(a) To the extent sufficient resources exist, the board of governors may establish internship training programs and actively support apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs in collaboration with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations. The board of governors may establish internship training programs pursuant to this section for only those occupations not covered by an apprenticeship training program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations before January 1, 1998.
(b) Funding allocated pursuant to Sections 79149, 79149.1, and 79149.3 shall exclusively be used for approved apprenticeship training programs and shall not be allocated for the purposes of preapprenticeship.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 7. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)