| 13 | | - | Section 1. Section 10-98a of the general statutes is repealed and the |
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| 14 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): |
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| 15 | | - | The [director] principal of each technical education and career |
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| 16 | | - | school, or the principal's designee, shall meet with members of the |
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| 17 | | - | business community, representatives of electric, gas, water and |
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| 18 | | - | wastewater utilities and representatives from state colleges and |
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| 19 | | - | universities offering courses in public utility management within the |
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| 20 | | - | geographic area served by the technical education and career school to |
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| 21 | | - | develop a plan to assess workforce needs of the community and such |
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| 22 | | - | utilities and implement curriculum modifications to address those |
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| 23 | | - | needs. |
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| 18 | + | Section 1. Section 10-98a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 19 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 20 | + | The director of each technical education and career school shall 3 |
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| 21 | + | meet with members of the business community, representatives of 4 |
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| 22 | + | electric, gas, water and wastewater utilities and representatives from 5 |
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| 23 | + | state colleges and universities offering courses in public utility 6 |
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| 24 | + | management within the geographic area served by the technical 7 |
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| 25 | + | education and career school to develop a plan to assess workforce 8 |
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| 26 | + | needs of the community and such utilities and implement curriculum 9 |
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| 27 | + | modifications to address those needs. 10 |
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| 28 | + | Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs 11 |
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| 29 | + | shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic and 12 |
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| 30 | + | Community Development, develop a plan to identify veterans with 13 |
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| 31 | + | manufacturing skills and assist such veterans in gaining employment 14 |
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| 32 | + | in the manufacturing industry. Not later than February 1, 2020, the 15 |
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| 33 | + | commissioner shall submit such plan to the joint standing committees 16 |
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| 34 | + | of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 17 |
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| 35 | + | commerce and veterans affairs, in accordance with the provisions of 18 |
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| 36 | + | section 11-4a of the general statutes. 19 Substitute Bill No. 1029 |
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| 43 | + | Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Economic and 20 |
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| 44 | + | Community Development shall, in consultation with Workforce 21 |
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| 45 | + | Investment Boards, develop a plan to establish a pilot program, within 22 |
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| 46 | + | available appropriations, that provides free computer coding training 23 |
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| 47 | + | to veterans, low-income individuals, long-term unemployed 24 |
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| 48 | + | individuals, dislocated workers or correctional institution inmates. 25 |
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| 49 | + | Such plan may include the use of (1) federal or private funds, (2) free 26 |
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| 50 | + | computer coding curricula developed by information technology 27 |
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| 51 | + | organizations such as Code.org, and (3) public-private partnerships 28 |
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| 52 | + | such as the one used in the Code Louisville program in Louisville, 29 |
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| 53 | + | Kentucky. Not later than February 1, 2020, the commissioner shall 30 |
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| 54 | + | submit such plan to the joint standing committee of the General 31 |
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| 55 | + | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, in 32 |
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| 56 | + | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 33 |
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| 57 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 58 | + | sections: |
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| 60 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2019 10-98a |
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| 61 | + | Sec. 2 from passage New section |
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| 62 | + | Sec. 3 from passage New section |
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| 64 | + | CE Joint Favorable Subst. |
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