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- Referred to education
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to a study by superintendents to determine the job market need of their district
Purpose
Relates to authorizing each district superintendent to study the job market need of their district and reporting their findings to the board of education.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3003-a to read as follow: § 3003-a Study by district superintendents. Each district superintendent shall study the job market need of their district and report to the board of education within one year of the effective date of this section, on how their school's curriculums can be adjusted to incorporate course to accommodate such need.
Existing law
New
Justification
As the economy has become not just more global but also more knowledge based, the skill mix in the economy has changed dramatically. The proportion of workers in blue-collar and administrative support positions in the United States dropped from 56 percent to 39 percent between 1969 and 1999, leaving a trail of rust-belt neighborhoods and cities. Meanwhile, the proportion of jobs that are managerial, professional, and technical increased from 23 percent to 33 percent during the same period (Levy & Murnane, 2004). Skill demands within jobs are increasing too. Jobs that require routine manual or cognitive tasks are rapidly being taken over by computers or lower-paid workers in other countries, while jobs that require higher levels of education and more sophisticated problem-solving and communication skills are in increasingly high demand. The jobs that once supported a middle-class standard of living for workers with a high school diploma or less have substantially disappeared. These new economic realities and rapid shifts in the job market are fundamentally changing what we need from our education system. The rapid increase in emerging markets also means economic growth and the need to prepare students for jobs that require new skill sets.
Legislative history
New
Fiscal implications
TBD
Local fiscal implications
TBD
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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