Bill Text: NJ S823 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to develop career exploration report for students in grades 7 through 12.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S823 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S823-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Stack
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to develop career exploration report for students in grades 7 through 12.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning employment information provided to certain students and supplementing chapter 15F of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall develop a career exploration report that provides students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 with information concerning employment in high-demand industries. The report shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1) a list of the fastest growing industries in the country and the State and the projected growth rates of those industries for the next 10 years, as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics;
(2) information on professional and occupational employment opportunities in those industries and on the educational background and training required to pursue those careers, including the programs designed to prepare students for employment in those careers;
(3) employment levels and salary information for persons employed in those professions and occupations; and
(4) in cooperation with the Secretary of Higher Education, information on where to find the data compiled by four-year public institutions of higher education pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2009, c.197 (C.18A:3B-44).
b. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall update the report as necessary and as practicable.
c. The Commissioner of Education shall make the report available online through a link prominently displayed on the homepage of the Department of Education's Internet website, and shall, within 30 days of the date the report is first made available on the homepage of the department's Internet website, provide written notification to each school district and nonpublic schools that enroll students in grades 7 through 12, or any combination thereof, to inform each school district and nonpublic schools of the report's availability online. Each school district shall notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in grades 7 through 12 of the report's availability online, and shall distribute a copy of the report to a parent or guardian of a student in grades 7 through 12 who requests a hard copy of the report. Nonpublic schools are encouraged to notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in grades 7 through 12 of the report's availability online, and are encouraged to distribute a copy of the report to a parent or guardian of a student in grades 7 through 12 who requests a hard copy of the report; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to require a nonpublic school to notify the parents or guardians of students of the report's availability online or to distribute the report.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, to develop a career exploration report that provides students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 with information concerning employment in high-demand industries. The bill provides that the report must, at a minimum, include:
· a list of the fastest growing industries in the country and the State and the projected growth rates of those industries for the next 10 years, as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics;
· information on professional and occupational employment opportunities in those industries and on the educational background and training required to pursue those careers, including the courses designed to prepare students for employment in those careers;
· employment rates and salary information for persons employed in those professions and occupations; and
· information on where to find the employment data compiled by four-year public institutions of higher education for their graduates.
The bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to update the career exploration report as necessary.
The bill requires the Commissioner of Education to make the career exploration report available online through a link prominently displayed on the homepage of the Department of Education's Internet website, and requires the commissioner, within 30 days of the date the report is first made available online, to provide written notification to each school district and to those nonpublic schools that enroll students in grades 7 through 12, or any combination thereof, to inform the districts and nonpublic schools of the report's availability online.
The bill requires each school district to notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in grades 7 through 12 of the career exploration report's availability online, and requires each school district to distribute a copy of the report to a parent or guardian of a student in grades 7 through 12 who requests a hard copy of the report.
The bill encourages nonpublic schools to notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in grades 7 through 12 of the career exploration report's availability online, and to distribute a copy of the report to a parent or guardian of a student in grades 7 through 12 who requests a hard copy of the report.
The bill takes effect on the first day of the third month after enactment.
