Senate Bill S2216

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4864
2015-2016: S2519
2019-2020: S4509
2021-2022: S4793
2023-2024: S5758

2017-S2216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site; provides students with school-based learning and work-based learning.

2017-S2216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2216
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 establishing a  career
   explorations class
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to
 read as follows:
   § 817. CAREER EXPLORATIONS CLASS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ESTABLISH
 A  CAREER EXPLORATIONS CLASS TO INTEGRATE ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL EDUCA-
 TION, LINK SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND  PROVIDE  LEARNING
 ACTIVITIES  AND  MENTORING  AT  THE  WORK SITE. SUCH CLASS SHALL PROVIDE
 STUDENTS WITH SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING AND WORK-BASED LEARNING WHICH  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  CAREER WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO SEARCH FOR JOBS
 AND/OR INTERNSHIPS IN SUCH STUDENT'S INDUSTRY OF INTEREST;
   (B) GUEST SPEAKERS WHO SHALL BE PROFESSIONALS FROM VARIOUS  INDUSTRIES
 TO  GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF AN AVERAGE WORK DAY AS WELL AS WHAT TYPE OF
 EMPLOYEES THEIR COMPANY EMPLOYS;
   (C) OUTSIDE INTERNSHIPS WHERE EVERY STUDENT PARTICIPATES IN EITHER ONE
 SUMMER INTERNSHIP OR SPENDS AT LEAST FIVE DAYS SHADOWING A PROFESSIONAL;
   (D) RESUME AND COVER LETTER WRITING  TO  TEACH  STUDENTS  TO  WRITE  A
 COMPETITIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE RESUME AND COVER LETTER;
   (E) THANK YOU LETTERS TO TEACH STUDENTS TO WRITE AND SEND PROPER THANK
 YOU NOTES AFTER AN INTERVIEW;
   (F)  MOCK  INTERVIEWS  TO  CONDUCT  A SERIES OF PHONE AND FACE-TO-FACE
 INTERVIEWS SIMULATING THE ACTUAL EVENT;
   (G) WORKPLACE ETIQUETTE TO TEACH THE BASIC  PRINCIPLES  OF  A  PROFES-
 SIONAL  ENVIRONMENT  IN REFERENCE TO MUTUAL RESPECT, APPROPRIATE ATTIRE,
 LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06895-01-7
              

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