Bill Text: NJ A3020 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with various entities, to design a manufacturing career pathway to provide students with skills necessary to gain employment in manufacturing sector.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-12 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A3020 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A3020-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3020

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MARCH 24, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman  HERB CONAWAY, JR.

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman  BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman  VINCENT MAZZEO

District 2 (Atlantic)

Assemblywoman  CELESTE M. RILEY

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman  CARMELO G. GARCIA

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblywoman  GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Quijano, Vainieri Huttle, Assemblymen Johnson, Fiocchi, Benson and Assemblywoman Lampitt

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with various entities, to design a manufacturing career pathway to provide students with skills necessary to gain employment in manufacturing sector.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee on January 12, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning the development of a manufacturing career pathway and supplementing chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  The Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, ¹[and]¹ the New Jersey Council of County Vocational Schools ¹, and representatives of the business community¹ , shall design a manufacturing career pathway to be offered through the county colleges and county vocational school districts to provide students interested in pursuing a career in manufacturing with the instruction and skills necessary to gain employment in the manufacturing or advanced manufacturing sectors.

     b.    The manufacturing career pathway required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall include traditional and advanced manufacturing processes and methods of production including, but not limited to, the machinery, technology, tools, and equipment used in a wide range of manufacturing industries.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.