STATE OF NEW YORK
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5575--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, ABINANTI, LOPEZ, CLARK, WALTER,
GOODELL, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY, RIVERA,
ROBINSON, SALADINO, SCHIMEL, SKARTADOS, STECK -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT in relation to requiring the education department, in consulta-
tion with the department of labor and any other entity the education
department deems appropriate, to produce an annual report regarding
state workforce projections and education credential production; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. To the extent practicable within available resources and
2 subject to the availability of data currently collected by and accessi-
3 ble to state agencies, the education department, in consultation with
4 the department of labor and any other entity the education department
5 deems appropriate, shall produce an annual report regarding state work-
6 force need projections and credential production. The report shall:
7 a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the three-year
8 period following the report and the number of degrees, certificates, and
9 other credentials that public and private institutions of higher educa-
10 tion, private occupational schools, local community colleges and area
11 vocational schools expect to issue over the three-year period following
12 the report;
13 b. to the extent provided by sources external to the education depart-
14 ment, indicate the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates
15 and other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ship programs and other public or private workforce training programs
2 expect to issue over the three-year period following the report;
3 c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
4 levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not be met
5 by the education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
6 d. identify institutions that currently provide career and technical
7 education, including any primary or secondary programs that issue certi-
8 fied degrees or diplomas in any career and technical education programs,
9 and determine whether such programs are assisting in filling workforce
10 needs and whether additional career and technical education programs
11 would help fill identified workforce needs;
12 e. identify institutions, public or private, that can meet the work-
13 force needs through expansion of existing programs or by developing new
14 programs. The education department, by January 15 of each year, begin-
15 ning in 2017, shall provide a copy of the report to the higher education
16 committees of the assembly and the senate, or any successor committees,
17 to the commerce, economic development and small business committee of
18 the senate, or any successor committee, to the economic development, job
19 creation, commerce and industry committee of the assembly, or any
20 successor committee, and to the governor; and
21 f. determine whether the education department, in conjunction with the
22 department of labor, can make future information, studied and provided
23 for under this act, available on a real-time basis, including a determi-
24 nation of the funds needed to implement such a system, the ability of
25 current technology to accomplish real-time reporting, the need for any
26 new technology to aid in real-time reporting, and the benefit provided
27 to employers, employees, and educators in providing such information on
28 a real-time basis.
29 § 2. The education department shall send the report to every public
30 post-secondary institution governing board in the state and to public
31 school districts and charter schools in the state. The report shall also
32 be available to private schools within the state upon request and shall
33 be made available on the website maintained by the education department.
34 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
35 deemed repealed three years after such date.
