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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 538
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 716
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CAREER PATHWAYS AND WORKFORCE
TRAINING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department 1
of Education to (A) establish a rubric for career pathway training 2
programs; and (B) develop a new accelerated pathway to teacher 3
certification for people who work in the trades, (2) establish a task force 4
to examine any transportation barriers faced by participants in work-5
based learning programs, (3) require the Commissioner of Consumer 6
Protection to (A) adopt regulations pursuant to section 20-332 of the 7
general statutes to specify a journeyperson to apprentice ratio of two to 8
one for the period of July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2027, for the trades of 9
electrical, plumbing, heating, piping and cooling, sprinkler filter, sheet 10
metal work and non-electrician certified solar panel installers; and (B) 11
jointly with the Labor Commissioner, (i) increase fines for contractors 12
who violate the journeyperson to apprentice ratio, and (ii) develop and 13
publish standards for exceptions to the journeyperson to apprentice 14
ratio requirement that accommodate any workforce shortages, and (4) 15 Proposed Bill No. 538
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require the State Auditors of Public Accounts to conduct an audit on the 16
effectiveness of each workforce development program funded by the 17
state. 18
Statement of Purpose:
To develop a rubric for career pathway training programs and a new
accelerated teacher certification pathway for people who work in the
trades, establish a task force to examine transportation barriers related
to work-based learning programs, amend the journeyperson to
apprentice ratio until June 30, 2027, and require an audit of workforce
development programs.