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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7351
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING GR ADUATION DATA FOR THE TECHNICAL
21	20		EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. Section 10-95h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
27	26		(a) Not later than November thirtieth of each year, the joint standing 3
28	27		committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 4
29	28		relating to education, higher education and employment advancement 5
30	29		and labor shall meet with the chairperson of the Technical Education 6
31	30		and Career System board and the superintendent of the Technical 7
32	31		Education and Career System, the Labor Commissioner and such other 8
33	32		persons as they deem appropriate to consider the items submitted 9
34	33		pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 10
35	34		(b) On or before November fifteenth, annually: 11
36	35		(1) The Labor Commissioner shall submit the following to the joint 12
37	36		standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 13
38	37		matters relating to education, higher education and employment 14 Raised Bill No. 7351
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45	43		advancement and labor: (A) Information identifying general economic 15
46	44		trends in the state; (B) occupational information regarding the public 16
47	45		and private sectors, such as continuous data on occupational 17
48	46		movements; and (C) information identifying emerging regional, state 18
49	47		and national workforce needs over the next thirty years. 19
50	48		(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career 20
51	49		System shall submit the following to the joint standing committees of 21
52	50		the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 22
53	51		education, higher education and employment advancement and labor: 23
54	52		(A) Information ensuring that the curriculum of the Technical 24
55	53		Education and Career System is incorporating those workforce skills 25
56	54		that will be needed for the next thirty years, as identified by the Labor 26
57	55		Commissioner in subdivision (1) of this subsection, into the technical 27
58	56		education and career schools; (B) information regarding graduation 28
59	57		rates for the Technical Education and Career System and the 29
60	58		employment status of students who graduate from or complete an 30
61	59		approved program of study at the Technical Education and Career 31
62	60		System, including, but not limited to: (i) Demographics such as age 32
63	61		and gender, (ii) course and program enrollment, [and completion,] (iii) 33
64	62		course and program completion rates and graduation rates, including 34
65	63		such completion and graduation rates disaggregated for each course 35
66	64		and program of study, (iv) employment status, and [(iv)] (v) wages 36
67	65		prior to enrolling and after graduating; (C) an assessment of the 37
68	66		adequacy of the resources available to the Technical Education and 38
69	67		Career System as the system develops and refines programs to meet 39
70	68		existing and emerging workforce needs; (D) recommendations to the 40
71	69		Technical Education and Career System board to carry out the 41
72	70		provisions of subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of this subdivision; 42
73	71		(E) information regarding staffing at each technical education and 43
74	72		career school for the current academic year; and (F) information 44
75	73		regarding the transition process of the Technical Education and Career 45
76	74		System as an independent agency, including, but not limited to, the 46
77	75		actions taken by the Technical Education and Career System board and 47
78	76		the superintendent to create a budget process and maintain 48 Raised Bill No. 7351
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85	82		programmatic consistency for students enrolled in the technical 49
86	83		education and career system. The superintendent shall collaborate 50
87	84		with the Labor Commissioner to obtain information as needed to carry 51
88	85		out the provisions of this subsection. 52
89	86		Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10-95k of the general statutes is 53
90	87		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 54
91	88		1, 2019): 55
92	89		(a) Not later than January 1, [2017] 2021, and biennially thereafter, 56
93	90		the Technical Education and Career System board shall prepare a 57
94	91		summary report concerning the Technical Education and Career 58
95	92		System and shall submit the report directly to the joint standing 59
96	93		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 60
97	94		relating to education in accordance with the provisions of section 11-61
98	95		4a. The report shall include demographic information for the 62
99	96		preceding two school years on applicants for admission, students 63
100	97		enrolled and graduates, and a summary of the capital and operating 64
101	98		expenditures. Such information shall be provided for the Technical 65
102	99		Education and Career System and for each technical education and 66
103	100		career school and satellite facility. Enrollment information shall be 67
104	101		reported by race and sex and by specific trade programs. Applicant 68
105	102		information shall include the number of applicants, the number 69
106	103		accepted and the number enrolled reported by race and sex. 70
107	104		Enrollment capacity for each school and projected enrollment capacity 71
108	105		for the subsequent school year shall be developed on the basis of a 72
109	106		standardized format and shall be reported for each school and satellite 73
110	107		facility. The report shall also include assessment of student outcomes 74
111	108		including, but not limited to, mastery examination results pursuant to 75
112	109		section 10-14n, retention and [completion] graduation rates, including 76
113	110		such graduation rates disaggregated for each trade program, and 77
114	111		postsecondary education or employment based on graduate follow-up 78
115	112		and, for purposes of employment placement, state unemployment 79
116	113		insurance wage records. 80 Raised Bill No. 7351
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123	119		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
124	120		sections:
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126	122		Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-95h
127	123		Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-95k(a)
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	125	+	Statement of Purpose:
	126	+	To require that certain reports submitted by the Technical Education
	127	+	and Career System include completion and graduation rates for each
	128	+	program of study offered by the Technical Education and Career
	129	+	System.
	130	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	131	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	132	+	not underlined.]
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