New York S 4172: Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site

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S04172 Summary:

BILL NOS04172 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07135

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRMYRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §819, Ed L

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Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site; provides students with school-based learning and work-based learning.

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BILL NOS04172 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4172

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a career
 explorations class

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 819. Career explorations class. 1. The commissioner shall establish
 4 a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational educa-
 5 tion, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning
 6 activities and mentoring at the work site. Such class shall provide
 7 students with school-based learning and work-based learning which shall
 8 include, but not be limited to:
 9 (a) career workshops to provide information on how to search for jobs
 10 and/or internships in such student's industry of interest;
 11 (b) guest speakers who shall be professionals from various industries
 12 to give a brief synopsis of an average work day as well as what type of
 13 employees their company employs;
 14 (c) outside internships where every student participates in either one
 15 summer internship or spends at least five days shadowing a professional;
 16 (d) resume and cover letter writing to teach students to write a
 17 competitive and comprehensive resume and cover letter;
 18 (e) thank you letters to teach students to write and send proper thank
 19 you notes after an interview;
 20 (f) mock interviews to conduct a series of phone and face-to-face
 21 interviews simulating the actual event;
 22 (g) workplace etiquette to teach the basic principles of a profes-
 23 sional environment in reference to mutual respect, appropriate attire,
 24 language and behavior; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07759-01-5

 S. 4172 2

 1 (h) SAT preparation and post-secondary school application and accept-
 2 ance process.
 3 2. Such class shall be called career explorations and shall be offered
 4 in the spring semester or term of the freshman year of secondary school.
 5 SAT preparation and post-secondary application and acceptance process
 6 shall be offered in the fall semester or term of the junior year of
 7 secondary school during the regular school day in the place of two elec-
 8 tive classes. Such classes shall be held in a computer lab or the
 9 computer section of the school library.
 10 3. The department shall develop a system of performance reporting to
 11 define measures of student, school and employer participation in career
 12 awareness, career exposure, career exploration and work-based learning
 13 activities. The department shall further establish, in collaboration
 14 with the participating school districts, a system of performance indica-
 15 tors and measures for assessing state and local progress and build a
 16 foundation of core measures around which state and local information
 17 systems can be built.
 18 4. The department shall have one year from the effective date of this
 19 section to assemble a curriculum entitled the "career explorations
 20 class". Such new class shall be phased in by cities in the following
 21 manner:
 22 (a) first year, cities with a population of one million or more;
 23 (b) second year, cities with a population between fifty thousand and
 24 ninety-nine t