HB 7240 Summary

• Changes workforce planning forecasting period from thirty years to ten years in annual Labor Commissioner submissions to legislative committees regarding economic trends and occupational needs.

• Replaces references to the federal Job Training Partnership Act with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 USC 3101) throughout labor statutes and establishes the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission with duties as a state workforce development board.

• Redefines "preapprentice" to mean any student or minor employed under a written apprenticeship agreement, removing age restrictions that previously limited the definition to high school students or those not exceeding 18 years old.

• Removes requirement that Labor Commissioner adopt regulations for workforce development boards and makes such regulations discretionary ("may" instead of "shall").

• Repeals six obsolete sections of labor statutes (31-3a, 31-3g, 31-3u, 31-3ff, 31-3ii, and 31-22s) as part of technical cleanup.