CA Educ Code Section 17407.5

(a)

The governing board of a school district shall not enter into an agreement pursuant to Section 17406 or 17407 with any entity unless the entity provides to the governing board of the school district an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.

(b)

For purposes of this section:

(1)

“Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation for which the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations had approved an apprenticeship program pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code before January 1, 2014.

(2)

“Chief” means the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations.

(3)

“Skilled and trained workforce” means a workforce that meets all of the following conditions:

(A)

All the workers are either skilled journeypersons or apprentices registered in an apprenticeship program approved by the chief.

(B)

(i)As of January 1, 2016, at least 30 percent of the skilled journeypersons employed to perform work on the contract or project by the entity and each of its subcontractors at every tier are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was either approved by the chief pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code or located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the federal Secretary of Labor.

(ii)

As of January 1, 2017, at least 40 percent of the skilled journeypersons employed to perform work on the contract or project by the entity and each of its subcontractors at every tier are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was either approved by the chief pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code or located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the federal Secretary of Labor. (iii)As of January 1, 2018, at least 50 percent of the skilled journeypersons employed to perform work on the contract or project by the entity and each of its subcontractors at every tier are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was either approved by the chief pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code or located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the federal Secretary of Labor.

(iv)

As of January 1, 2019, at least 60 percent of the skilled journeypersons employed to perform work on the contract or project by the entity and each of its subcontractors at every tier are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was either approved by the chief pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code or located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the federal Secretary of Labor.

(C)

For an apprenticeable occupation in which no apprenticeship program had been approved by the chief before January 1, 1995, up to one-half of the graduation percentage requirements of subparagraph (B) may be satisfied by skilled journeypersons who commenced working in the apprenticeable occupation before the chief’s approval of an apprenticeship program for that occupation in the county in which the project is located.

(4)

“Skilled journeyperson” means a worker who either:

(A)

Graduated from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was approved by the chief or located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the federal Secretary of Labor.

(B)

Has at least as many hours of on-the-job experience in the applicable occupation as would be required to graduate from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that is approved by the chief.

(c)

An entity’s commitment that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform the project or contract may be established by any of the following:

(1)

(A)The entity’s agreement with the governing board of the school district that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will comply with the requirements of this section and that the entity will provide to the governing board of the school district, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating that the entity and its subcontractors are complying with the requirements of this section.

(B)

If the entity fails to provide to the governing board of the school district the monthly report pursuant to subparagraph (A), the governing board of the school district shall immediately cease making payments to the entity pursuant to the instrument or agreement described in Section 17406 or 17407.

(C)

The monthly report provided to the governing board of the school district pursuant to this paragraph shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code), and shall be open to public inspection.

(2)

If the governing board of a school district has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract and that includes the requirements of this section, the entity’s agreement that it will become a party to that project labor agreement.

(3)

Evidence that the entity has entered into a project labor agreement that includes the requirements of this section and that will bind the entity and all its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract.