Bill Text: NY A00621 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to develop guidelines to encourage those in high school to participate in apprenticeships and to raise awareness in apprenticeship opportunities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00621 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00621-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           621
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to developing  guidelines
          to  encouraging participation in apprenticeships and raising awareness
          in apprenticeship opportunities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     3    57.  The  commissioner  shall,  in consultation with the department of
     4  labor and pupil personnel advocates, develop guidelines for use by  high
     5  school  counselors  and  guidance counselors to coordinate services with
     6  local representatives of the building trades councils  for  purposes  of
     7  encouraging  participation  in  apprenticeships  and  raising  awareness
     8  surrounding apprenticeship opportunities. Such guidelines shall be  made
     9  available on the department's website and shall be updated annually.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04475-01-9