S 1710: Requires the commissioner of education to develop guidelines to encourage those in high school to participate in apprenticeships and to raise awareness in apprenticeship opportunities.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1710 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- 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 developing guidelines to encouraging participation in apprenticeships and raising awareness in apprenticeship opportunities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows: 3 63. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of 4 labor and pupil personnel advocates, develop guidelines for use by high 5 school counselors and guidance counselors to coordinate services with 6 local representatives of New York state certified apprenticeship 7 programs for purposes of encouraging participation in apprenticeships 8 and raising awareness surrounding apprenticeship opportunities. Such 9 guidelines shall be made available on the department's website and shall 10 be updated annually. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03656-01-5