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                                  7309

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 9, 2014
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Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT in relation to requiring the education department,  in  consulta-
  tion with the department of labor, the department of economic develop-
  ment, 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:

  Section 1. To the extent practicable within  available  resources  and
subject  to the availability of data currently collected by and accessi-
ble to state agencies, the education department,  in  consultation  with
the  department of labor, the department of regulatory agencies, and any
other entity the education department deems appropriate,  shall  produce
an  annual report regarding state workforce need projections and creden-
tial production. The report shall:
  a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the three-year
period following the report and the number of degrees, certificates, and
other credentials that public and private institutions of higher  educa-
tion, private occupational schools, local community colleges, area voca-
tional  schools expect to issue over the three-year period following the
report;
  b. to the extent provided by sources external to the education depart-
ment, indicate the state's anticipated number of  degrees,  certificates
and  other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice-
ship programs and other public or private  workforce  training  programs
expect to issue over the three-year period following the report;
  c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
levels  of  experience within a particular vocation, that may not be met
by the education, training, and apprenticeship programs; and
  d. identify institutions, public or private, that can meet  the  work-
force  needs through expansion of existing programs or by developing new
programs. The education department, by January 15 of each  year,  begin-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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ning in 2015, shall provide a copy of the report to the higher education
committees  of the assembly and the senate, or any successor committees,
to the commerce, economic development and small  business  committee  of
the senate, or any successor committee, to the economic development, job
creation,  commerce  and  industry  committee  of  the  assembly, or any
successor committee, and to the governor.
  S 2. The education department shall send the report  to  every  public
post-secondary  institution  governing  board in the state and to public
school districts and charter schools in the state. The report shall also
be available to private schools within the state upon request and  shall
be made available on the website maintained by the education department.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed three years after such date.