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                                 11084--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2018
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pichardo) --
   read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Education -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of education,  in  consultation  with  the
 department  of  labor and any other appropriate agency, shall produce an
 annual report regarding state workforce need projections and  credential
 production. The report shall:
   a.  indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the next four
 years and the number of degrees,  certificates,  and  other  credentials
 that  institutions  of higher education and vocational schools expect to
 issue over the next four years;
   b. indicate the state's anticipated number  of  degrees,  certificates
 and  other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice-
 ship programs and other workforce training programs expect to issue over
 the next four years;
   c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
 levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not  be  met
 by current education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
   d.    determine  whether  additional  career  and  technical education
 programs are needed to help fill identified workforce needs;
   e. identify institutions that can meet  the  workforce  needs  through
 expansion of existing programs or by developing new programs; and
   f. determine whether the education department, in conjunction with the
 department  of  labor, can make future information, studied and provided
 for under this act, available on a real-time basis, including a determi-
 nation of the funds needed to implement such a system,  the  ability  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 current  technology  to accomplish real-time reporting, the need for any
 new technology to aid in real-time reporting, and the  benefit  provided
 to  employers, employees, and educators in providing such information on
 a real-time basis.
   §  2.    On  or before January 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, the
 commissioner of education shall submit a report to the governor,  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate,  the  speaker of the assembly, and the
 chairs of the education committees of the assembly and the senate of the
 findings made pursuant to section one of this act, and include recommen-
 dations to expand programs to meet workforce needs.  Such  report  shall
 also  include legislative proposals as such commissioner deems necessary
 to implement his or her recommendations.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed four years after such date.