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4		-	Substitute House Bill No. 5833
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6		-	Public Act No. 19-103
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9		-	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE
10		-	EXPANSION OF ADVANCE D MANUFACTURING CERT IFICATE
11		-	PROGRAMS.
	14	+	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE EXPANSION
	15	+	OF ADVANCED MANUFACT URING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS .
12	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	17		Assembly convened:
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15		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) On or before January 1,
16		-	2020, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish a pilot
17		-	program for the expansion of advanced manufacturing certificate
18		-	programs to public high schools in the state. The board shall (1)
19		-	prescribe the form and manner in which local or regional boards of
20		-	education may apply to the board to participate in the pilot program,
21		-	(2) establish the criteria to be used by the board in selecting a public
22		-	high school to participate in the pilot program, which shall include,
23		-	but need not be limited to, prioritizing the placement of such advanced
24		-	manufacturing certificate programs in areas of the state where (A)
25		-	there is a need for a workforce trained in advanced manufacturing, (B)
26		-	there are economically distressed municipalities, (C) residents do not
27		-	have access to advanced manufacturing certificate programs within
28		-	close proximity to their homes, and (D) there is sufficient space in a
29		-	public high school to operate an advanced manufacturing certificate
30		-	program, and (3) explore the means of funding the pilot program
31		-	through public-private partnerships, grant programs, federal funds or
32		-	state funds through the Workforce Investment Boards, any relevant Substitute House Bill No. 5833
	19	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) On or before January 1, 1
	20	+	2020, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish a pilot 2
	21	+	program for the expansion of the advanced manufacturing certificate 3
	22	+	programs offered by the regional community-technical colleges to 4
	23	+	public high schools in the state, which public high schools shall 5
	24	+	function as satellite locations of the advanced manufacturing centers 6
	25	+	located at such colleges. The board shall (1) prescribe the form and 7
	26	+	manner in which local or regional boards of education may apply to 8
	27	+	the board to participate in the pilot program, (2) establish the criteria to 9
	28	+	be used by the board in selecting up to eight public high schools to 10
	29	+	participate in the pilot program, which shall include, but need not be 11
	30	+	limited to, prioritizing the placement of such advanced manufacturing 12
	31	+	certificate programs in areas of the state where (A) there is a need for a 13
	32	+	workforce trained in advanced manufacturing, (B) there are 14
	33	+	economically distressed municipalities, (C) residents do not have 15
	34	+	access to advanced manufacturing certificate programs within close 16
	35	+	proximity to their homes, and (D) there is sufficient space in a public 17
	36	+	high school to operate an advanced manufacturing certificate program, 18
	37	+	and (3) explore the means of funding the pilot program through 19
	38	+	public-private partnerships, grant programs, federal funds or state 20 Substitute Bill No. 5833
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36		-	program of the Department of Economic and Community
37		-	Development, the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund and
38		-	the Labor Department's office of apprenticeship training. The board
39		-	may select not more than one public high school per year in which to
40		-	establish an advanced manufacturing certificate program.
41		-	(b) Any local or regional board of education, separately or jointly
42		-	with other local or regional boards of education in the surrounding
43		-	area, may apply to participate in the pilot program in the form and
44		-	manner prescribed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Each
45		-	local or regional board of education that is selected and chooses to
46		-	participate in the pilot program, whether separately or jointly, shall
47		-	enter into a memorandum of understanding and any other relevant
48		-	agreement with the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the
49		-	operation of the advanced manufacturing certificate program at a
50		-	public high school within the school district of such local or regional
51		-	board of education. Notwithstanding sections 4b-23, 4b-30 and 4b-32 of
52		-	the general statutes and subdivision (15) of subsection (a) of section
53		-	10a-6 of the general statutes, the Board of Regents for Higher
54		-	Education may enter into a memorandum of understanding and any
55		-	other relevant agreement with a local or regional board of education
56		-	for the purposes of this section. Such memorandum of understanding
57		-	shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the number of high school
58		-	and college credits the students enrolled in t he advanced
59		-	manufacturing certificate program may earn after successful
60		-	completion of such program, (2) operating hours and staffing levels for
61		-	the advanced manufacturing certificate program at a public high
62		-	school, and (3) the standards for student admission and the process for
63		-	application to the advanced manufacturing certificate program.
