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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6887
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP OPPOR TUNITIES FOR
HIGH-GROWTH, HIGH-DEMAND JOBS.
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 1
to study the feasibility of developing a public-private partnership that 2
provides apprenticeship opportunities for high school and college 3
students in high-growth, high-demand jobs in the state. The task force 4
shall (1) identify high-growth, high-demand jobs in the state in fields 5
including, but not limited to, finance, computer science, engineering, 6
health care, insurance and biomedicine; (2) identify the education and 7
skill level requirements for such jobs; (3) analyze whether educational 8
achievement and attainment trends of students in the state sufficiently 9
satisfy the requirements of such jobs; (4) identify state-wide 10
demographic trends in the workforce; (5) review similar 11
apprenticeship programs being administered in other states, including, 12
but not limited to, Colorado and Georgia, for the purpose of 13
determining if such programs can be replicated in Connecticut; (6) 14
analyze the feasibility of creating partnerships in the state that provide 15
apprenticeship opportunities for such high-growth, high-demand jobs; 16
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(7) examine whether the existing apprenticeship program, as provided 17
in chapter 557 of the general statutes, can be utilized or expanded to 18
develop such partnerships; and (8) identify any potential institutional 19
or legal obstacles associated with the creation and implementation of 20
such partnerships and apprenticeship opportunities. 21
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 22
(1) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing 23
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 24
relating to higher education and employment advancement, or their 25
designees; 26
(2) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; 27
(3) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 28
or the commissioner's designee; 29
(4) The superintendent of the technical high school system, or the 30
superintendent's designee; 31
(5) A representative of the Connecticut Business and Industry 32
Association; 33
(6) The chief executive officer from a top-tier Connecticut business 34
selected by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, or the 35
chief executive officer's designee; 36
(7) A representative of the National Federation of Independent 37
Business; 38
(8) The chief executive officer from a top-tier Connecticut business, 39
selected by the National Federation of Independent Business, or the 40
chief executive officer's designee; 41
(9) A representative of the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement 42
Now; 43
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(10) A representative of the Connecticut Conference of Independent 44
Colleges; 45
(11) A representative of the American Swiss Foundation; 46
(12) Representatives from multinational corporations with a 47
physical presence in the state selected by the Commissioner of 48
Economic and Community Development; 49
(13) The president of the Connecticut State Colleges and 50
Universities, or the president's designee; 51
(14) The president of The University of Connecticut, or the 52
president's designee; and 53
(15) A representative of a community foundation. 54
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subsection (b) of 55
this section may be a member of the General Assembly. 56
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 57
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 58
filled by the appointing authority. 59
(e) The chairpersons of the task force shall be elected from among 60
the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the 61
first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 62
days after the effective date of this section. 63
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 64
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher 65
education and employment advancement shall serve as administrative 66
staff of the task force. 67
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 68
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 69
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 70
relating to education, higher education and employment advancement, 71
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and labor and public employees, in accordance with the provisions of 72
section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on 73
the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is 74
later. 75
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to identify high-growth, high-demand jobs
and analyze the implementation and creation of partnerships that
provide apprenticeship opportunities for such jobs.
[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. MILLER P., 145th Dist.
H.B. 6887