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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6755
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 4842
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
EDUCATION CENTER ADVISORY GROUP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established an advisory 1
group to facilitate the expansion of an advanced manufacturing 2
technology center at a regional community-technical college in the state, 3
and to maximize the economic, educational and workforce benefits 4
provided to the state by the center. 5
(1) The advisory group shall develop an implementation plan 6
concerning the budget of, timeline for and the state, federal and private 7
sector funding mechanisms for the following: 8
(A) Completing the necessary infrastructure at the center; 9
(B) Establishing an Industry 4.0 manufacturing technology career 10
pathway model that may be duplicated at secondary and regional 11
community-technical college level institutions throughout the state; 12
(C) Establishing sustainable public-private partnerships to provide 13 Raised Bill No. 6755
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the latest equipment, training and apprenticeship opportunities for 14
students and instructors; 15
(D) Establishing a community robotics center at the advanced 16
manufacturing technology center to support program awareness, 17
enrollment and community involvement; and 18
(E) Incorporating mechanisms to maximize opportunities for 19
traditionally underserved communities. 20
(2) The plan shall include metrics to measure success, including, but 21
not limited to, key performance indicators and targets for each part of 22
the implementation plan described in subdivision (1) of this subsection. 23
(3) The advisory group may utilize industry partners, employers, 24
association boards, classroom teachers of students in grades 25
kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, and others to develop the plan. 26
(4) The advisory group shall include in the implementation plan a 27
recommendation as to whether said group should be reestablished after 28
said group terminates pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The 29
advisory group shall, if said group recommends such reestablishment, 30
include in the implementation plan a recommendation concerning for 31
what purposes and for what duration said group should be 32
reestablished. 33
(b) The advisory group members shall be appointed by the 34
cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 35
having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, and shall consist of 36
the following members: 37
(1) The executive vice president of workforce and economic 38
development of the regional community-technical college system; 39
(2) An executive director of an advanced manufacturing technology 40
center that has a mission of cultivating relationships among 41
stakeholders with an interest in developing a diverse technical 42
workforce; 43 Raised Bill No. 6755
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(3) An associate dean of an advanced manufacturing technology 44
program of the regional community-technical college system; 45
(4) A coordinator of counseling and career pathways for a public 46
school system, consisting of grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, in 47
a municipality in the state; 48
(5) A professor of robotics and mechatronics from a university within 49
the Connecticut State University System; 50
(6) An associate dean of an advanced manufacturing center at a 51
regional community-technical college in the state; 52
(7) A technical talent development advisor from a product assembly 53
company in the state; and 54
(8) Not more than two members of the manufacturing industry. 55
(c) All initial appointments to the advisory group shall be made not 56
later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy 57
shall be filled by the appointing authority. 58
(d) The cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 59
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce shall 60
select the cochairpersons of the advisory group from among the 61
members of the advisory group. Such cochairpersons shall schedule the 62
first meeting of the advisory group, which shall be held not later than 63
sixty days after the effective date of this section. 64
(e) Not later than January 1, 2024, the advisory group shall submit a 65
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 66
statutes, on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 67
joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 68
of matters relating to commerce, education and higher education and 69
employment advancement. The advisory group shall terminate on the 70
date that it submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is later. 71 Raised Bill No. 6755
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish an advanced manufacturing technology center advisory
group.
[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.]