Senate Bill S255

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to develop guidelines to encourage participation in apprenticeships

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S255 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7915
2017-2018: S2124

2019-S255 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S255 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S255 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    255
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 LABOR AND PUPIL PERSONNEL ADVOCATES, DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR USE BY  HIGH
 SCHOOL  COUNSELORS  AND  GUIDANCE COUNSELORS TO COORDINATE SERVICES WITH
 LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION  TRADE  COUNCILS,
 PORT  MARITIME  COUNCILS, AND COUNCILS OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRY FOR
 PURPOSES OF ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION  IN  APPRENTICESHIPS,  PRE-APPREN-
 TICESHIPS,   CAREER   AND  TECHNICAL  EDUCATION  AND  RAISING  AWARENESS
 SURROUNDING APPRENTICESHIPS, PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS, AND CAREER AND TECHNI-
 CAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE  ON
 THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04475-02-9

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