Senate Bill S245

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Learning for Work" act; appropriation

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  • 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-S245 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23-C §§832 - 832-d, Lab L; add §208-b, Ed L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S6838

2017-S245 - Summary

Enacts the "Learning for Work act"; establishes the youth apprenticeship program and the enhanced regents professional diploma; appropriates moneys therefor.

2017-S245 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S245 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    245
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  establishing  the  youth
   apprenticeship program; and making an appropriation therefor (Part A);
   to  amend  the education law, in relation to establishing the enhanced
   regents professional diploma (Part B); and to amend the  tax  law,  in
   relation to establishing a youth apprenticeship tax credit (Part C)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "learning
 for work act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings and intent. According to a recent college
 and career readiness study released by  the  New  York  state  education
 department,  only  thirty-five  percent  of  high  school  graduates are
 college or career ready. This lack of preparedness has driven many  high
 school  graduates  into low-paying jobs, or college degree programs that
 they are not interested in, fail to lead to careers  and  result  in  an
 unreasonably  high  amount  of student debt. For many current and future
 high school students, the traditional pathway of  a  basic  high  school
 education  and  then  on  to  a four-year college may not be the correct
 route to take. These students would benefit from a  program  that  would
 prepare  them  for  employment  immediately upon graduating high school.
 Therefore, the legislature finds it necessary to establish this  "learn-
 ing  for  work"  program  in  our  high schools that will create a youth
 apprenticeship program, an enhanced regents professional diploma with  a
 designation  in  a  specified  occupational  area  and  a tax credit for
 employers who take part in the youth apprenticeship program. This  would
 further  the goals of limiting the accumulation of unsustainable student
 debt, and ensuring all students in the state of New York are prepared to
 enter the twenty-first century workforce.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S245A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23-C §§832 - 832-d, Lab L; add §208-b, Ed L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S6838

2017-S245A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Learning for Work act"; establishes the youth apprenticeship program and the enhanced regents professional diploma; appropriates moneys therefor.

2017-S245A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S245A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  245--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. ORTT, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommit-
   ted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
   8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to establishing the youth
   apprenticeship program; and making an appropriation therefor (Part A);
   to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  the  enhanced
   regents  professional  diploma  (Part B); and to amend the tax law, in
   relation to establishing a youth apprenticeship tax credit (Part C)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "learning
 for work act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. According to  a  recent  college
 and  career  readiness  study  released  by the New York state education
 department, only  thirty-five  percent  of  high  school  graduates  are
 college  or career ready. This lack of preparedness has driven many high
 school graduates into low-paying jobs, or college degree  programs  that
 they  are  not  interested  in, fail to lead to careers and result in an
 unreasonably high amount of student debt. For many  current  and  future
 high  school  students,  the  traditional pathway of a basic high school
 education and then on to a four-year college  may  not  be  the  correct
 route  to  take.  These students would benefit from a program that would
 prepare them for employment immediately  upon  graduating  high  school.
 Therefore,  the legislature finds it necessary to establish this "learn-
 ing for work" program in our high  schools  that  will  create  a  youth
 apprenticeship  program, an enhanced regents professional diploma with a
 designation in a specified  occupational  area  and  a  tax  credit  for
 employers  who take part in the youth apprenticeship program. This would
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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