General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6116
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2626
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SANTIAGO, 84th Dist. REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6116
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2626
*02626*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SANTIAGO, 84th Dist.
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS AND SUMMER JOBS FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to increase the number of federally and state-funded internships and summer jobs for low-income youth in urban and rural areas with the highest youth unemployment rates and to implement a lottery system for internships and summer job programs to ensure there is no nepotism involved in hiring for such internships and jobs.
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the number of internships and summer jobs for low-income youth in Connecticut.