A05344 Summary:

BILL NOA05344
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00625
 
SPONSORKoon (MS)
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRAlfano, Barra
 
Add Art 12-B SS565 - 571, Ed L
 
Creates the empire state internship program for secondary students who may be interested in specific careers; program provides exposure to advanced technologies and equipment not available in the classroom; authorizes commissioner of education to establish and administer such program; requires department of education to submit a report by October 1, 2012 and every October first thereafter, to the legislature.
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A05344 Actions:

BILL NOA05344
 
02/13/2009referred to higher education
01/06/2010referred to higher education
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A05344 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A05344 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5344
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 13, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. KOON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO,
          BARRA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  creating  the  empire
          state internship program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
     2  declares that secondary school students who may be interested in specif-
     3  ic  careers  have  little  or  no opportunity to explore those interests
     4  beyond the classroom.
     5    The legislature also finds that students who gain practical work expe-
     6  rience through internships generally  become  more  committed  to  their
     7  academic  fields,  more  serious  about  their  course  work,  and  more
     8  constructive contributors in the classroom.
     9    The legislature further finds that  internships  provide  exposure  to
    10  advanced  technologies  and  equipment  not  available in the classroom.
    11  Students learn about the competitive nature of job markets and  what  is
    12  needed to prepare themselves to make career choices.

    13    Therefore,  the  legislature  declares  that  students  interested  in
    14  exploring opportunities related to their specific  career  interests  be
    15  eligible  for  internships  and deserve recognition that exemplifies the
    16  students' scholastic achievement.
    17    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 12-B to read
    18  as follows:
    19                                 ARTICLE 12-B
    20                       EMPIRE STATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
    21  Section 565. Short title.
    22          566. Definitions.
    23          567. Administration.
    24          568. Work-based learning coordination.
    25          569. Program components.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD02290-01-9

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     1          570. Reporting and evaluation.
     2          571. Rules and regulations.
     3    §  565.  Short  title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
     4  the "empire state internship program".
     5    § 566. Definitions. For the purpose  of  this  article  the  following
     6  terms shall have the following meanings:
     7    1.  "internship"  shall  mean  an  activity that places a student in a
     8  learning environment, other than the  classroom,  providing  a  worksite
     9  assignment  designed  to  help students utilize and apply principles and
    10  theories taught in the classroom to the workplace;

    11    2. "employer" shall mean public, private and not-for-profit employers;
    12    3. "stipend" shall mean a grant of such funds as may be available from
    13  federal, state or local sources awarded to a  participating  student  as
    14  part of a workplace experience;
    15    4. "mentor" shall mean an individual designated by the employer in the
    16  workplace to instruct and critique the performance of the student, chal-
    17  lenge  the  student to perform well, work in consultation with the work-
    18  based learning coordinator and  the  employer,  and  shall  possess  the
    19  skills and knowledge to be mastered by a student at the workplace;
    20    5.  "eligible  student"  shall mean any student sixteen years or older
    21  enrolled in a public or nonpublic secondary institution as a  junior  in

    22  the year preceding the award;
    23    6.  "work-based  learning  coordinator"  shall  mean an individual who
    24  holds certification from the department  as  a  diversified  cooperative
    25  education  coordinator  as  established  in  subdivision  (f) of section
    26  80-2.5 of the New  York  state  codes,  rules  and  regulations  or  has
    27  completed  course  work  or in-service training pursuant to section five
    28  hundred sixty-eight of this article.
    29    § 567. Administration. 1. The commissioner shall establish  an  empire
    30  state  internship program hereafter known as "the program". Such program
    31  shall include components developed  pursuant  to  section  five  hundred
    32  sixty-nine of this article.
    33    2. The commissioner shall:

    34    (a)  consult  with  state  agencies  including  but not limited to the
    35  department of labor for the purpose of developing the program; and
    36    (b) coordinate with public and private institutions of  higher  educa-
    37  tion  to ensure that they are able to assess and evaluate the internship
    38  as part of an application for admission into  a  post  secondary  educa-
    39  tional or training program.
    40    3. The department shall:
    41    (a) provide technical assistance to schools interested in establishing
    42  and maintaining such program; and
    43    (b)  develop  guidelines for the program subject to the commissioner's
    44  rules and regulations pursuant to section five  hundred  seventy-one  of
    45  this article. Guidelines shall, at a minimum, include:

