New York A 4394: Enacts the "omnibus learning for work act"; appropriation

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A04394 Summary:

BILL NOA04394 

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SPONSORBologna

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Add Art 23-C §§832 - 832-d, Lab L; add §§208-b, 669-i & 319, amd §1950, Ed L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L

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Enacts the "omnibus learning for work act"; establishes the youth apprenticeship program (Part A); establishes the enhanced regents professional diploma (Part B); establishes a youth apprenticeship tax credit (Part C); establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship (Part D); renames certain schools established by a board of cooperative educational services as career prep centers (Part E); relates to the salary of certain teachers and staff providing instruction in career and technical education (Part F); implements the learning for work program (Part G).

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02/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4394

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the youth
 apprenticeship program; and making an appropriation therefor (Part A);
 to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the enhanced
 regents professional diploma (Part B); to amend the tax law, in
 relation to establishing a youth apprenticeship tax credit (Part C);
 to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the community
 college merit and mobility scholarship (Part D); to amend the educa-
 tion law, in relation to renaming certain schools established by a
 board of cooperative educational services as career prep centers; and
 making an appropriation therefor (Part E); to amend the education law,
 in relation to the salary of certain teachers and staff providing
 instruction in career and technical education (Part F); and to amend
 the education law, in relation to implementing the learning for work
 program (Part G)

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "omnibus
 2 learning for work act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. According to the National
 4 Skills Coalition, middle-skill jobs make up the largest portion of New
 5 York's labor market. While 49% of all jobs available throughout New York
 6 in 2018 were middle-skill, only 37% of the state's workers were trained
 7 for the positions. This lack of preparedness has driven many high school
 8 graduates into low-paying jobs, or college degree programs that they are
 9 not interested in, which fail to lead to careers and result in an unrea-
 10 sonably high amount of student debt. For many current and future high
 11 school students, the traditional pathway of a basic high school educa-
 12 tion and then on to a four-year college may not be the correct route to
 13 take. These students would benefit from a program that would prepare

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05571-01-5

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 1 them for employment immediately upon graduating high school. Therefore,
 2 the legislature finds it necessary to establish this "learning for work"
 3 program in our high schools that will create a youth apprenticeship
 4 program, an enhanced regents professional diploma with a designation in
 5 a specified occupational area, a tax credit for employers who take part
 6 in the youth apprenticeship program, a community college merit and
 7 mobility scholarship, rebrand all educational programs provided or oper-
 8 ated by a board of cooperative educational services which shall be known
 9 as "career prep centers", increase the salaries paid to any career and
 10 technical education teachers, supervisors or other employees of a board
 11 of cooperative educational services, and require the departments of
 12 education, in collaboration with the department of labor,