What's happening
This bill requires SUNY community college councils to consult with businesses and recommend ways to align programs with regional workforce needs and improve graduate employment rates.
Why it matters
Strengthens the connection between community colleges and local employers. by requiring councils to actively consult with regional businesses and the Department of Labor, helping ensure that educational offerings reflect real-world job market demands.
Focuses on improving student outcomes. by mandating that recommendations specifically address ways to boost employment rates for graduates, making the value of a community college education more tangible for students and families.
Encourages the use of data-driven decisions. by allowing councils to use information from career centers, which could lead to more effective program adjustments and resource allocation based on actual hiring trends and student job placement results.
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Who cares
Regional SUNY community college councils
They would have to consult regional businesses and the Department of Labor and recommend ways to align programs with workforce needs and improve graduate employment rates.
Community college boards of trustees
They would receive recommendations on tailoring degree and certificate programs to regional workforce needs and improving student job placement.
Regional businesses and the Department of Labor
They would be consulted as councils develop workforce and graduate employment recommendations.
Community college students
The recommendations would focus on making their programs more responsive to regional workforce needs and improving their employment prospects upon graduation.
Headline styles
Align College Programs With Jobs
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Enacting clause stricken
- Referred to higher education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Tailor Degrees to Local Jobs
Stricken · Sponsor Chris Jacobs
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5003
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to recommendations by the Regional State University of New York Community College Councils on regional workforce needs and student employment rates upon graduation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
11. Regional state university of New York community college councils established pursuant to chapter fifty of the laws of two thousand fifteen shall consult with regional businesses and the department of labor and make recommendations to the community college boards of trustees on ways to ensure that degree and certificate programs are tailored to regional workforce needs and on how to improve student employment rates upon graduation. Where appropriate, regional state university of New York community college councils may utilize data collected at the career centers established pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of two thousand fifteen, as an additional recourse in developing recommendations to improve student job placement.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05752-01-9
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