S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5575--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, ABINANTI, LOPEZ, CLARK, WALTER,
GOODELL, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY, RIVERA,
ROBINSON, SALADINO, SCHIMEL, SKARTADOS, STECK -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT in relation to requiring the education department, in consulta-
tion with the department of labor and any other entity the education
department deems appropriate, 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:
Section 1. To the extent practicable within available resources and
subject to the availability of data currently collected by and accessi-
ble to state agencies, the education department, in consultation with
the department of labor and any other entity the education department
deems appropriate, shall produce an annual report regarding state work-
force need projections and credential production. The report shall:
a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the three-year
period following the report and the number of degrees, certificates, and
other credentials that public and private institutions of higher educa-
tion, private occupational schools, local community colleges and area
vocational schools expect to issue over the three-year period following
the report;
b. to the extent provided by sources external to the education depart-
ment, indicate the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates
and other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ship programs and other public or private workforce training programs
expect to issue over the three-year period following the report;
c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not be met
by the education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
d. identify institutions that currently provide career and technical
education, including any primary or secondary programs that issue certi-
fied degrees or diplomas in any career and technical education programs,
and determine whether such programs are assisting in filling workforce
needs and whether additional career and technical education programs
would help fill identified workforce needs;
e. identify institutions, public or private, that can meet the work-
force needs through expansion of existing programs or by developing new
programs. The education department, by January 15 of each year, begin-
ning in 2017, shall provide a copy of the report to the higher education
committees of the assembly and the senate, or any successor committees,
to the commerce, economic development and small business committee of
the senate, or any successor committee, to the economic development, job
creation, commerce and industry committee of the assembly, or any
successor committee, and to the governor; 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-
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.
S 2. The education department shall send the report to every public
post-secondary institution governing board in the state and to public
school districts and charter schools in the state. The report shall also
be available to private schools within the state upon request and shall
be made available on the website maintained by the education department.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed three years after such date.