NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6838

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2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8695
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add Art 23-C §§832 - 832-d, Lab L; add §208-b, Ed L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S245, A4333, A9084
2019-2020: A4255
2021-2022: A8426
2023-2024: A3200

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Learning for Work act"; appropriates moneys therefor.

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6838

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the youth
apprenticeship program; and making an appropriation therefor (Part A);
to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the enhanced
regents professional diploma (Part B); and to amend the tax law, in
relation to establishing a youth apprenticeship tax credit (Part C)

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To enact the "Learning for Work Program" that establishes a youth
apprenticeship program, creates an enhanced regents professional
diploma and provides for a youth apprenticeship tax credit for
employers in order to ensure all high school graduates are prepared to
enter the 21st Century Workforce and limit the accumulation of student
debt.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Contains the title the "Learning for Work Act"

Section 2.  Contains the Legislative Findings and Intent.

Contains the following provisions divided into Parts A - C outlined as

Follows:

I. Part A: Youth Apprenticeship Program

A. Requires the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the State
Apprenticeship and Training Council, the State Workforce Investment
Board, the Board of Regents, and the State Education Department to
assist the Department of Labor, to establish a Youth Apprenticeship
Program to provide a one or two year program beginning in the eleventh
or twelfth grade that combines academic classroom coursework with
mentored on-the-job training in a specific occupational area.  B.
Requires the Department of Labor to approve occupations and maintain a
list of approved occupations for the Youth Apprenticeship Program.

Local Partnership Duties and Responsibilities:

A. Defines a Local Partnership as a combination of one or more school
districts, other public agencies, community colleges, non-profits,
individuals, businesses or other persons responsible for implementing
and coordinating a Youth Apprenticeship Program.

B. Provides that funding under the Workforce Investment Act (Public
Law 105-220) and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public
Law 113-128) may be utilized by the Department of Labor to award
grants to applying local partnerships for the implementation and
coordination of Youth Apprenticeship Programs. Such funds may be used
for:

i. Recruiting employers to provide on-the-job training and supervision
for youth apprentices and providing technical assistance to those
employers.

ii. Recruiting students to participate in the local youth
apprenticeship program and monitoring the progress of youth
apprentices participating in the program.

iii. Coordinating youth apprenticeship training activities within
participating school districts and among participating school
districts, postsecondary institutions and employers.

iv. Coordinating academic, vocational and occupational learning,
school-based and work-based learning and secondary and postsecondary
education for participants in the local youth apprenticeship program.

v. Assisting employers in identifying and training workplace mentors
and matching youth apprentices and mentors.

vi. Any other implementation or coordination activity that the
department may direct or permit the local partnership to perform.

C. Sets restrictions for the use of grant moneys.

D. Caps the amount of a grant award to $1,000 per youth apprentice and
requires a local partnership that is awarded a grant to provide
matching funds equal to at least 25 percent of the grant amount
awarded.

Youth Apprenticeship Program Outcome Requirements:

A. Sets expected outcomes of a local Youth Apprenticeship Program,
including:

i. At least 80 percent of the youth apprentices who participate in the
program must receive an Enhanced Regents Professional Diploma pursuant
to section 208-b of the Education Law on completion of the youth
apprenticeship.

ii. At least 50 percent of the youth apprentices who participate in
the program must be offered employment by the employer that provided
the on-the-job training for the youth apprentice on completion of the
youth apprenticeship.

B. Provides that any student taking part in a Youth Apprenticeship
Program who receives and Enhanced Regents Professional Diploma and is
either not offered or chooses not to seek employment in their
specified occupational area, shall receive a minimum of 15 credits to
be applied to a postsecondary degree at a State University of New York
or City University of New York Institution.

Section 2 appropriates $5 million to Department of Labor for the
purpose of carrying out the provision of Section 1 of this act.

II. Part B: Enhanced Regents Professional Diploma

A. Requires the Board of Regents to create and Enhanced Regents
Professional Diploma acknowledge the professional skills and specific
occupational training students obtain in the course of their study.

