CT SB00854

Guidance counselors and school counselors may provide materials about manufacturing, military, and law enforcement careers when discussing career options with students, effective July 1, 2019.

Local and regional boards of education must include goals for career placement of students who do not pursue advanced degrees immediately after graduation in their educational goal statements.

Each local and regional board of education must create student success plans for students beginning in grade six that include evidence of career exploration in each grade, specifically including careers in manufacturing.

The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Office of Higher Education and the Technical Education and Career System board, must conduct a study on the demand for career and technical education teachers in technical high schools, traditional public high schools, and community college advanced manufacturing technology centers.

The Commissioner of Education must submit a report on the study results, including recommendations for expanding opportunities for experienced manufacturing professionals to become teachers, to the joint standing committee on commerce by February 1, 2020.