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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7351
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5957
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING GRADUATIO N DATA FOR THE TECHN ICAL
EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-95h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
(a) Not later than November thirtieth of each year, the joint standing 3
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 4
relating to education, higher education and employment advancement 5
and labor shall meet with the chairperson of the Technical Education 6
and Career System board and the superintendent of the Technical 7
Education and Career System, the Labor Commissioner and such other 8
persons as they deem appropriate to consider the items submitted 9
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 10
(b) On or before November fifteenth, annually: 11
(1) The Labor Commissioner shall submit the following to the joint 12
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 13
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advancement and labor: (A) Information identifying general economic 15
trends in the state; (B) occupational information regarding the public 16
and private sectors, such as continuous data on occupational 17
movements; and (C) information identifying emerging regional, state 18
and national workforce needs over the next thirty years. 19
(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career 20
System shall submit the following to the joint standing committees of 21
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 22
education, higher education and employment advancement and labor: 23
(A) Information ensuring that the curriculum of the Technical 24
Education and Career System is incorporating those workforce skills 25
that will be needed for the next thirty years, as identified by the Labor 26
Commissioner in subdivision (1) of this subsection, into the technical 27
education and career schools; (B) information regarding graduation 28
rates for the Technical Education and Career System and the 29
employment status of students who graduate from or complete an 30
approved program of study at the Technical Education and Career 31
System, including, but not limited to: (i) Demographics such as age 32
and gender, (ii) course and program enrollment, [and completion,] (iii) 33
course and program completion rates and graduation rates, including 34
such completion and graduation rates disaggregated for each course 35
and program of study, (iv) employment status, and [(iv)] (v) wages 36
prior to enrolling and after graduating; (C) an assessment of the 37
adequacy of the resources available to the Technical Education and 38
Career System as the system develops and refines programs to meet 39
existing and emerging workforce needs; (D) recommendations to the 40
Technical Education and Career System board to carry out the 41
provisions of subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of this subdivision; 42
(E) information regarding staffing at each technical education and 43
career school for the current academic year; and (F) information 44
regarding the transition process of the Technical Education and Career 45
System as an independent agency, including, but not limited to, the 46
actions taken by the Technical Education and Career System board and 47
the superintendent to create a budget process and maintain 48 Raised Bill No. 7351
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programmatic consistency for students enrolled in the technical 49
education and career system. The superintendent shall collaborate 50
with the Labor Commissioner to obtain information as needed to carry 51
out the provisions of this subsection. 52
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10-95k of the general statutes is 53
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 54
1, 2019): 55
(a) Not later than January 1, [2017] 2021, and biennially thereafter, 56
the Technical Education and Career System board shall prepare a 57
summary report concerning the Technical Education and Career 58
System and shall submit the report directly to the joint standing 59
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 60
relating to education in accordance with the provisions of section 11-61
4a. The report shall include demographic information for the 62
preceding two school years on applicants for admission, students 63
enrolled and graduates, and a summary of the capital and operating 64
expenditures. Such information shall be provided for the Technical 65
Education and Career System and for each technical education and 66
career school and satellite facility. Enrollment information shall be 67
reported by race and sex and by specific trade programs. Applicant 68
information shall include the number of applicants, the number 69
accepted and the number enrolled reported by race and sex. 70
Enrollment capacity for each school and projected enrollment capacity 71
for the subsequent school year shall be developed on the basis of a 72
standardized format and shall be reported for each school and satellite 73
facility. The report shall also include assessment of student outcomes 74
including, but not limited to, mastery examination results pursuant to 75
section 10-14n, retention and [completion] graduation rates, including 76
such graduation rates disaggregated for each trade program, and 77
postsecondary education or employment based on graduate follow-up 78
and, for purposes of employment placement, state unemployment 79
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-95h
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-95k(a)
ED Joint Favorable