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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
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:
Section 1. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the
department of labor and any other appropriate agency, shall produce an
annual report regarding state workforce need projections and credential
production. The report shall:
a. indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs for the next four
years and the number of degrees, certificates, and other credentials
that institutions of higher education and vocational schools expect to
issue over the next four years;
b. indicate the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates
and other credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentice-
ship programs and other workforce training programs expect to issue over
the next four years;
c. identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization and
levels of experience within a particular vocation, that may not be met
by current education, training, and apprenticeship programs;
d. determine whether additional career and technical education
programs are needed to help fill identified workforce needs;
e. identify institutions that can meet the workforce needs through
expansion of existing programs or by developing new programs; 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-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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. On or before January 1, 2020, and every year thereafter, the
commissioner of education shall submit a report to the governor, tempo-
rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the
chairs of the education committees of the assembly and the senate of the
findings made pursuant to section one of this act, and include recommen-
dations to expand programs to meet workforce needs. Such report shall
also include legislative proposals as such commissioner deems necessary
to implement his or her recommendations.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed four years after such date.