HB 6227 — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRIES WITH A HIRING NEED IN THE STATE.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

16902933 Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by:

(HED) AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRIES WITH A HIRING NEED IN THE STATE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1.

(Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the feasibility of developing a public-private partnership that provides work-based learning opportunities for high school and college students in industries with a hiring need in the state.

The task force shall (1) identify industries with a hiring need in the state;

(2) identify the education and skill level requirements for jobs in such industries;

(3) analyze whether educational achievement and attainment trends of students in the state sufficiently satisfy the requirements of such jobs;

(4) identify state-wide demographic trends in the workforce;

(5) identify and review (A) any work-based learning programs in the state, whether established pursuant to statute, regulation or policy, and (B) national best practices in work-based learning programs administered in the state andinother statesfor thepurpose ofdetermining ifsuch programs can be replicated;

(6) make recommendations regarding work-based learning programs in the state that are not utilized or that are deemed LCO No.

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(7) analyze the feasibility of creating public-private partnerships in the state that provide work-based learning opportunities for jobs in industries with a hiring need in the state;

(8) examine whether the program of apprentice training maintained by the Labor Department pursuant to section 31-22q of the general statutes can be utilized or expanded to develop such public-private partnerships;

and (9) identify any potential institutional or legal obstacles associated with the creation and implementation of such public-private partnerships and work-based learning opportunities.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be a representative of a trade organization;

(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall be an executive officer from one of the top ten largest employers in the state, as determined by the total number of employees in the state, or the executive officer's designee;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a representative from a community foundation in the state;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate who shall be a representative from an education advocacy organization;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a representative from a community foundation in the state;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be an executive officer from one of the top ten largest employers in the state, as determined by the total number of employees in the state, or the executive officer's designee;

(7) The president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, LCO No.

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(8) The president of The University of Connecticut, or the president's designee;

(9) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee;

(10) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or the commissioner's designee;

(11) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;

(12) The superintendent of the technical high school system, or the superintendent's designee;

(13) The president of the board of directors of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, or the president's designee;

(14) The executive director of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, or the executive director's designee;

(15) The executive director of the Connecticut Association for Community Action, or the executive director's designee;

and (16) Four appointed by the Governor, two of whom shall be representatives from multinational corporations with a physical presence in the state and two of whom shall be representatives from an employee labor organization, of which one shall be a member of the Connecticut State Building Trades Council.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section.

Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

Any vacancy remaining after the first LCO No.

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