • § 9102 “Director” means the Director of Employment Development.
        • § 9105 “State agency” means those agencies enumerated in Section 11000 of the Government Code.
        • § 9107 “Job training and placement services” or “job training and placement programs” means any job training, placement, or related services administered or…
        • § 9108 “Unemployed person” means a person who lacks a bona fide employment, suffers economic deprivation because of lack of employment, and is employable or capable…
        • § 9109 “Underemployed person” means a person who has a bona fide employment but whose employment, be it full time, or part time, or intermittent, is insufficient to…
        • § 9110 “Economic deprivation” means annual income insufficient to enable the family or individual to meet a table of income criteria adopted by the director, which…
        • § 9111 (a) “Economically disadvantaged area” means an area which meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is composed of contiguous census tracts within or…
        • § 9112 “Eligible person” means an unemployed person or underemployed person who resides in an economically disadvantaged area or resides outside of an economically…
        • § 9115 “Economically displaced persons” means those persons who have been subjected to an involuntary layoff or separation from their employment, and who have not…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Employment Development Department §§ 9500–9925 · 51 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 9500–9502 · 2 sections
        • § 9500 The department shall administer all job training and placement programs and services for eligible persons as defined in this division, except as otherwise…
        • § 9502 For purposes of administration, the director may establish such offices as are appropriate for the administration of this part. Offices administering programs…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 9600–9619 · 20 sections
        • § 9600 (a) The department shall represent the state and local governments upon their request in dealing with the federal government regarding the kinds and quality of…
        • § 9600.7 (a) The department shall have the authority to administer the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act including, but not limited…
        • § 9601 The department may enter into any contractual agreements with public agencies, community action agencies, private organizations and individuals which are…
        • § 9602 (a) The director shall designate economically disadvantaged areas. These areas shall be priority areas for services provided under this part. To the fullest…
        • § 9602.5 The department shall establish, in conjunction with the Department of Social Services, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Education, and…
        • § 9604 (a) The department shall establish necessary data systems which shall provide administrative information on persons served including, but not limited to, the…
        • § 9605 The department shall: (a) Conduct the state manpower program, with the exception of manpower programs conducted by units of local general purpose government.…
        • § 9606 The state manpower program shall serve the needs of employers by providing them with referrals of qualified job applicants. In addition the manpower program…
        • § 9607 In the administration of the state manpower program, the director shall establish community employment development centers. Within his administrative…
        • § 9608 The director shall, within each community employment development center, establish an intake system to appraise the individual needs of applicants. Each…
        • § 9609 The department shall administer manpower service funds and shall provide, in a balanced and flexible manner, needed services as provided in this part.
        • § 9610 The director may enter into contracts for public and private job training and placement programs as may be required, and shall maintain quarterly projections…
        • § 9612 The employees of the department shall be subject to the State Civil Service Act, except for exempt appointees. Members of the California Commission on Aging…
        • § 9613 (a) The director shall make every effort to secure to the fullest extent possible federal funds available for participation under this part and shall provide…
        • § 9615 Eligible persons who are registrants pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and…
        • § 9616 (a) The department, in coordination with the United States Department of Defense and the various branches of the military of the United States, shall determine…
        • § 9616.1 (a) The department shall convene groups that represent local department field offices, county welfare departments, local workforce investment areas, and…
        • § 9617 (a) To the extent that funds are provided in the Budget Act of 2000 for the purposes of providing competitive grants to faith-based organizations that are not…
        • § 9618 (a) The department shall administer a solar training program. The department shall coordinate with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and the State…
        • § 9619 (a) (1) To the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the department may award grants to regional collaboratives for the…
      3. ARTICLE 3. San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center §§ 9700–9702 · 3 sections
        • § 9700 For purposes of this article, “center” means the San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center.
