California Career Resource Network Program: career aptitude test.

Existing law establishes the California Career Resource Network Program in the State Department of Education for the purpose of providing career development information and resources to people in California in order to enable them to reach their career goals, as provided. Existing law provides that the primary duty of the program is to distribute career information, resources, and training materials to middle school and high school counselors, educators, and administrators, in order to ensure that middle schools and high schools have the necessary information available to provide a pupil with guidance and instruction on education and job requirements necessary for career development. Existing law requires the program to perform its duties only upon funding provided in the annual Budget Act. This bill would require the program to identify publicly available evidence-based career aptitude tests that present pupils with various career options aligned with their academic and extracurricular interests, and would require the program to post information on how to access these tests on its internet website.