B. Provides that such a degree will include designations as determined
by the Commissioner of Education that denote the professional skills
and specific occupational training obtained by a student.

C. The Commissioner of Education shall promulgate regulations
regarding the requirements for an enhanced regents professional degree
to include the:

i. completion of a technical assessment;

ii. completion of a work-skills employability profile;

iii. completion of a work-based learning experience; and

iv, meeting all requirements necessary to receive a Regents diploma.

D. Provides the Commissioner of Education in conjunction with the
State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the State Workforce
Investment Board, and the Department of Labor shall establish
professional skill and occupational training designations that may be
attached to an Enhanced Regents Professional Diploma that will denote
the professional skills a student has obtained throughout the course
of his or her studies.

E. Provides the Commissioner of Education in conjunction with the
State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the State Workforce
Investment Board, and the Department of Labor shall design a series of
technical assessments.

F. Provides the Commissioner of Education in conjunction with the
State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the State Workforce
Investment Board, and the Department of Labor shall create a
work-skill employability profile.

G. The Board of Regents shall promulgate such regulations of the
Commissioner as may be necessary to establish an Enhance Regents
Professional Diploma.

H. Provides that the Youth Apprenticeship Program shall be considered
an eligible work-based learning experience.

I. Provides that students first entering ninth grade in the 2016-2017
school year and thereafter shall be eligible to earn an Enhanced
Regents Professional Diploma.

III. Part C: Youth Apprenticeship Tax Credit

A. Establishes the Youth Apprenticeship Tax Credit to be provided to
employers that take part in the Youth Apprenticeship Program.

B. The Credit is against both Corporate Franchise Tax and Personal
Income Tax and is equal to the amount of $1,500 for each apprentice
the participating employer sponsors.

C. The Credit is non-refundable.

 JUSTIFICATION :

According to a recent college and career readiness study released by
the New York State Education Department, only thirty-five percent of
high school graduates are college or career ready. This lack of
preparedness has driven many high school graduates into low-paying
jobs; or college degree programs that they are not interested in, fail
to lead to careers and result in an unreasonably high amount of
student debt.

For many current and future high school students, the traditional
pathway of a basic high school education and then on to a four-year
college may not be the correct route to take. These students would
benefit from a program that would prepare them for employment
immediately upon graduating high school.

This bill creates the Learning for Work program in our high schools
that will create a youth apprenticeship program, an enhanced regional
professional diploma with a designation in a specified occupational
area and a tax credit for employers who take part in the youth
apprenticeship program. This would further the goals of limiting the
accumulation of unsustainable student debt, and ensuring all students
in New York are prepared to enter the 21St Century workforce.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the
applicable effective dates of Parts A through C of this act shall be
as specifically set forth in the last section of such parts.

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6838

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  establishing  the  youth
  apprenticeship program; and making an appropriation therefor (Part A);
  to  amend  the education law, in relation to establishing the enhanced
  regents professional diploma (Part B); and to amend the  tax  law,  in
  relation to establishing a youth apprenticeship tax credit (Part C)

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "learning
for work act".
  S  2.  Legislative  findings and intent. According to a recent college
and career readiness study released by  the  New  York  state  education
department,  only  thirty-five  percent  of  high  school  graduates are
college or career ready. This lack of preparedness has driven many  high
school  graduates  into low-paying jobs, or college degree programs that
they are not interested in, fail to lead to careers  and  result  in  an
unreasonably  high  amount  of student debt. For many current and future
high school students, the traditional pathway of  a  basic  high  school
education  and  then  on  to  a four-year college may not be the correct
route to take. These students would benefit from a  program  that  would
prepare  them  for  employment  immediately upon graduating high school.
Therefore, the legislature finds it necessary to establish this  "learn-
ing  for  work"  program  in  our  high schools that will create a youth
apprenticeship program, an enhanced regents professional diploma with  a
designation  in  a  specified  occupational  area  and  a tax credit for
employers who take part in the youth apprenticeship program. This  would
further  the goals of limiting the accumulation of unsustainable student
debt, and ensuring all students in the state of New York are prepared to
enter the twenty-first century workforce.
  S 3. This act enacts into law major components  of  legislation  which
are  necessary  to implement the "learning for work act". Each component
is wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through  C.  The
effective  date for each particular provision contained within such Part

