Bill Text: NY S01099 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to produce an annual report regarding state workforce projections and education credential production; and provides for the repeal of such provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-06 - referred to education [S01099 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01099-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1099--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
          recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        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 Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of education,  in  consultation  with  the
     2  department  of  labor and any other appropriate agency, shall produce an
     3  annual report regarding state workforce need projections and  credential
     4  production. The report shall:
     5    a.  indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the next four
     6  years and the number of degrees,  certificates,  and  other  credentials
     7  that  institutions  of higher education and vocational schools expect to
     8  issue over the next four years;
     9    b. indicate the state's anticipated number  of  degrees,  certificates
    10  and  other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice-
    11  ship programs and other workforce training programs expect to issue over
    12  the next four years;
    13    c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
    14  levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not  be  met
    15  by current education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
    16    d.    determine  whether  additional  career  and  technical education
    17  programs are needed to help fill identified workforce needs;
    18    e. identify institutions that can meet  the  workforce  needs  through
    19  expansion of existing programs or by developing new programs; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00877-02-8
        S. 1099--A                          2
     1    f. determine whether the education department, in conjunction with the
     2  department  of  labor, can make future information, studied and provided
     3  for under this act, available on a real-time basis, including a determi-
     4  nation of the funds needed to implement such a system,  the  ability  of
     5  current  technology  to accomplish real-time reporting, the need for any
     6  new technology to aid in real-time reporting, and the  benefit  provided
     7  to  employers, employees, and educators in providing such information on
     8  a real-time basis.
     9    § 2.  On or before January 1, 2019, and  every  year  thereafter,  the
    10  commissioner  of education shall submit a report to the governor, tempo-
    11  rary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  the
    12  chairs of the education committees of the assembly and the senate of the
    13  findings made pursuant to section one of this act, and include recommen-
    14  dations  to  expand  programs to meet workforce needs. Such report shall
    15  also include legislative proposals as such commissioner deems  necessary
    16  to implement his or her recommendations.
    17    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    18  deemed repealed four years after such date.