What's happening
This bill requires the development and annual updating of guidelines to help high school counselors promote apprenticeship and technical education opportunities.
Why it matters
Expands Career Awareness. By requiring updated guidelines for counselors, the bill aims to ensure high school students are more consistently informed about apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and technical education paths—options that are often overlooked compared to traditional college routes.
Strengthens School-Industry Connections. The legislation promotes direct coordination between school counselors and local trade, maritime, and manufacturing councils, potentially leading to increased real-world opportunities like internships or hands-on training for students.
Addresses Workforce Gaps. By raising awareness and encouraging participation in skilled trades and technical fields, the bill seeks to help fill critical labor shortages in New York’s construction, manufacturing, and related industries, benefiting both students and the state economy.
Ensures Up-to-Date Information. Requiring annual updates to these guidelines means students and counselors will have access to the latest information about apprenticeship and technical education programs, improving the relevance and effectiveness of career guidance.
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Promote High School Apprenticeships
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5181
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 12, 2019
Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, JACOBS -- 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 developing guidelines to encouraging participation in apprenticeships and raising awareness in apprenticeship opportunities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 57 to read as follows:
57. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of labor and pupil personnel advocates, develop guidelines for use by high school counselors and guidance counselors to coordinate services with local representatives of the building and construction trade councils, port maritime councils, and councils of manufacturing and industry for purposes of encouraging participation in apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, career and technical education and raising awareness surrounding apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, and career and technical education opportunities. Such guidelines shall be made available on the department's website and shall be updated annually.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04475-02-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to developing guidelines to encouraging participation in apprenticeships and raising awareness in apprenticeship opportunities
Purpose
To ensure that high school students in New York are made aware of apprenticeship and trade opportunities.
Summary of provisions
Section one directs the commissioner, in consultation with the depart- ment of labor and pupil personnel advocates, develop guidelines for use by high school guidance counselors in making students aware of appren- ticeship opportunities and encouraging student participation in appren- ticeships.
Section two sets the effective date.
Justification
Every year many jobs in New York go unfilled because of the lack of workers with the appropriate skills necessary to fill those jobs. Many of these jobs are in the building, construction, manufacturing, and maritime trades. Often times, apprenticeships are the best way to receive the skills necessary to obtain such jobs. Raising awareness about such apprenticeship opportunities at the high school level allows students the chance to potentially participate in an apprenticeship and gain valuable work skills and life experience as they consider their future educational and/or work path beyond high school, and for busi- nesses to fill middle-skill jobs that are needlessly left vacant.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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