SB 1197 — AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

522 anticipated SDE will need two durational education consultants, with an annual salary of $90,000 each.

Section 3 requires local and regional school districts to annually distribute information about certain school choice programs to middle school students and their parents.

This results in a potential minimal cost beginning in FY 24 associated with printing such materials.

Section 4 results in a cost to the State Department of Education by establishing a grant program beginning in FY 24 for local and regional school districts to incorporate a preapprenticeship program into their curriculum.

The bill requires SDE to provide, to every district, a grant of at least $1,000 for each student who completes a preapprenticeship program.

The bill does not provide any funding for this program.

Any impact to local and regional school districts would depend on the provisions of the grant program and the number of students completing a preapprenticeship program.

Section 5 results in annual costs to SDE beginning in FY 24 by expanding opportunities for dual credit and dual enrollment programs, with a particular focus on health care occupations.

Costs are associated with:

(1) tuition assistance for students in dual enrollment and dual credit programs, (2) resources for students and districts, and (3) curriculum development and professional development to assist in the creation of new career pathways.

PA 22-118, the FY 23 Revised Budget, allocated $3.5 million in ARPA funding for dual enrollment in FY 23.

Section 6 requires the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System to convene a working group to determine the feasibility of developing an aerospace advanced manufacturing high school.

This has no fiscal impact.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation.

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522 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 1197 AN ACT CONCERNING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SUMMARY This bill makes various changes in laws related to education, occupational training, and workforce development.

Specifically, it does the following:

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allows local or regional boards of education (i.e., “boards of education”)to partnerwithlocalbusinesses to provideaerospace and aviation apprenticeship training programs to students (§ 1);

2.

requires the State Department of Education (SDE) commissioner, by January 1, 2024, and in consultation with the School Paraeducator Advisory Council, to develop a model paraeducator training program for high school students (§ 2);

3.

requires boards of education to annually distribute information on specified vocational, technical, technological, and postsecondary education school options to middle school students (§ 3);

4.

requires SDE, by January 1, 2024, to establish a pre- apprenticeship grant program for boards of education that include Department of Labor (DOL)-registered pre- apprenticeship programs in their high school curriculum (§ 4);

5.

requires SDE, in partnership with boards of education and public higher education institutions, to expand opportunities for dual credit and dual enrollment for high school students, including courses required for health care occupations (§ 5);

and 6.

requires the Technical Education and Career System (TECS) sSB1197 / File No.

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522 executive director to convene a working group to determine the feasibility, cost, and plan to develop an aerospace advanced manufacturing high school (§ 6).

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2023, except that the provision convening the aerospace advanced manufacturing high school working group takes effect upon passage.

§§ 1 & 6 — AEROSPACE AND AVIATION TRAINING Aviation and Aerospace Apprenticeship Training Program (§ 1) The bill allows a board of education to partner with local employers in the aviation or aerospace industry to develop and offer an apprenticeship training program for students within its school district.

Under the bill, the apprenticeship training program must give students (1) on-site training where they learn immediate job skills and earn course credits, (2) information on the CT Aero Tech School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians’ educational programs, and (3) help completing the school’s admissions application.

The bill requires a board of education that offers this apprenticeship program to start annually reporting to the Education Committee within days after the first student cohort completes the program.

The report must include the number of students who (1) participated in and completed the program and (2) enrolled in the CT Aero Tech School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians after doing so.

Aerospace Advanced Manufacturing High School Working Group (§ 6) The bill requires the TECS executive director to convene a working group to determine the feasibility, cost, and plan to develop an aerospace advanced manufacturing high school.

Under the bill, the executive director must serve as the working group’s chairperson and appoint its members, which must at least include representatives of (1) the Governor’s Workforce Council, (2) the Department of Economic and Community Development, and (3) sSB1197 / File No.

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The bill requires the executive director to report the working group’s conclusions and recommendations to the Education Committee by January 1, 2024.

§ 2 — MODEL PARAEDUCATOR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS The bill requires the SDE commissioner, by January 1, 2024, and in consultation with the School Paraeducator Advisory Council, to (1) develop a model program for paraeducator training for students in grades nine through 12 that would qualify them to work as paraeducators after graduating from high school and (2) distribute the program to each board of education.

The billallowsboardsofeducationtoadopttheprogram.

After doing so, they must report to the Education Committee within one year on the number of students who (1) participated and completed the program by grade and (2) found employment as a paraeducator after graduation.

§ 3 — DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON SCHOOL OPTIONS Under current law, each board of education must require its school counselors to give information to middle and high school students and their parents on the availability of (1) vocational, technical, technological, and postsecondary education and training at technical education and career schools and (2) agricultural science and technology education at regional agricultural science and technology education centers The bill requires each board of education to also annually distribute this information to middle school students.

§ 4 — HIGH SCHOOL PRE-APPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM The billrequiresSDEto establishapre-apprenticeshipgrant program by January 1, 2024.

Under the program, the department must award grants to any board of education that incorporates a pre-apprenticeship sSB1197 / File No.

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522 program in its curriculum for grades nine through 12, as long as the program is registered with DOL and meets any related criteria the department establishes.

The bill requires SDE, starting by January 1, 2025, to annually report to the Education Committee on the grant program, including the amount of grants awarded and types of pre-apprenticeship programs students completed during the prior year.

§ 5 — EXPANSION OF DUAL CREDIT AND DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS The bill requires SDE to expand dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities for students in grades nine through 12 in various subject areas, including required coursesto pursuehealthcare occupations.The department must do this (1) within available funding limits and (2) in partnership with boards of education and public and independent higher education institutions.

Under the bill, SDE must include the following in the expanded opportunities:

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new resources, such as an online inventory of dual credit and dual enrollment programs, and model agreements to promote information sharing between boards of education and higher education institutions;

2.

support for teacher and faculty curriculum development and professional development to create new career pathways for in- demand industries, such as health care;

and 3.

tuition assistance for students who enroll in dual credit and dual enrollment programs.

The bill requires SDE to report to the Education Committee on its efforts to expand dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities by January 1, 2024.

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522 COMMITTEE ACTION Education Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 44 Nay 0 (03/24/2023) sSB1197 / File No.

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