    46    (i) statement of program objectives;
    47    (ii) duties and responsibilities of work-based learning coordinators;
    48    (iii)  duties  and responsibilities of the school and employer includ-
    49  ing, but not limited to mentoring the student;
    50    (iv) procedures for establishing internship opportunities for eligible
    51  students including, but not limited to: (1) definition of  the  position
    52  available;  (2)  description of the tasks involved in each position; and
    53  (3) explanation of the skills needed to perform those tasks;
    54    (v) statement of the manner in which program  components  pursuant  to
    55  section five hundred sixty-nine of this article shall be integrated with

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     1  academic  curricula  supporting  efforts of students to meet the state's
     2  higher learning standards;
     3    (vi) strategies for schools to ensure student participation;
     4    (vii)  procedures  for student applications including, but not limited
     5  to:
     6    (1) a schedule for dates for application, such that the internship can
     7  begin no later than October first of the student's senior year;
     8    (2) criteria for student selection including, but not limited to:  (A)
     9  student  career interest; (B) academic performance; and (C) an interview
    10  with a work-based learning coordinator;
    11    (viii) performance  standards  for  participating  in  the  internship
    12  including,  but  not  limited  to:  (1)  attendance;  (2)  participation

    13  requirements for students; (3) completion of a final project pursuant to
    14  subdivision two of section five hundred sixty-nine of this article;  and
    15  (4) completion of all other academic courses; and
    16    (ix) procedures for schools to evaluate and assess each internship for
    17  the purpose of awarding academic credits.
    18    §  568.  Work-based  learning  coordination. Each participating school
    19  shall in a manner consistent with  guidelines  coordinate  students  and
    20  employers participating in such program by:
    21    1. identifying appropriate certified staff within the school such as a
    22  guidance  counselor  or other staff within nonpublic schools whom either
    23  has experience or has received in-service training enabling him  or  her

    24  to coordinate internship activities; or
    25    2.  entering  into a cooperative shared service agreement with a board
    26  of cooperative education services (BOCES) to secure the  services  of  a
    27  work-based learning coordinator.
    28    §  569.  Program  components.  The  program  shall include, but is not
    29  limited to the following components: 1. Workplace experiences. Workplace
    30  experiences offered by employers shall:
    31    (a) take place in the private sector or in any public or private  not-
    32  for-profit agency other than the school district;
    33    (b)  be  for  a  duration  of not less than three months and include a
    34  minimum of one hundred hours;
    35    (c) conform with the required New York state labor laws;

    36    (d) involve the direct application of skills learned in the classroom;
    37    (e) include the assignment of a workplace mentor;
    38    (f) carry academic credit pursuant to departmental  guidelines  devel-
    39  oped in section five hundred sixty-seven of this article; and
    40    (g)  may  include  a  stipend, at local discretion, provided that such
    41  award shall not be counted as income  for  the  purpose  of  determining
    42  eligibility  for  public  assistance  and care as defined in subdivision
    43  eighteen of section two of the social services law and that the  student
    44  is  not  simultaneously employed by the employer providing the workplace
    45  experience.
    46    2. Final project. The internship shall include a final  project  which

    47  may  be  either  a  written or oral presentation connected with the work
    48  experience.
    49    3. Certificate. Upon completion of meeting  the  requirements  of  the
    50  internship  the  student  shall  be  awarded the empire state internship
    51  certificate which shall be noted on the student's transcript.
    52    § 570. Reporting and evaluation. On or before October first, two thou-
    53  sand twelve and every October first  thereafter,  the  department  shall
    54  report  to  the  speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the
    55  senate, the chair of the assembly education committee, the chair of  the
    56  senate  education  committee and the chair of the legislative commission

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     1  on skills development and career education on the program.  Such  report
     2  shall include, but not be limited to the following:
     3    1. identification of participating schools in each district;
     4    2. number of students in each school participating in the program;
     5    3. number and type of businesses participating in the program; and
     6    4. description of the types of internships.
     7    §  571. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate rules
     8  and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 2011.
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