What's happening
This bill requires district superintendents to study local job market needs and recommend curriculum changes to address them.
Why it matters
Directly connects local education to workforce needs. , potentially making school curricula more relevant for students’ future job prospects and addressing local economic demands.
Places new responsibilities on district superintendents. , requiring them to become more engaged with economic trends and labor market data, which could lead to stronger partnerships between schools and local businesses or industries.
May prompt changes in course offerings. , encouraging schools to introduce or emphasize subjects and skills that align with regional employment opportunities, such as career and technical education or emerging industries.
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Who cares
District superintendents
The bill would require each superintendent to study district job-market needs and report curriculum recommendations to the board of education within one year of the bill taking effect.
Boards of education
Boards would receive reports on how their schools’ curricula could incorporate courses addressing local job-market needs.
Students in district schools
The required reports would examine potential course changes aimed at addressing job-market needs in their districts.
Headline styles
Study District Job Needs
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
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History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2662
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2017
Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a study by superintendents to determine the job market need of their district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3003-a to read as follows:
§ 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 schools' curriculums can be adjusted to incorporate courses to accommodate for such need.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00702-01-7
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Sponsor's memo
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.
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
S6257 of 2015-16 legislative session
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Local fiscal implications
TBD
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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