Assembly Bill A2056

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2056
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA, ABINANTI, LOPEZ, WALTER, GOODELL,
   CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  PERRY,  RIVERA,  SALADINO,
   SKARTADOS,  STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT to require the education department,  in  consultation  with  the
   department  of  labor  and  any  other entity the education department
   deems appropriate, to produce an annual report regarding  state  work-
   force  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-
 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;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   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 2019, 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.
   §  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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed three years after such date.