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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5833
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR TH E EXPANSION
OF ADVANCED MANUFACT URING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) On or before January 1, 1
2020, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish a pilot 2
program for the expansion of the advanced manufacturing certificate 3
programs offered by the regional community-technical colleges to 4
eight public high schools in the state, which will function as satellite 5
locations of the advanced manufacturing centers located at such 6
colleges. The board shall (1) prescribe the form and manner in which 7
local or regional boards of education may apply to the board to 8
participate in the pilot program, (2) establish the criteria to be used by 9
the board in selecting the public high schools to participate in the pilot 10
program, which shall include, but need not be limited to, prioritizing 11
the placement of such advanced manufacturing certificate programs in 12
areas of the state where (A) there is a need for a workforce trained in 13
advanced manufacturing, (B) there are economically distressed 14
municipalities, (C) residents do not have access to advanced 15
manufacturing certificate programs within close proximity, and (D) 16
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there is sufficient space in a public high school to operate an advanced 17
manufacturing certificate program, and (3) explore the means of 18
funding the pilot program through public-private partnerships, grant 19
programs, federal funds or state funds through the Workforce 20
Investment Boards, the Department of Economic and Community 21
Development's college connections program, the Manufacturing 22
Innovations Fund and the Office of Apprenticeships. 23
(b) Any local or regional board of education, separately or jointly 24
with other local or regional boards of education in the surrounding 25
area, may apply to participate in the pilot program in the form and 26
manner prescribed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Each 27
local or regional board of education selected to participate in the pilot 28
program, whether separately or jointly, shall enter into a 29
memorandum of understanding for the operation of the advanced 30
manufacturing center satellite location with the regional community-31
technical college that serves the area in which the board is located, as 32
such areas are described in section 10a-78 of the general statutes. Such 33
memorandum of understanding shall include, but need not be limited 34
to, (1) the number of high school and college credits the students 35
enrolled in the advanced manufacturing certificate program may earn 36
after successful completion of such program, (2) operating hours and 37
staffing levels for the advanced manufacturing center satellite location, 38
and (3) the standards for student admission and the process for 39
application to the advanced manufacturing certificate program. 40
(c) Not later than the start of the fall semester in 2020, and for each 41
academic semester thereafter, each advanced manufacturing center 42
satellite location approved by the Board of Regents for Higher 43
Education shall enroll (1) public high school students in grade eleven 44
or twelve from the school districts of the local or regional board or 45
boards of education that have entered into the memorandum of 46
understanding pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to 47
simultaneously earn high school credits from the public high school in 48
which the student is enrolled and college credits and an advanced 49
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manufacturing certificate from the regional community-technical 50
college that operates the advanced manufacturing center satellite 51
location, and (2) adults for classes during the evening and weekend 52
hours to earn an advanced manufacturing certificate from the regional 53
community-technical college that operates the advanced 54
manufacturing center satellite location. 55
(d) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 56
Board of Regents for Higher Education shall report, in accordance with 57
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 58
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 59
matters relating to higher education and employment advancement on 60
the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program and any 61
recommendations to expand the pilot program. 62
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program to expand advanced manufacturing
certificate programs offered by regional community-technical colleges
to eight public high schools throughout the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ROCHELLE, 104th Dist.; REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.; REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.; REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
H.B. 5833