Career technical education: sale of equipment: registry., the official text

An act to add and repeal Article 8 (commencing with Section 52470) of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to career technical education.

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Existing law provides funding for career technical education programs, including through, among others, the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, the Strong Workforce Program, and a K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, supporting, encouraging, strengthening, and expanding the delivery of career technical education programs in the state, as provided.
This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop and maintain a registry of career technical education equipment that is listed for sale and to make the registry accessible to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools via an internet website. The bill would authorize a local educational agency that intends to offer for sale any career technical education equipment to list the equipment in the registry established by the department. The bill would require the equipment listed in the registry to be offered for sale to other local educational agencies and maintained in the registry for a period of no less than 3 months unless the equipment is purchased by a local educational agency. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
Article 8 (commencing with Section 52470) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
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(a) The department shall develop and maintain a registry of career technical education equipment that is listed for sale pursuant to subdivision (b) and shall make the registry accessible to local educational agencies via an internet website.
(b) (1) A local educational agency that intends to offer for sale any career technical education equipment, including, but not limited to, power tools, table saws, simulators, medical equipment, drafting equipment, or auto diagnostic tools and vehicles, may list the equipment in the registry established by the department pursuant to subdivision (a). Only an employee of a local educational agency may list equipment for sale on the registry.
(2) Equipment listed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be offered for sale to other local educational agencies and maintained in the registry for a period of no less than three months unless the equipment is purchased by a local educational agency.
(c) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

52470.9.
This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.