2005 California Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 14000-14004 CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14000.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California
should deliver comprehensive workforce preparation services to
jobseekers, students, and employers through a system of one-stop
career centers.
   (b) Universal access to services should be available to residents
of the state regardless of income, education, employment barriers, or
other eligibility requirements, to the extent allowed by the federal
Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.).
   (c) Given California's diverse population, each one-stop career
center should have the capacity to provide the appropriate services
to the full range of languages and cultures represented in the
community served by the one-stop career center.
14002.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that screening
designed to detect unidentified disabilities, including learning
disabilities, improves workforce preparation and enhances the use of
employment and training resources.
   (b) Section 134(d)(2) of the federal Workforce Investment Act (29
U.S.C.  Sec. 2864(d)(2)) allows for the use of funds for initial
assessment of skill levels, aptitudes, abilities and support
services, and Section 134(d)(3) of that act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2864(d)
(3)) allows for comprehensive and specialized assessments of skill
levels and service needs, including, but not limited to, diagnostic
testing and the use of other assessment tools and in-depth
interviewing and evaluation to identify employment barriers and
appropriate employment goals.
   (c) The Legislature encourages one-stop career centers to maximize
the use of Workforce Investment Act resources and other federal and
state workforce development resources for screening designed to
detect unidentified disabilities, and if indicated, appropriate
diagnostic assessment.
14003.  (a) Grants or contracts awarded under the federal Workforce
Investment Act, codified in Chapter 30 (commencing with Section 2801)
of Title 29 of the United States Code, or any other state or
federally funded workforce development program, may not be awarded to
organizations that are owned or operated as pervasively sectarian
organizations.
   (b) Grants or contracts awarded under the federal Workforce
Investment Act, codified in Chapter 30 (commencing with Section 2801)
of Title 29 of the United States Code, or any other state or
federally funded workforce development program, shall comply with
Section 4 of Article I and Section 5 of Article XVI of the California
Constitution, state and federal civil rights laws, and the First
Amendment to the United States Constitution in regard to pervasively
sectarian organizations.  These legal constraints include
prohibitions on the discrimination against beneficiaries and staff
based on protected categories and on the promoting of religious
doctrine to advance sectarian beliefs.
14004.  To be eligible for state or federal workforce development
funds awarded by the state under the California Community and Faith
Based Initiative, an organization must be a separate nonprofit entity
or affiliate that is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)
(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.