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                                   1099
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
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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 to require the education department,  in  consultation  with  the
   department  of  labor  and  any  other entity the education department
   deems appropriate, to produce an annual report regarding  state  work-
   force  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 and any other entity  the  education  department
 deems  appropriate, shall produce an annual report regarding state work-
 force need projections and credential 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 and area
 vocational 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;
   d.  identify  institutions that currently provide career and technical
 education, including any primary or secondary programs that issue certi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00877-01-7

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 fied degrees or diplomas in any career and technical education programs,
 and determine whether such programs are assisting in  filling  workforce
 needs  and  whether  additional  career and technical education programs
 would help fill identified workforce needs;
   e.  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-
 ning in 2019, 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; 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
 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. 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.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed three years after such date.