        • § 9701 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Biotechnology represents one of the most promising, innovation-based growth industries of this era.…
        • § 9702 The San Diego Community College District, California State University, University of California, Employment Development Department, Employment Training Panel,…
      4. ARTICLE 4. California YouthBuild Program §§ 9800–9809.5 · 11 sections
        • § 9800 The purposes of the California YouthBuild Program shall be all of the following: (a) To enable economically disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not…
        • § 9801 (a) The director, from funds appropriated for this purpose to the YouthBuild Program, may make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out programs as…
        • § 9802 Programs shall provide, at a minimum, all of the following services: (a) (1) Acquisition, rehabilitation, acquisition and rehabilitation, or construction of…
        • § 9802.5 The department may accept proposals for funding from applicants who establish their eligibility for funding under this article by submitting proof that they…
        • § 9803 Program grants may be used for the activities in Section 9802 and for any of the following activities: (a) Legal fees for housing acquisition. (b)…
        • § 9805 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), eligible participants in a program shall be youth between the ages of 17 and 24, inclusive, who are economically…
        • § 9806 (a) The director shall use the existing infrastructure of federally funded YouthBuild programs to the maximum extent possible. In the 1999–2000 fiscal year,…
        • § 9807 An application for a grant under this article shall, at a minimum, contain all of the following: (a) The amount of the grant requested and the proposed use of…
        • § 9808 The term “YouthBuild” shall only be used in connection with a program funded pursuant to this article or by the United States Department of Labor, or if the…
        • § 9809 Each grant recipient, at the beginning of the grant cycle, shall report to the director, at a minimum, regarding the number of participants who have done any…
        • § 9809.5 Each grant recipient shall report to the director on other participant outcomes as required by the Governor under Section 122(h) of the federal Workforce…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Jobs for California Graduates Program §§ 9900–9908 · 7 sections
        • § 9900 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to support the expansion of the Jobs for California Graduates pilot project in Merced into a…
        • § 9901 (a) In order to encourage a regional system of long-lasting, self-sustaining model local programs, communities served pursuant to this article shall contribute…
        • § 9902 Local affiliates of the Jobs for California Graduates Program shall include all of the following elements: (a) (1) A trained youth specialist employed…
        • § 9903 (a) Entities eligible to conduct a Jobs for California Graduates local program shall include, but need not be limited to, local education agencies, community…
        • § 9904 To be eligible to receive services through a Jobs for California Graduates local program under this article, a youth shall meet at least two of the following…
        • § 9905 (a) For purposes of establishing and expanding these programs, the department shall, to the extent feasible, make local grants available throughout the region.…
        • § 9908 State funds made available pursuant to this article shall be used to carry out both of the following: (a) The Jobs for California Graduates local program…
      6. ARTICLE 6. Employer Elder Care Benefits §§ 9910–9912 · 2 sections
        • § 9910 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The percentage of California employers offering pension and retirement plans to employees is…
        • § 9912 (a) The Legislature requests that the Senior Worker Advocate Office of the Employment Development Department work with the California Commission on Aging and…
      7. ARTICLE 7. Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program §§ 9920–9925 · 6 sections
        • § 9920 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) All efforts funded under this article are intended to supplement and be aligned with the broader…
        • § 9921 (a) There is hereby established the Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of addressing employment…
        • § 9922 (a) The department shall award grants to qualified applicants on a competitive basis using funds to be appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the…
        • § 9923 (a) Grant recipients shall be evaluated using the following criteria: (1) Ability to provide the services proposed in the grant to the number of individuals…
        • § 9924 Eligible activities for the program and grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Labor market information. (b) Career…
        • § 9925 This article shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
    3. CHAPTER 3.5. Employment Training Panel §§ 10200–10217 · 23 sections
      • § 10200 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) California’s economy is being challenged by competition from other states and overseas. In order to meet…
      • § 10201 As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Employment Development Department. (b) “Employer” or “eligible employer” means any employer subject to Part…
      • § 10201.5 With respect to funding appropriated in the annual Budget Act to the Employment Development Department for allocation by the Employment Training Panel and…
      • § 10202 (a) The Employment Training Panel is established in the Employment Development Department. (b) The executive director shall be appointed by the Governor, and…
      • § 10202.5 (a) The panel shall consist of eight persons, seven of whom shall be appointed as provided in subdivision (b), and shall have experience and a demonstrated…
