Bill Text: NY A02056 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the education department to produce an annual report regarding state workforce projections and education credential production.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-30 - enacting clause stricken [A02056 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02056-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2056
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA, ABINANTI, LOPEZ, WALTER, GOODELL,
          CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  PERRY,  RIVERA,  SALADINO,
          SKARTADOS,  STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
          Education
        AN ACT to require the education department,  in  consultation  with  the
          department  of  labor  and  any  other entity the education department
          deems appropriate, to produce an annual report regarding  state  work-
          force  projections  and education credential production; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  To  the extent practicable within available resources and
     2  subject to the availability of data currently collected by and  accessi-
     3  ble  to  state  agencies, the education department, in consultation with
     4  the department of labor and any other entity  the  education  department
     5  deems  appropriate, shall produce an annual report regarding state work-
     6  force need projections and credential production. The report shall:
     7    a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the three-year
     8  period following the report and the number of degrees, certificates, and
     9  other credentials that public and private institutions of higher  educa-
    10  tion,  private  occupational  schools, local community colleges and area
    11  vocational schools expect to issue over the three-year period  following
    12  the report;
    13    b. to the extent provided by sources external to the education depart-
    14  ment,  indicate  the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates
    15  and other credentials that high school vocational programs,  apprentice-
    16  ship  programs  and  other public or private workforce training programs
    17  expect to issue over the three-year period following the report;
    18    c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
    19  levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not  be  met
    20  by the education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00877-01-7
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     1    d.  identify  institutions that currently provide career and technical
     2  education, including any primary or secondary programs that issue certi-
     3  fied degrees or diplomas in any career and technical education programs,
     4  and determine whether such programs are assisting in  filling  workforce
     5  needs  and  whether  additional  career and technical education programs
     6  would help fill identified workforce needs;
     7    e. identify institutions, public or private, that can meet  the  work-
     8  force  needs through expansion of existing programs or by developing new
     9  programs. The education department, by January 15 of each  year,  begin-
    10  ning in 2019, shall provide a copy of the report to the higher education
    11  committees  of the assembly and the senate, or any successor committees,
    12  to the commerce, economic development and small  business  committee  of
    13  the senate, or any successor committee, to the economic development, job
    14  creation,  commerce  and  industry  committee  of  the  assembly, or any
    15  successor committee, and to the governor; and
    16    f. determine whether the education department, in conjunction with the
    17  department of labor, can make future information, studied  and  provided
    18  for under this act, available on a real-time basis, including a determi-
    19  nation  of  the  funds needed to implement such a system, the ability of
    20  current technology to accomplish real-time reporting, the need  for  any
    21  new  technology  to aid in real-time reporting, and the benefit provided
    22  to employers, employees, and educators in providing such information  on
    23  a real-time basis.
    24    §  2.  The  education department shall send the report to every public
    25  post-secondary institution governing board in the state  and  to  public
    26  school districts and charter schools in the state. The report shall also
    27  be  available to private schools within the state upon request and shall
    28  be made available on the website maintained by the education department.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    30  deemed repealed three years after such date.