NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4793

Senate Bill S4793

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site

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2021-S4793 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7009
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4864
2015-2016: S2519
2017-2018: S2216
2019-2020: S4509, A9946
2023-2024: S5758, A1887

2021-S4793 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site; provides students with school-based learning and work-based learning.

2021-S4793 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4793

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career
explorations class

 
PURPOSE:

The proposed legislation will require the Department of Education to
create a curriculum that provides career development and basic profes-
sional skills to high school students. There will be two main outcomes
at the conclusion of these classes (1) the students will have acquired
basic knowledge to search, apply and secure an internship and (2) the
students will be able to set higher academic and career goals.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISION:

Section 1: Empowers the Commissioner to establish a career explorations
class, two parts, to integrate academic and vocational education. The

Department shall develop a system of performance reporting to define
measures of student, school and employer participation in career aware-
ness, exposure, exploration and work-based learning activities.

The department has one year from the effective date of this section to
assemble a curriculum. The class will be phased in by city such that the
largest cities in the state with the largest school districts shall
first implement the course and four years after the effective date,
every school district in the state shall implement the career explora-
tions course.

Funds shall come from the division of lottery

Section 2: This act shall take place one year after it becomes law, with
provisions.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Each year there are an increasing number of high school students that do
not graduate from high school, enter the working world unprepared to be
successful or are admitted to higher education institutions lacking
basic skills needed to excel in an intellectual environment.  Studies
have shown that school based career guidance have Positive influences on
students in the long run. This bill will provide students with a fair
chance to be thoroughly prepared for necessary examinations needed to
graduate.  The career explorations classes will include but not be
limited to:

1. Career workshops: to provide information on how to search for jobs or
internships in your industry of interest.

2. Guest speakers: professionals from various industries to give a brief
synopsis of what an average work day is like as well as what type of
employees their company looks for.

3. Resume and cover letter writing: to teach students how to write a
competitive resume and cover letter.

4. Thank you letters: to teach students how to write and send proper
thank you notes after an interview.

5. Mock interviews: a series of Phone and face-to-face interviews simu-
lating the actual event.

6. Workplace etiquette: to teach the basic principles of a professional
environment in reference to mutual respect, appropriate attire, language
and behavior.  Career Explorations part two: will focus on SAT prep,
college application and acceptance process. For outside internships
every student should participate in either one summer internship or at
least 5 job shadow days in order to pass part two of the class.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: 5.4509 - Referred to Education

2017-2018: 5.2216 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION

2015-2016: 5.2519 - Referred to Education

2013-2014: S.4864A - Amend and Recommit to Education

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become law, with a
four-year phase in period; provided, however, that any rules or regu-
lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act shall be
promulgated on or before such date.

2021-S4793 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4793
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MYRIE -- 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 establishing a career
   explorations class
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to
 read as follows:
   §  817. CAREER EXPLORATIONS CLASS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH
 A CAREER EXPLORATIONS CLASS TO INTEGRATE ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL  EDUCA-
 TION,  LINK  SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND PROVIDE LEARNING
 ACTIVITIES AND MENTORING AT THE WORK  SITE.  SUCH  CLASS  SHALL  PROVIDE
 STUDENTS  WITH SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING AND WORK-BASED LEARNING WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) CAREER WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO SEARCH FOR  JOBS
 AND/OR INTERNSHIPS IN SUCH STUDENT'S INDUSTRY OF INTEREST;
   (B)  GUEST SPEAKERS WHO SHALL BE PROFESSIONALS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES
 TO GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF AN AVERAGE WORK DAY AS WELL AS WHAT TYPE  OF
 EMPLOYEES THEIR COMPANY EMPLOYS;
   (C) OUTSIDE INTERNSHIPS WHERE EVERY STUDENT PARTICIPATES IN EITHER ONE
 SUMMER INTERNSHIP OR SPENDS AT LEAST FIVE DAYS SHADOWING A PROFESSIONAL;
   (D)  RESUME  AND  COVER  LETTER  WRITING  TO TEACH STUDENTS TO WRITE A
 COMPETITIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE RESUME AND COVER LETTER;
   (E) THANK YOU LETTERS TO TEACH STUDENTS TO WRITE AND SEND PROPER THANK
 YOU NOTES AFTER AN INTERVIEW;
   (F) MOCK INTERVIEWS TO CONDUCT A  SERIES  OF  PHONE  AND  FACE-TO-FACE
 INTERVIEWS SIMULATING THE ACTUAL EVENT;
   (G)  WORKPLACE  ETIQUETTE  TO  TEACH THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF A PROFES-
 SIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN REFERENCE TO MUTUAL RESPECT,  APPROPRIATE  ATTIRE,
 LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06325-01-1

 S. 4793                             2
 
   (H)  SAT PREPARATION AND POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLICATION AND ACCEPT-
 ANCE PROCESS.
   2. SUCH CLASS SHALL BE CALLED CAREER EXPLORATIONS AND SHALL BE OFFERED
 IN THE SPRING SEMESTER OR TERM OF THE FRESHMAN YEAR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL.
 SAT  PREPARATION  AND  POST-SECONDARY APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS
 SHALL BE OFFERED IN THE FALL SEMESTER OR TERM  OF  THE  JUNIOR  YEAR  OF
 SECONDARY SCHOOL DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY IN THE PLACE OF TWO ELEC-
 TIVE  CLASSES.  SUCH  CLASSES  SHALL  BE  HELD  IN A COMPUTER LAB OR THE
 COMPUTER SECTION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE  REPORTING  TO
 DEFINE  MEASURES OF STUDENT, SCHOOL AND EMPLOYER PARTICIPATION IN CAREER
 AWARENESS, CAREER EXPOSURE, CAREER EXPLORATION AND  WORK-BASED  LEARNING
 ACTIVITIES.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  FURTHER ESTABLISH, IN COLLABORATION
 WITH THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, A SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE INDICA-
 TORS AND MEASURES FOR ASSESSING STATE AND LOCAL  PROGRESS  AND  BUILD  A
 FOUNDATION  OF  CORE  MEASURES  AROUND WHICH STATE AND LOCAL INFORMATION
 SYSTEMS CAN BE BUILT.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION  TO  ASSEMBLE  A  CURRICULUM  ENTITLED  THE "CAREER EXPLORATIONS
 CLASS". SUCH NEW CLASS SHALL BE PHASED IN BY  CITIES  IN  THE  FOLLOWING
 MANNER:
   (A) FIRST YEAR, CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE;
   (B)  SECOND  YEAR, CITIES WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN FIFTY THOUSAND AND
 NINETY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE;
   (C) THIRD YEAR, CITIES WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN TWENTY  THOUSAND  AND
 FORTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE;
   (D)  FOURTH YEAR, ALL OTHER CITIES NOT ENUMERATED IN THIS SUBDIVISION;
 SUCH THAT THE LARGEST CITIES  IN  THE  STATE  WITH  THE  LARGEST  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  SHALL FIRST IMPLEMENT THE CAREER EXPLORATIONS COURSE AND FOUR
 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
 NEW YORK STATE SHALL IMPLEMENT THE CAREER EXPLORATIONS COURSE.
   5. SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH IMPLEMENT THE CAREER EXPLORATIONS CLASS
 OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  RECEIVE  ADDITIONAL
 FUNDING  AND  TRAINING  DURING  SUCH YEAR; THE FUNDING OF WHICH SHALL BE
 DERIVED FROM FUNDS OF THE DIVISION OF THE LOTTERY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

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Kevin S. Parker