Bill Text: NY A05945 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to produce an annual report regarding state workforce projections and education credential production; and provides for the repeal of such provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-15 - enacting clause stricken [A05945 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05945-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5945 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 2, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO, SAYEGH, TAYLOR, REYES -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to require the commissioner of education, in consultation with the department of labor and any other appropriate agency, 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. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the 2 department of labor and any other appropriate agency, shall produce an 3 annual report regarding state workforce need projections and credential 4 production. The report shall: 5 a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the next four 6 years and the number of degrees, certificates, and other credentials 7 that institutions of higher education and vocational schools expect to 8 issue over the next four years; 9 b. indicate the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates 10 and other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice- 11 ship programs and other workforce training programs expect to issue over 12 the next four years; 13 c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and 14 levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not be met 15 by current education, training, and apprenticeship programs; 16 d. determine whether additional career and technical education 17 programs are needed to help fill identified workforce needs; 18 e. identify institutions that can meet the workforce needs through 19 expansion of existing programs or by developing new programs; and 20 f. determine whether the education department, in conjunction with the 21 department of labor, can make future information, studied and provided EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08176-01-1A. 5945 2 1 for under this act, available on a real-time basis, including a determi- 2 nation of the funds needed to implement such a system, the ability of 3 current technology to accomplish real-time reporting, the need for any 4 new technology to aid in real-time reporting, and the benefit provided 5 to employers, employees, and educators in providing such information on 6 a real-time basis. 7 § 2. On or before January 1, 2022, and every year thereafter, the 8 commissioner of education shall submit a report to the governor, tempo- 9 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the 10 chairs of the education committees of the assembly and the senate of the 11 findings made pursuant to section one of this act, and include recommen- 12 dations to expand programs to meet workforce needs. Such report shall 13 also include legislative proposals as such commissioner deems necessary 14 to implement his or her recommendations. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 16 deemed repealed four years after such date.
