CT SB00797

Department of Education must establish a rubric for career pathway training programs and develop an accelerated pathway to teacher certification for people working in the trades.

A task force must be created to examine transportation barriers faced by participants in work-based learning programs.

Commissioner of Consumer Protection must adopt regulations setting a 2-to-1 journeyperson to apprentice ratio for electrical, plumbing, heating, piping and cooling, sprinkler filter, and sheet metal work trades from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025.

Commissioner of Consumer Protection and Labor Commissioner must jointly increase fines for contractors violating the journeyperson to apprentice ratio and develop published standards for ratio exceptions to accommodate workforce shortages.

State Auditors of Public Accounts must conduct an audit on the effectiveness of each state-funded workforce development program.