NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2669

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2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3200
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:: 2015-2016: A8695
2017-2018: A4333, A9084
2019-2020: A4255
2021-2022: A8426

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "learning for work act"; establishes the youth apprenticeship program and the enhanced regents professional diploma; appropriates moneys therefor.

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2669

SPONSOR: WALCZYK
 
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 GENERA 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 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, indi-
viduals, businesses or other persons responsible for implementing and
coordinating a Youth Apprenticeship Program.

B. Provides that funding under the Workforce Investment Act (Public Law
105-2 20) 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 depart-
ment 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 208b of the Education Law on completion of the youth appren-
ticeship. ii. At least 50 percent of the youth apprentices who partic-
ipate 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 Profes-
sional Diploma and is either not offered or chooses not to seek employ-
ment in their specified occupational area.  Shall receive a minimum of
15 credits to he 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 I of this act.

II Part B: Enhanced Regents Professional Diploma

A. Requires the Board of Regents to create and Enhanced Regents Profes-
sional Diploma acknowledge the professional skills and specific occupa-
tional 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 employabil-
ity profile.

G. The Board of Regents shall promulgate such regulations of the Commis-
sioner as may he 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 he eligible to earn an Enhanced Regents Professional Diploma.

III. Part C: Youth Apprenticeship Tax Credit

A. Establishes the Youth Apprenticeship Tax Credit to he 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. In the latter case, the
result may be unreasonably high amount of student debt for young people.
For many current and future high school students, the traditional path-
way 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 gradu-
ating 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:

A.8695(2016) referred to education (Lupinacci)

A.8695(2016) held for consideration in education(Lupinacci)

A.4333(2017) referred to education (Lupinacci)

A.9084(2018) referred to education

A.9084(2018) held for consideration in education

A.4255(2019) held for consideration in education

A.8426(2022) held for consideration in education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

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 he as
specifically set forth in the last section of such parts.

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2669
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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".
   §  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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07164-01-3
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   § 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
 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.
   § 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.
   §  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.
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   §  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
 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 SHALL 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 SHALL 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
 SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS  PER  YOUTH  APPRENTICE.  A  LOCAL
 PARTNERSHIP  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.
   §  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  SHALL 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  SHALL  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.
   § 832-D. RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  ALL
 RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER THIS ARTICLE.
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   §  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
 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.
   § 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:
   § 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:
   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 SHALL 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 SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INCLUDE ANY PERSON
 OR ENTITY THAT IS PART OF A LOCAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE  YOUTH  APPRENTICE-
 SHIP  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  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE TO EARN AN ENHANCED REGENTS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA.
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   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART C

   Section  1.  Section  210-B  of the tax law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 59 to read as follows:
   59. 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.
   §  2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (ooo) to read as follows:
   (OOO) 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on and after January 1, 2024.
   § 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.
   § 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 S2669

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Senate Bill S2669

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Sponsored By

Mark Walczyk

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

George M. Borrello

Peter Oberacker

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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