CT HB05493

Connecticut Employment and Training Commission must develop a state-wide plan in collaboration with regional workforce development boards to implement, expand, or improve contextualized learning programs, career certificate programs, middle college programs, and early college high school programs.

Programs shall focus on providing education, training, and job placement in manufacturing, health care, construction, green industries, and other emerging economic sectors.

Early college high school programs provide tuition-free simultaneous earning of high school diplomas and associate degrees or up to two years of bachelor degree credit for underrepresented students including low-income youth, first-generation college students, English language learners, and minority students.

Commission must report on the developed plan to the joint standing committee on higher education and employment advancement by January 1, 2015, and provide annual status reports by September 1, 2015, and thereafter.

Effective date of July 1, 2014.