Report 2021-101 Recommendation 18 Responses

Report 2021-101: K-12 Strong Workforce Program: State and Regional Administrative Shortcomings Limit the Program's Effectiveness in Supporting Grant Applicants (Release Date: February 2022)

Recommendation #18 To: Education, Department of

To ensure that policymakers and interested members of the public have accurate information at their disposal, Education should work with any parties that have used this erroneous figure, including but not limited to the State Board of Education and the Advisory Committee, to publish corrections on their webpages that disclose accurate information.

1-Year Agency Response

Fully implemented. As previously stated, Education took the following steps to ensure that the public was made aware of the correction to prior erroneous information that was previously posted.

1) On April 8, 2022, Education notified the SBE and the California Workforce Pathways Joint Advisory Committee (CWPJAC) staff of the correction;

2) Education added a section on the Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) program web page that lists prior SBE items, including the March 2020 meeting, where the erroneous information was published. Education then posted a statement of correction at the end of this list, denoted by two asterisks (Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) - Career Technical Education (CA Dept of Education).

Additionally, Education corrected the January 2020 CWPJAC information (Item 01 Slides) as follows, (https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/gi/agendajan2020.asp).

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

The documentation that Education submitted demonstrates the actions it describes in its response. Therefore, we assessed this recommendation fully implemented.

6-Month Agency Response

Fully implemented. As previously stated, Education took the following steps to ensure that the public was made aware of the correction to prior erroneous information that was previously posted.

1)On April 8, 2022, Education notified the SBE and the California Workforce Pathways Joint Advisory Committee staff of the correction; and

2)Education added a section on the CTEIG program web page that lists prior SBE items, including the March 2020 meeting, where the erroneous information was published. Education then posted a statement of correction at the end of this list, denoted by two asterisks, on the Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) program main web page - Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) - Career Technical Education (CA Dept of Education).

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Partially Implemented

The correction Education describes does not address the inaccurate information that is posted on the Advisory Committee's website. As a result, we determine that this recommendation is partially implemented.

60-Day Agency Response

Education is taking the following steps to ensure that the public is made aware of the correction to prior erroneous information that was previously posted.

1) On April 8, 2022, Education notified the SBE and the California Workforce Pathways Joint Advisory Committee staff of the correction;

2) Education is working on posting a statement of correction on the Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) program main web page at Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) - Career Technical Education (CA Dept of Education); and

3) Education will also add a link on its CTEIG program main web page to the State Board of Education's March 2020 Board Item, where the erroneous figure was published to provide clarification on what is being corrected.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

We look forward to reviewing the implementation of the steps Education indicates it is taking in response to this recommendation.

All Recommendations in 2021-101

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.