Apprenticeship and job training promotion in schools.
AN ACT relating to education, labor and employment; requiring the department of workforce services to provide information to secondary students in Wyoming on apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs; specifying duties of school boards of trustees; requiring a report; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
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Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Minerals
Last action
2023-02-18
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2023
Plain English Breakdown
The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on how schools should disseminate information or what financial assistance will be available.
Apprenticeship and Job Training Promotion in Schools
This law requires Wyoming's Department of Workforce Services to provide information about apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and student learner agreements to secondary students and their schools.
What This Bill Does
Requires the Department of Workforce Services to give information to school districts about available apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training opportunities, and student learner agreements.
School boards must establish guidelines for implementing these programs within two months after July 1, 2023.
Schools are required to provide yearly information to high school students about the available apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and student learner agreements.
The Department of Workforce Services must report annually to committees about how well schools have provided this information.
Who It Names or Affects
Secondary students in Wyoming
School districts in Wyoming
Department of Workforce Services
Terms To Know
Apprenticeship programs
Training programs where a person learns a skilled trade through hands-on work and classroom instruction.
On-the-job training
Learning job skills while working at a company, often with guidance from experienced workers.
Limits and Unknowns
The law does not specify how schools should provide information to students.
It is unclear what specific financial assistance will be available for these programs.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment requires Wyoming school districts to provide information about apprenticeships and on-the-job training opportunities on their websites.
Adds a requirement for school districts to post information about available apprenticeships, student learner agreements, and on-the-job training opportunities on their websites.
The amendment does not specify the format or frequency of posting this information.
Plain English: The amendment requires school districts to follow specific guidelines when providing information about apprenticeships and job training programs to students.
Adds 'appropriate' after 'provide' in the bill text, changing how schools are required to provide information.
Inserts language requiring school districts to comply with established guidelines when providing information on apprenticeship and job training programs.
The exact nature of the guidelines mentioned is not specified in the amendment text, so it's unclear what specific rules schools must follow.
Standing Committee • Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment adds a new requirement for schools in Wyoming to provide information requested by the department of workforce services to ensure compliance with reports related to apprenticeship and job training programs.
Schools must now give the Department of Workforce Services any information it requests to help meet reporting requirements.
The amendment does not specify what kind of information schools need to provide or how often they should do so, leaving these details unclear.
Bill History
2023-02-18LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 42
2023-02-18Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0023
2023-02-15House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0023
2023-02-15Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0023
2023-02-14LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0023
2023-02-14Senate
S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
2023-02-09Senate
S Received for Concurrence
2023-02-09House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 62-0-0-0-0
2023-02-08House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-02-07House
H COW:Passed
2023-02-06House
H Placed on General File
2023-02-06House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2023-02-03House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2023-01-17House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-16Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
2023-01-13Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-12Senate
S COW:Passed
2023-01-12Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-01-12Senate
S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2023-01-10Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals
2023-01-09Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-01-04LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 23LSO-0142
Bill No.:
SF0078
Effective:
Multiple Dates
LSO No.:
23LSO-0142
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0023
Chapter No.:
42
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Interim Committee
Catch Title:
Apprenticeship and job training promotion in schools.
Subject:
Providing information and guidance to secondary students in Wyoming on apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training and student learner agreements.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act requires the Department of Workforce Services (the Department) to provide information and guidance to school districts regarding registered apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training and student learner agreements that are available to secondary students in Wyoming for credit, pay or both, including the rights and responsibilities of school districts, employers and students participating in the programs and available financial assistance.
This act establishes new duties for school districts to disseminate the information provided by the Department to students and to establish procedures to provide school credit to those students who participate in apprenticeship programs, on-the job training or student learner agreements.
Comments:
The Department must report not later than October 1 each year to the Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Interim Committee and the Joint Education Interim Committee on the provision of information required under this act to boards of trustees and on efforts of school districts to provide school credit to students participating in these programs.
The information required to be provided by the Department shall be given to each school district board of trustees beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.
While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
Current Bill Text
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23LSO-0142
ORIGINAL Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0078
ENROLLED ACT NO. 23,
SENATE
SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session
AN ACT relating to education, labor and employment; requiring the department of workforce services to provide information to secondary students in Wyoming on apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs; specifying duties of school boards of trustees; requiring a report; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 9
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2602(b)(vii), by creating a new paragraph (ix) and by creating a new subsection (e) and 21
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110(a) by creating a new paragraph (xl) are amended to read:
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2602.
Director of department; appointment; removal; duties.
(b)
The director shall:
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Appoint a separate administrator for each of the divisions of the department of workforce services and may discharge the administrators as provided in W.S. 9
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1706(c)(ii);
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Provide information and guidance to the board of trustees in each school district regarding the availability of registered apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements and on
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job training available to students for pay, school credit or both, including:
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The rights and responsibilities of school districts, employers, student learners and student employees participating in apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements or on
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job training under state and federal law; and
(B)
Available local, state and federal financial assistance for placement of students in apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements or on
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job training programs.
(e)
Not later than October 1 of each year, the department shall report to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee and the joint education interim committee on the provision of information to boards of trustees in each school district as required under paragraph (b)(ix) of this section. The report shall include information on efforts each school district has taken to link the program opportunities specified in paragraph (b)(ix) of this section to the provision of school credit to students for completing those program opportunities. Information about available apprenticeships, student learner agreements and on-the-job training opportunities in each school district shall be made available on the school district's website.
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Duties of boards of trustees.
(a)
The board of trustees in each school district shall:
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Upon receipt of the information that the department of workforce services is required to provide under W.S. 9
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2602(b)(ix) and not later than sixty (60) days after July 1, 2023:
(A)
Establish guidelines to implement student training and employment programs in schools in the district;
(B)
Take all necessary steps to provide appropriate school credit to students who complete student training and employment programs offered in the district and comply with the guidelines established pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph;
(C)
Annually give to each high school student in the district information on apprenticeships, student learner agreements and on
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job training opportunities;
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Provide information as requested by the department of workforce services to ensure compliance with reports required under W.S. 9
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2602(e).
Section 2.
The department of workforce services shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 3.
The information regarding student apprenticeships, student learner agreements and on
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job training opportunities required under this act shall be provided to each school district board of trustees beginning with the 2022
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2023 school year.
Section 4.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2023
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(b)
Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
Chief Clerk
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