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- Signed chap.263
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.401
- Substituted for A4168
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.656
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- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
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Requires the division of veterans' affairs to provide an internet connection to correlate military occupations and skills into civilian translations and terms
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor William Scarborough
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4402
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division of veterans' affairs to provide an internet connection to correlate military occupations and skills into civilian translations and terms
Purpose or general idea of bill
To amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the Division of Veterans' Affairs to provide an Internet connection to correlate military occupations and skills into civilian terms.
Summary of specific provisions
Subdivision 7 of Section 353 of the Executive Law is amended.
Justification
Many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans leave the active-duty military only to find that their skills are not understood by civilian employers. According to a 2007 survey by Military.com, 61 percent of employers do not believe they have a "complete understanding of the qualifications ex-service members offer," and more than three-quarters of veterans entering the civilian workforce reported "an inability to effectively transfer their military skills to civilian terms."
This bill would be a helpful tool for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to help navigate the job market.
Prior legislative history
New Bill in Senate.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law, provided that any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.
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