PRINTER'S NO. 3252
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2204
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MULLERY, ROEBUCK, MACKENZIE, DAVIS, READSHAW,
A. DAVIS, LONGIETTI, CHARLTON, WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD,
SCHLOSSBERG, QUIGLEY, FEE, LEWIS, McGINNIS, NEILSON,
CALTAGIRONE, IRVIN, KAVULICH, HICKERNELL, P. COSTA, PHILLIPS-
HILL, PASHINSKI, DERMODY, STURLA, SOLOMON, THOMAS, HEFFLEY,
TOOHIL, KORTZ, HARKINS, DRISCOLL, GROVE, HANNA AND D. MILLER,
APRIL 4, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 4, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in vocational education, providing
for a workforce development program clearinghouse.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 1842.1. Workforce Development Program
Clearinghouse.--(a) No later than January 1, 2019, the
Department of Education shall, in consultation with the
Department of Labor and Industry, conduct an inventory to
determine the number and types of workforce development programs
offered at secondary and postsecondary institutions. The
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Department of Education may compile a clearinghouse of model
programs discovered during the inventory. The Department of
Education shall encourage the use of the model programs by
secondary career and technical education programs, postsecondary
programs and business and industry to:
(1) expand existing programs into areas of this Commonwealth
where there is a need; and
(2) foster business-education partnerships.
(b) The Department of Education shall report its findings
and actions under subsection (a) to the chairman and minority
chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the
chairman and minority chairman of the Education Committee of the
Senate, the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
Committee of the House of Representatives and the chairman and
minority chairman of the Education Committee of the House of
Representatives.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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