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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7967
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 31, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  including  forward-facing
          employment data in labor market information
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 12 of the labor law, as added by chapter 612 of the
     2  laws of 1977 and subdivisions 2 and 7 as amended by chapter 301  of  the
     3  laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
     4    §  12.  Transmission of labor market information.  1. For the purposes
     5  of this section:
     6    a. Department means the department of labor of the state of New York.
     7    b. Commissioner means the industrial commissioner of the state of  New
     8  York.
     9    c. Education department means the education department of the state of
    10  New York.
    11    d.  Labor market information is defined to include, but not be limited
    12  to, industry and occupational projections for those  standard  metropol-
    13  itan  statistical  areas for which the department compiles such informa-
    14  tion and for the state of New York, "Applications and Openings" publica-
    15  tion, and the  "New  York  State  Annual  Planning  Report",  providing,
    16  however,  that  the  commissioner  shall have the power to include addi-
    17  tional publications, projections and other data to  this  definition  of
    18  labor market information.
    19    e.  Forward-facing  employment  data is defined to include, but not be
    20  limited to, current and projected employment opportunities in the  state
    21  of  New  York, and shall include, but not be limited to, factors such as
    22  geographical location or  required  training  and  experience  for  such
    23  opportunities.
    24    2.  When  it is jointly determined by the department and the education
    25  department that labor market information  or  forward-facing  employment
    26  data  prepared  by the department is adequate in this prepared form, the
    27  department shall transmit a copy of such information and data to:  every
    28  school district in the state of New  York  maintaining  approved  career
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
        S                                                          LBD15721-01-6
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     1  education programs, with a list of such school districts to be furnished
     2  to  the  department  by the education department; every board of cooper-
     3  ative  educational  services  maintaining  approved   career   education
     4  programs, with a list of such boards of cooperative educational services
     5  to be furnished to the department by the education department; and every
     6  community  college and agricultural and technical institute in the state
     7  of New York maintaining approved career education programs, with a  list
     8  of such colleges and institutes to be furnished to the department by the
     9  education  department.  The  education department shall regularly update
    10  such lists to keep them current and transmit changes to  the  department
    11  expeditiously.
    12    3.  The  commissioner shall transmit to those school districts, boards
    13  of cooperative educational services and community colleges and  agricul-
    14  tural  and technical institutes located within a particular labor market
    15  area,  labor  market  information  or  forward-facing  employment   data
    16  compiled for that area.
    17    4.  (a)  The  transmission  of labor market information shall occur as
    18  frequently as such labor market information is compiled or published  by
    19  the  department,  and  in  as expeditious a manner as possible following
    20  such compilation or publication.
    21    (b) The transmission of forward-facing  employment  data  shall  occur
    22  bi-monthly,  and  in  as expeditious a manner as possible following such
    23  compilation or publication.
    24    5. If a publication noted by title in this section shall be discontin-
    25  ued by the department, the department shall transmit,  pursuant  to  the
    26  provisions  of this section, the publication published by the department
    27  which, in its opinion, provides the information  most  similar  to  that
    28  information  which  had  previously  been  provided  by the discontinued
    29  publication.
    30    6. If a publication noted by title in this  section  shall  have  such
    31  title  changed,  the department shall continue to transmit such publica-
    32  tions with its new title.
    33    7. When the department and the education department jointly  determine
    34  that labor market information or forward-facing employment data prepared
    35  by  the department, to be transmitted pursuant to this section, requires
    36  an explanatory analysis to be utilized to  its  fullest  potential,  the
    37  education  department  shall  provide  an analysis of the information or
    38  data, written in clear, concise and easily understandable language. Such
    39  analysis shall consider, but not be limited to a consideration  of,  the
    40  following:  instructions  for the proper use of such information or data
    41  by individuals involved in the planning and development of career educa-
    42  tion, the proper use of such information or data by individuals involved
    43  in vocational and educational guidance,  and  the  proper  use  of  such
    44  information  or  data by current and prospective career education pupils
    45  in the selection of career education programs likely to offer the great-
    46  est potential for employment upon graduation.
    47    8. To effectuate the purposes of this section,  the  commissioner  and
    48  the commissioner of education, or their authorized designees, shall meet
    49  on  a regular basis which shall not be less than once a month, excepting
    50  July and August when such meeting shall be discretionary.
    51    9. It shall be the responsibility of such school districts, boards  of
    52  cooperative  educational  services,  and community colleges and agricul-
    53  tural and technical institutes  in  receipt  of  such  publications  and
    54  sources  of  labor  market information or forward-facing employment data
    55  enumerated in this section to provide copies of such labor market infor-
    56  mation or forward-facing employment data to those individuals  responsi-
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     1  ble  for  vocational  and educational guidance at such school districts,
     2  boards of cooperative educational services, community colleges and agri-
     3  cultural and technical institutes.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.