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

                                                           LBD13269-01-5

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is set forth in the last section of such  Part.  Any  provision  in  any
section  contained  within  a  Part, including the effective date of the
Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this act", when  used  in
connection  with  that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and
refer to the corresponding section of the Part in  which  it  is  found.
Section  five  of this act sets forth the general effective date of this
act.

                                 PART A

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new  article  23-C  to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 23-C
                      YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
SECTION 832. DEFINITIONS.
        832-A. YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
        832-B. LOCAL PARTNERSHIP DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
        832-C. YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OUTCOME REQUIREMENTS.
        832-D. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
  S  832.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1. "LOCAL PARTNERSHIP" MEANS ANY COMBINATION OF  ONE  OR  MORE  SCHOOL
DISTRICTS,  OTHER  PUBLIC  AGENCIES,  COMMUNITY COLLEGES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES OR OTHER PERSONS, WHO HAVE AGREED
TO BE RESPONSIBLE  FOR  IMPLEMENTING  AND  COORDINATING  A  LOCAL  YOUTH
APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM  AND  HAVE  RECEIVED FORMAL RECOGNITION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT.
  2. "PUBLIC AGENCY" MEANS A  COUNTY,  CITY,  VILLAGE,  TOWN  OR  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  OR AN AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR OF A COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN
OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  S 832-A. YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ESTAB-
LISH  A  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
SHALL BE A ONE OR TWO YEAR PROGRAM BEGINNING IN GRADE ELEVEN  OR  TWELVE
AND  COMBINE  ACADEMIC  CLASSROOM  COURSEWORK  WITH  MENTORED ON-THE-JOB
TRAINING IN A SPECIFIED OCCUPATIONAL  AREA.  SPECIFIC  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
EACH  YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE RESPECTIVE
LOCAL PARTNERSHIP RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING AND COORDINATING A  LOCAL
YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
  2.  THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COUNCIL, THE STATE WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT BOARD, THE BOARD OF REGENTS, AND THE STATE EDUCATION  DEPART-
MENT  SHALL  ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT IN PROVIDING THE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE OCCUPATIONS AND  MAINTAIN  A  LIST  OF
APPROVED OCCUPATIONS FOR THE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
  4.  THE  YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM CREATED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION  SHALL  NOT  AFFECT  ANY  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM  THAT  IS
GOVERNED  BY ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER EXCEPT THAT AN APPREN-
TICESHIP PROGRAM THAT IS GOVERNED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS  CHAP-
TER  MAY GRANT CREDIT TOWARD THE COMPLETION OF AN APPRENTICESHIP FOR THE
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION.
  S 832-B. LOCAL PARTNERSHIP DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 1. FROM  FUND-
ING  UNDER  THE  WORKFORCE  INVESTMENT  ACT, PUBLIC LAW 105-220, AND THE
WORKFORCE INNOVATION  AND  OPPORTUNITY  ACT,  PUBLIC  LAW  113-128,  THE
DEPARTMENT  MAY  AWARD  GRANTS  TO  APPLYING  LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION OF LOCAL YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAMS

