What's happening
This bill requires an annual report on New York's workforce needs and education credential production, with recommendations to address gaps.
Why it matters
Directly connects education output to workforce needs. By requiring data on both anticipated workforce demands and the number/type of credentials that educational and training institutions plan to produce, the report aims to identify whether current education pipelines align with future job markets.
Targets specific gaps in training and specialization. The bill mandates identification of unmet workforce needs—including particular areas of specialization and experience—helping policymakers and educational institutions focus resources on the most critical skill shortages.
Evaluates and encourages responsive educational programming. The legislation not only calls for recognizing gaps but also for recommending expansions or new programs at specific institutions, potentially leading to more agile and targeted responses from the education sector.
Explores real-time workforce data systems. By assessing the feasibility and benefits of real-time labor market and credential reporting, the bill could lead to more timely information for employers, job seekers, and educators, improving decision-making and adaptability across the workforce development ecosystem.
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Track Jobs and Education Data
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1 Multi-sponsor
History
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2117
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to require the commissioner of education, in consultation with the department of labor and any other appropriate agency, 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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the department of labor and any other appropriate agency, shall produce an annual report regarding state workforce need projections and credential production. The report shall:
a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the next four years and the number of degrees, certificates, and other credentials that institutions of higher education and vocational schools expect to issue over the next four years;
b. indicate the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates and other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprenticeship programs and other workforce training programs expect to issue over the next four years;
c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not be met by current education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
d. determine whether additional career and technical education programs are needed to help fill identified workforce needs;
e. identify institutions that can meet the workforce needs through expansion of existing programs or by developing new programs; and
f. determine whether the education department, in conjunction with the department of labor, can make future information, studied and provided for under this act, available on a real-time basis, including a determi-
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nation of the funds needed to implement such a system, the ability of current technology to accomplish real-time reporting, the need for any new technology to aid in real-time reporting, and the benefit provided to employers, employees, and educators in providing such information on a real-time basis.
§ 2. On or before January 1, 2020, and every year thereafter, the commissioner of education shall submit a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the education committees of the assembly and the senate of the findings made pursuant to section one of this act, and include recommendations to expand programs to meet workforce needs. Such report shall also include legislative proposals as such commissioner deems necessary to implement his or her recommendations.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed four years after such date.
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