Figure 1 is a flowchart describing the roles and responsibilities of various State entities that oversee apprenticeship programs, and specifically ACTA. The figure shows that California Apprenticeship Council (apprenticeship council) and the Department of Industrial Relations (Industrial Relations) both oversee ACTA. The apprenticeship council is responsible for issuing rules and regulations for minimum wages, maximum, hours, and working conditions for apprenticeships; assisting Industrial Relations with formulating apprenticeship policies; and hearing appeals on Industrial Relations' complaint decisions. Industrial Relations is responsible for cooperating in the development of apprenticeship programs and advising on problems affecting apprenticeship standards; auditing apprenticeship programs and conducting other oversight activities to ensure compliance with apprenticeship standards; distributing grants to apprenticeship programs; reviewing and processing complaints alleging violations of apprenticeship agreements. In addition, the figure shows that the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (Chancellor's Office) and Central Unified School District (Central Unified) oversee ACTA. The Chancellor's Office is responsible for allocating funds to local educational agencies (LEAs), such as Central Unified, for related and supplemental instruction. Central Unified is responsible for forwarding hours of related and supplemental instruction reported by apprentices enrolled in ACTA to the State to claim reimbursement for ACTA, and for reimbursing ACTA for related supplemental instruction classroom teaching hours based on each clock hour of class attendance per apprentice. Finally, the figure also shows that ACTA is responsible for supervising the administration and enforcement of apprenticeship standards for its sheet metal workers; establishing and maintaining a system for related and supplemental instruction and on-the-job training for its apprentices; reporting hours for related and supplemental instruction received by apprentices enrolled in its sheet metal program to the Central Unified; making periodic evaluations of the progress of each apprentice's training and instruction; and establishing fair and impartial procedures for selecting apprentices and approves apprentice agreements.

Figure 2 is a line chart that shows the completion rates for the California sheet metal industry average, ACTA, and 50 percent of California sheet metal industry average from 2010 through 2014. The figure also shows that the completion rates for ACTA's sheet metal program have been below the state industry average since 2011, and they dropped below 50 percent of the state industry average in 2013. Specifically the California sheet metal industry average had the following completion rates: 2010: 330 graduates, with a cohort of 446, which is a 74 percent completion rate; 2011:  352 graduates, with a cohort of 489, which is a 72 percent completion rate; 2012:  401 graduates, with a cohort of 527, which is a 76 percent completion rate; 2013:  288 graduates, with a cohort of 434, which is a 66 percent completion rate; 2014:  107 graduates, with a cohort of 168, which is a 64 percent completion rate. ACTA has the following completion rates: 2010:  11 graduates, with a cohort of 12, which is a 92 percent completion rate; 2011:  6 graduates, with a cohort of 12, which is a 50 percent completion rate; 2012:  6 graduates, with a cohort of 9, which is a 66 percent completion rate; 2013:  4 graduates, with a cohort of 14, which is a 29 percent completion rate; 2014:  2 graduates, with a cohort of 5, which is a 40 percent completion rate.

Figure 3
Air Conditioning Trade Association’s Obligations to Its Wage and Hour Fairness Fund

Figure 3 is a stacked bar chart that shows obligations of two ACTA funds to its wage fund from 2010 through 2014. Specifically, in 2010 the Training Trust Fund (Training Fund) and the ACTA fund owed the Wage Fund $57,200 and $191,400, respectively. In 2011 the Training Fund and the ACTA fund owed the Wage Fund $183,400 and $68,200, respectively. In 2012 the Training Fund and the ACTA fund owed the Wage Fund $178,600 and $81,100, respectively. In 2013 the Training Fund and the ACTA fund owed the Wage Fund $167,900 and $63,900, respectively. In 2014 the Training Fund and the ACTA fund owed the Wage Fund $158,200 and $45,500, respectively.