HB2004 S ED AM #1 3-5

Hager  7871

 

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill on pages one and two, by striking out all of section seven-d and inserting in lieu thereof a new section, designated section seven-d, to read as follows:

§18-2-7d. Program in workforce preparedness.

(a) The Legislature finds that, in addition to specialized skills relating to specific professions and trades, students will be better prepared to enter the workforce and succeed in their chosen fields of employment or education by having the opportunity to participate in training related to general workforce preparedness, productive workplace skills and processes, time management and efficiency, and teamwork and leadership competencies in the workplace. The Legislature further finds that employers in the state are the best source for articulating the general skills and attributes they, in common, seek in future employees and that employers may collaborate in the development of a graduate profile incorporating these skills and attributes.

(b) The state board shall promulgate a rule pursuant to 29A-3B-1 et seq. of this code that adopts a program of instruction in general workforce and career preparedness.;

On page two, section forty, by striking out the section caption and substituting therefor a new section caption, to read as follows:

§18-2-42. Providing career and technical education program information to students and parents; transcript of post-secondary credit; career technical education student participation in graduation ceremony.;

On page three, section forty, after line twenty-five, by adding a new subsection, designated subsection (d), to read as follows:

            (d) Any career technical education student who fulfills the high school graduation requirements required of other students in the district in which he or she is enrolled shall be eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony in the same manner as all other students in the district.;

On page three, section forty, line two, by striking out the words “the State Fire Commission and State Fire Marshall”;

On page three, section forty, line eighteen, by striking out the word “to”;

On page five, section four, line twenty-eight, by striking out the words “Collaborative Degree Completion Program” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “any program that allows students to earn college credit while they are still in high school”;

On page seven, section four, lines seventy-four through seventy-six, after the word “competency.” by striking out the remainder of the subdivision;

On page seven, section four, lines eighty-one and eighty-two, by striking out the words “Work Force Investment Act” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act”;

On page ten, section four, lines one hundred sixty-seven through one hundred seventy-four, by striking out all of subdivision (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subdivision, designated subdivision (4), to read as follows:

(4) Submits annually the Carl D. Perkins local planning guide to the council and the state board.;

And,

On page eleven, section four, lines one hundred ninety-one through two hundred, by striking out all of subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection, designated subsection (f), to read as follows:

(f) The State Superintendent of Schools and the Chancellor for the Council for Community and Technical College Education are responsible for annually evaluating the progress made in meeting the goals for each consortium through the development and collection of performance indicator data.

 

 

Adopted

Rejected