64		-	(c) The Board of Regents for Higher Education may collaborate with
65		-	an independent institution of higher education, as defined in section
66		-	10a-173 of the general statutes, that offers an advanced manufacturing Substitute House Bill No. 5833
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	45	+	funds through the Workforce Investment Boards, any relevant 21
	46	+	program of the Department of Economic and Community 22
	47	+	Development, the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund and 23
	48	+	the Labor Department's office of apprenticeship training. 24
	49	+	(b) Any local or regional board of education, separately or jointly 25
	50	+	with other local or regional boards of education in the surrounding 26
	51	+	area, may apply to participate in the pilot program in the form and 27
	52	+	manner prescribed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Each 28
	53	+	local or regional board of education selected to participate in the pilot 29
	54	+	program, whether separately or jointly, shall enter into a 30
	55	+	memorandum of understanding for the operation of the advanced 31
	56	+	manufacturing center satellite location with the regional community-32
	57	+	technical college that serves the area in which the board is located, as 33
	58	+	such areas are described in section 10a-78 of the general statutes. Such 34
	59	+	memorandum of understanding shall include, but need not be limited 35
	60	+	to, (1) the number of high school and college credits the students 36
	61	+	enrolled in the advanced manufacturing certificate program may earn 37
	62	+	after successful completion of such program, (2) operating hours and 38
	63	+	staffing levels for the advanced manufacturing center satellite location, 39
	64	+	and (3) the standards for student admission and the process for 40
	65	+	application to the advanced manufacturing certificate program. 41
	66	+	(c) Beginning in the fall semester in 2020, and for each academic 42
	67	+	semester thereafter, each advanced manufacturing center satellite 43
	68	+	location approved by the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall 44
	69	+	enroll (1) public high school students in grade eleven or twelve from 45
	70	+	the school districts of the local or regional board or boards of 46
	71	+	education that have entered into the memorandum of understanding 47
	72	+	pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to simultaneously earn high 48
	73	+	school credits from the public high school in which the student is 49
	74	+	enrolled and college credits and an advanced manufacturing certificate 50
	75	+	from the regional community-technical college that operates the 51
	76	+	advanced manufacturing center satellite location, and (2) adults for 52
	77	+	classes during the evening and weekend hours to earn an advanced 53 Substitute Bill No. 5833
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70		-	certificate program for the operation of an advanced manufacturing
71		-	certificate program at a public high school, provided the local or
72		-	regional board of education that is selected and chooses to participate
73		-	in the pilot program agrees to such collaboration. If the local or
74		-	regional board of education agrees to such collaboration, such local or
75		-	regional board of education shall enter into a memorandum of
76		-	understanding and any other relevant agreement with the
77		-	independent institution of higher education for the operation of an
78		-	advanced manufacturing certificate program at a public high school
79		-	within the school district of such local or regional board of education.
80		-	(d) Beginning in the fall semester of 2020, and for each academic
81		-	semester thereafter, each advanced manufacturing certificate program
82		-	established at a public high school shall enroll (1) public high school
83		-	students in grade eleven or twelve from the school districts of the local
84		-	or regional board or boards of education that have entered into the
85		-	memorandum of understanding pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of
86		-	this section, to simultaneously earn high school credits from the public
87		-	high school in which the student is enrolled and college credits and an
88		-	advanced manufacturing certificate from the regional community-
89		-	technical college or the independent institution of higher education
90		-	that operates the advanced manufacturing certificate program, and (2)
91		-	upon the approval of the local or regional board of education, adults
92		-	for classes during the evening and weekend hours to earn an advanced
93		-	manufacturing certificate from the regional community-technical
94		-	college or the independent institution of higher education that
95		-	operates the advanced manufacturing certificate program.
96		-	(e) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the
97		-	president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, in
98		-	consultation with the president of any independent institution of
99		-	higher education with which the board collaborates pursuant to
100		-	subsection (c) of this section, shall report, in accordance with the Substitute House Bill No. 5833
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104		-	provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing
105		-	committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
106		-	relating to higher education and employment advancement and
107		-	education on the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program and
108		-	any recommendations to expand the pilot program.
	84	+	manufacturing certificate from the regional community-technical 54
	85	+	college that operates the advanced manufacturing center satellite 55
	86	+	location. 56
	87	+	(d) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 57
	88	+	Board of Regents for Higher Education shall report, in accordance with 58
	89	+	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 59
	90	+	standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 60
	91	+	matters relating to higher education and employment advancement 61
	92	+	and education on the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program 62
	93	+	and any recommendations to expand the pilot program. 63
	94	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	95	+	sections:
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	97	+	Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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	99	+	HED Joint Favorable Subst.
	100	+	ED Joint Favorable
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