Bill Text: NY S02124 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-02 - referred to education [S02124 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02124-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2124--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  JACOBS,  KENNEDY,  ORTT -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
          tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Education  in  accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        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 and construction trade councils,
     7  port maritime councils, and councils of manufacturing and  industry  for
     8  purposes  of  encouraging  participation in apprenticeships, pre-appren-
     9  ticeships,  career  and  technical  education  and   raising   awareness
    10  surrounding apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, and career and techni-
    11  cal  education opportunities. Such guidelines shall be made available on
    12  the department's website and shall be updated annually.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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