Bill Text: NY A05575 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-15 - print number 5575b [A05575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05575-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5575--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 27, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA,  ABINANTI,  LOPEZ, CLARK, WALTER,
          GOODELL, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  PERRY,  RIVERA,
          ROBINSON,  SALADINO,  SCHIMEL,  SKARTADOS,  STECK  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT in relation to requiring the education department,  in  consulta-
          tion  with  the department of labor and any other entity the education
          department deems appropriate, to produce an  annual  report  regarding
          state  workforce  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-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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