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THAT  ARE  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.  A LOCAL PARTNERSHIP THAT IS
AWARDED A GRANT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION MAY USE THE GRANT MONEYS  AWARDED
FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION ACTIVITIES:
  (A)  RECRUITING  EMPLOYERS  TO  PROVIDE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND SUPER-
VISION FOR YOUTH APPRENTICES AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE
EMPLOYERS.
  (B) RECRUITING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL YOUTH  APPRENTICE-
SHIP  PROGRAM  AND  MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF YOUTH APPRENTICES PARTIC-
IPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
  (C)  COORDINATING  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP  TRAINING  ACTIVITIES  WITHIN
PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND AMONG PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYERS.
  (D)  COORDINATING  ACADEMIC,  VOCATIONAL  AND  OCCUPATIONAL  LEARNING,
SCHOOL-BASED AND WORK-BASED LEARNING  AND  SECONDARY  AND  POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOCAL YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
  (E)  ASSISTING EMPLOYERS IN IDENTIFYING AND TRAINING WORKPLACE MENTORS
AND MATCHING YOUTH APPRENTICES AND MENTORS.
  (F) ANY OTHER IMPLEMENTATION OR COORDINATION ACTIVITY THAT THE DEPART-
MENT MAY DIRECT OR PERMIT THE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP TO PERFORM.
  2. A LOCAL PARTNERSHIP THAT IS AWARDED A GRANT UNDER  SUBDIVISION  ONE
OF  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT USE ANY OF THE GRANT MONEYS AWARDED TO PROVIDE
FUNDING TO A BUSINESS THAT IS OPERATED FOR  PROFIT  OR  TO  A  NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION  THAT  REPRESENTS  BUSINESS INTERESTS, AND MAY ONLY BE USED
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  3. THE AMOUNT OF A GRANT AWARDED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
MAY NOT EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YOUTH APPRENTICE. A LOCAL  PART-
NERSHIP  THAT  IS  AWARDED A GRANT UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
SHALL PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS EQUAL TO AT LEAST  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF
THE GRANT AMOUNT AWARDED.
  S  832-C.  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OUTCOME REQUIREMENTS.  1. THE
FOLLOWING OUTCOMES ARE EXPECTED OF A LOCAL YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM
THAT  IS  FUNDED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED
THIRTY-TWO-B OF THIS ARTICLE:
  (A) AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE YOUTH APPRENTICES  WHO  PARTICIPATE
IN  THE  PROGRAM  MUST  RECEIVE AN ENHANCED REGENTS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA
PURSUANT TO  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  EIGHT-B  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  ON
COMPLETION OF THE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP.
  (B) AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE YOUTH APPRENTICES WHO PARTICIPATE IN
THE PROGRAM MUST BE OFFERED EMPLOYMENT BY THE EMPLOYER THAT PROVIDED THE
ON-THE-JOB  TRAINING FOR THE YOUTH APPRENTICE ON COMPLETION OF THE YOUTH
APPRENTICESHIP.
  2. ANY STUDENT TAKING PART  IN  A  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM  WHO
RECEIVES  AN  ENHANCED  REGENTS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWO HUNDRED EIGHT-B OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND IS EITHER NOT  OFFERED,  OR
CHOOSES  NOT  TO  SEEK, EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR SPECIFIED OCCUPATIONAL AREA,
SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF FIFTEEN CREDIT HOURS TO BE APPLIED IN PURSUIT
OF A POSTSECONDARY DEGREE AT A STATE UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  OR  CITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK INSTITUTION.
  S  832-D. RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SHALL PROMUL-
GATE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER  THIS
ARTICLE.
  S  2.  The  sum  of up to five million dollars ($5,000,000), is hereby
appropriated to the department of labor for the purpose of carrying  out
the  provisions  of  this act to be funded by grants under the workforce
investment act, Public Law 105-220, and  the  workforce  innovation  and
opportunity act, Public Law 113-128. Such moneys shall be payable on the

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audit  and  warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved
by the commissioner of the department of labor in the manner  prescribed
by law.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                 PART B

  Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 208-b
to read as follows:
  S 208-B. ENHANCED REGENTS PROFESSIONAL  DIPLOMA.    1.  THE  BOARD  OF
REGENTS  SHALL  CREATE  AN  ENHANCED  REGENTS  PROFESSIONAL  DIPLOMA  TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND SPECIFIC  OCCUPATIONAL  TRAINING
STUDENTS  OBTAIN  IN THE COURSE OF THEIR STUDY. SUCH DEGREE WILL INCLUDE
DESIGNATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT DENOTE  THE  PROFES-
SIONAL  SKILLS AND SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING OBTAINED BY A STUDENT.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR AN ENHANCED REGENTS PROFESSIONAL DEGREE TO INCLUDE THE:
  A. COMPLETION OF A TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT;
  B. COMPLETION OF A WORK-SKILLS EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE;
  C. COMPLETION OF A WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE; AND
  D. MEETING ALL REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO RECEIVE A  REGENTS DIPLOMA.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP  AND
TRAINING  COUNCIL, THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, AND THE DEPART-
MENT OF LABOR SHALL ESTABLISH PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND OCCUPATIONAL TRAIN-
ING DESIGNATIONS THAT MAY BE ATTACHED TO  AN  ENHANCED  REGENTS  PROFES-
SIONAL  DIPLOMA  THAT  WILL DENOTE THE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS A STUDENT HAS
OBTAINED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER STUDIES.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP  AND
TRAINING COUNCIL, THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, AND THE  DEPART-
MENT OF LABOR SHALL DESIGN A SERIES OF TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS TO TEST THE
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS HAVE OBTAINED IN THEIR WORK-BASED LEARNING
EXPERIENCE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO INCLUDE ANY PERSON OR
ENTITY THAT IS PART OF A LOCAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE LABOR
LAW, IN ANY AND ALL EFFORTS TO DESIGN TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS.
  4. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP  AND
TRAINING  COUNCIL, THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, AND THE DEPART-
MENT OF LABOR SHALL CREATE A WORK-SKILL EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE FOR USE BY
EMPLOYERS AND/OR EDUCATORS TO DOCUMENT A STUDENT'S  PROFESSIONAL  SKILLS
AND SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING.
  5.  THE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS  SHALL  PROMULGATE SUCH REGULATIONS OF THE
COMMISSIONER AS MAY  BE  NECESSARY  TO  ESTABLISH  AN  ENHANCED  REGENTS
PROFESSIONAL  DIPLOMA,  IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS HEREIN, AND ESTABLISH
STANDARDS FOR WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR
VERIFICATION AND ELIGIBILITY.
  6.  THE  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP   PROGRAM   AS   DEFINED   IN   ARTICLE
TWENTY-THREE-C  OF  THE  LABOR  LAW  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  AN  ELIGIBLE
WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
  7.  STUDENTS  FIRST  ENTERING  NINTH  GRADE  IN   THE   TWO   THOUSAND
SIXTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE TO EARN AN ENHANCED REGENTS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                 PART C

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  Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 51 to read as follows:
  51.  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP  TAX  CREDIT.  (A)  ALLOWANCE  OF CREDIT. A
TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTI-
CLE PROVIDED THAT SUCH TAXPAYER TAKES PART IN THE  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-C OF THE LABOR LAW.
  (B)  AMOUNT  OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  APPRENTICE  THE  PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYER SPONSORS.
  (C)  APPLICATION  OF CREDIT. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION
FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR THAT YEAR TO  LESS
THAN  THE  HIGHER OF THE AMOUNTS PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
(eee) to read as follows:
  (EEE)  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP  TAX  CREDIT. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.  A
TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTI-
CLE PROVIDED THAT SUCH TAXPAYER TAKES PART IN THE  YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-C OF THE LABOR LAW.
  (2)  AMOUNT  OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  APPRENTICE  THE  PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYER SPONSORS.
  (3)  APPLICATION OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR EXCEEDS  THE  TAXPAYER'S  TAX  FOR  SUCH
YEAR,  THE  EXCESS WILL NOT BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX AND WILL
NOT BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on and after January 1, 2016.
  S 4. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.
  S  5.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the applicable effective dates of Parts A through C of this act shall be
as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

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Senate Bill S6838

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Senate Bill S6838

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Sponsored By

Robert G. Ortt

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

Betty Little

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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