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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2767 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 564 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jeffrey N. Roy |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act incentivizing the awarding of industry-recognized credentials. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jeffrey N. Roy10th Norfolk1/19/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire2/14/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/14/2023Alan Silvia7th Bristol2/14/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol2/14/2023Adam Scanlon14th Bristol2/15/2023Christopher M. Markey9th Bristol2/22/2023 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2767 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 564 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 564) of Jeffrey |
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| 19 | 19 | | N. Roy and others relative to industry-recognized certification awards paid by the Department of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Elementary and Secondary Education. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act incentivizing the awarding of industry-recognized credentials. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2are hereby amended by adding the following four new sections:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 37. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Elementary and Secondary |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4Education shall pay each school district a certification award calculated as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 (i) $1,000 for each student in the district who earns an industry-recognized certification |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6for an occupation that has high employment value, as determined by the executive office of labor |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7and workforce development through the publication of the annual list required of it pursuant to |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8Chapter 23, section 26 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 179 of the Acts of 2022, or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9an industry recognized certification that is recognized by any public institution of higher learning |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10in the commonwealth as a basis for academic credit in such institution. 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 (ii) $800 for each student in the district who earns an industry-recognized certification |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12that does not meet the criteria of the previous paragraph but addresses regional demands |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13identified by the local MassHire Workforce Board. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 The school district receiving a certification award must allocate at least 80% of any |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15certification award to the school whose students obtained the qualifying certification. The |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16allocation may not be used to supplant funds otherwise provided for the basic operation of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17school. The school receiving a certification award must use the award to support or maintain the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18program, including the payment of stipends for instructors and the subsidization of fees for low |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19income students to obtain the certification. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20 (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department may pay a certification development award |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21to a school district to support the development of programs to assist students in obtaining |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22industry-recognized certifications described in subsection (a)(i). School districts may use a |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23certification development award to develop instructors able to prepare students to obtain |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24certification, to obtain equipment and other instructional materials to be used for such |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25preparation, or any other purpose directly related to developing programs to assist students in |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26obtaining a qualifying certification. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27 (c) The Department shall each year prepare an annual report on the progress made under |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28this section including: |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29 (i) The number of public school students who are seeking certifications for high demand |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30occupations, identifying the number of such students who are low-income, ELL and/or SPED. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31 (ii) The certifications earned by such students, including the number of each such |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32certifications earned. 3 of 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 33 (iii) An analysis of the extent, if any, to which the funding provided for the program |
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| 62 | 62 | | 34during the year was insufficient to make the awards under this section. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 35 SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act will take effect immediately upon its passage. |
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