      • § 10203 The panel may meet as necessary at locations throughout the state. The panel shall maintain a minimum of three regional offices. The central office shall be…
      • § 10204 The panel shall coordinate its programs with local and state workforce development boards and other partners of the federal Workforce Innovation and…
      • § 10205 The panel shall do all of the following: (a) Establish a three-year plan that shall be updated annually, based on the demand of employers for trained workers,…
      • § 10206 (a) The panel may allocate money in the fund for any of the following purposes: (1) Reimbursement of reasonable training costs, and administrative costs…
      • § 10207 (a) The panel shall accept or reject a completed application within 60 days of the receipt by the executive director. (b) The panel shall develop expedited…
      • § 10208 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude any employer from contracting with any public or private training entity for services, subject to the…
      • § 10209 (a) Contracts shall only be made for training in job-related vocational skills that are necessary for participants to attain a new job or retain an existing…
      • § 10210 Contracts shall be made with training agencies only if the training agency can demonstrate all of the following: (a) The training agency has a satisfactory…
      • § 10211 A trainee or employee participating in a training program pursuant to this chapter shall be considered to be in a training program having the approval of the…
      • § 10212.2 The panel shall prepare a budget covering necessary administrative costs of the panel. The budget shall not be subject to change by the director except as…
      • § 10213 The Employment Development Department shall cooperate with the panel by offering necessary technical assistance, which may include, but is not limited to,…
      • § 10214 To assist the panel and the Legislature in assessing the impact of this chapter over an extended period of time, the Employment Development Department shall…
      • § 10214.5 (a) The panel may allocate up to 15 percent of the annually available training funds for the purpose of funding special employment training projects that…
      • § 10214.6 (a) The panel shall develop and publish guidelines for the purpose of supporting and implementing one or more alternative fund programs to reimburse the cost…
      • § 10214.7 The panel shall allocate funds available in the annual Budget Act for training programs designed for individuals who are eligible to receive benefits under…
      • § 10214.9 (a) (1) The panel may fund licensed nurse training programs to train individuals who are currently working as nurse assistants or caregivers in a health…
      • § 10215 The funding of individual project grants by the panel may take the form of either direct grants to the employer or training agency, or credits to the…
      • § 10217 Funds in the Employment Training Fund created by Section 1610 shall be appropriated annually in the Budget Act by the Legislature for allocation by the panel…
    4. CHAPTER 4. Programs § 10501 · 1 section
      1. ARTICLE 1. Eligibility § 10501 · 1 section
        • § 10501 Any public assistance recipient who successfully completes a job training program approved under this part shall be exempted from the payment of those fees…
    5. CHAPTER 4.5. California Employment and Training Planning §§ 10510–10533 · 4 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Policies and Purposes § 10510 · 1 section
        • § 10510 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to establish and implement a program of comprehensive and coordinated employment and training…
      2. ARTICLE 2.5. California Workforce and Economic Information Program § 10529 · 1 section
        • § 10529 (a) The services provided by the existing labor market information system within the department shall include workforce and economic information that does all…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Coordination of Labor Market Information §§ 10530–10533 · 2 sections
        • § 10530 It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and demand information system to coordinate the…
        • § 10533 (a) The Employment Development Department shall operate the State-Local Cooperative Labor Market Information Program as the primary component of the…
    6. CHAPTER 5. Employment Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired §§ 11000–11006 · 7 sections
      • § 11000 The Legislature finds that over 1.5 million persons in California are deaf or significantly hard of hearing. Private and public employment agencies are not…
      • § 11000.5 As used in this chapter “contractor” means a public agency or a private nonprofit corporation.
      • § 11001 (a) The department shall contract with public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for a period not to exceed one year to provide employment services for…
      • § 11002 Employment services for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Complete communication services for…
      • § 11003 (a) The department, with the advice of persons knowledgeable about providing employment services to persons who are deaf and hard of hearing, shall establish…
      • § 11004 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Determine the number and location of its offices within the state providing employment services to…
      • § 11006 The Employment Development Department shall not expend over 5 percent of the sum appropriated for this chapter for its administrative costs.
    7. CHAPTER 7. Caregiver Training Initiative §§ 11020–11024 · 3 sections
      • § 11020 (a) There is hereby established a project known as the Caregiver Training Initiative. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Caregiver Training…
      • § 11022 (a) (1) The Employment Development Department, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, shall administer regional collaborative program…
      • § 11024 (a) The program model for implementation of the Caregiver Training Initiative shall consist of a solicitation and competitive selection process to identify…