PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 745

PRINTER'S NO. 859

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

394

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY MULLERY, MURT, HILL-EVANS, RABB, BERNSTINE,

HICKERNELL, FREEMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, NEILSON, CALTAGIRONE,

ROEBUCK, IRVIN, MILLARD, McCLINTON, THOMAS, RAPP, BROWN,

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

of Labor and Industry, compile a clearinghouse of model programs

discovered during the inventory. The Department of Education THE

PENNSYLVANIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD SHALL, WITH ASSISTANCE

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CONDUCT A SURVEY TO DETERMINE

THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OFFERED

AT SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS. THE PENNSYLVANIA

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MAY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, COMPILE A CLEARINGHOUSE OF MODEL

PROGRAMS DISCOVERED DURING THE SURVEY.

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 (C) THE PENNSYLVANIA

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD shall report its findings and

actions under subsection (a) THIS SECTION to the chairman and

minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate,

the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations

Committee of the House of Representatives, the chairman and