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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1193
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 7, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, STIRPE, WALLACE -- read once and
referred 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:
1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
3 57. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of
4 labor and pupil personnel advocates, develop guidelines for use by high
5 school counselors and guidance counselors to coordinate services with
6 local representatives of the building trades councils for purposes of
7 encouraging participation in apprenticeships and raising awareness
8 surrounding apprenticeship opportunities. Such guidelines shall be made
9 available on the department's website and shall be updated annually.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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