Amendment #151 to H4100
Empowering Vocational Schools
Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Adams of Andover, Barrows of Mansfield, Bastien of Gardner, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Diehl of Whitman, Durant of Spencer, Fattman of Sutton, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Harrington of Groton, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Kuros of Uxbridge, Levy of Marlborough, Lombardo of Billerica, Lyons of Andover, O'Connell of Taunton, Orrall of Lakeville, Ross of Attleboro, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth, Webster of Pembroke, Winslow of Norfolk and Wong of Saugus move to amend the bill by inserting, after section XX, the following sections:—
“SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 13 of chapter 13 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in line 1, the figure "17" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 18
SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 13 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 8, the word "consumers." and inserting in place thereof the following words:-
consumers; and a vocational-technical licensed practical nursing educator or administrator who shall be selected from a group of three nominees, to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators.
SECTION XX. Section 32 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 4, the word "eight" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 9
SECTION XX. Section 32 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "forty-one.", in line 8, the following sentence:- 1 of the appointees shall be a vocational-technical electrical educator or administrator, who shall be selected from a group of three nominees, to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators.
SECTION XX. Section 36 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 3, the word "nine" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 10
SECTION XX. Section 36 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 16, after the word “systems,” the following words:- 1 of whom shall be a vocational-technical plumbing educator or administrator who shall be selected from a group of three nominees to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators,
SECTION XX. Section 42 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 2, the word "seven" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 8
SECTION XX. Section 42 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 35, the word "and".
SECTION XX. Section 42 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 36, the word "cosmetology" and inserting in place thereof the following words:-
cosmetology; and (c) one member shall be a vocational-technical cosmetology educator or administrator who shall be selected from a group of three nominees, to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators.
SECTION XX. Section 101 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 4, the figure "5" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 6
SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 101 of said chapter 13, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “work,” in line 9 the following words:- , 1 of whom shall be a vocational-technical sheet metal educator or administrator who shall be selected from a group of three nominees, to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators,
SECTION XX. Section 1 of chapter 74 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “service programs” contained in lines 43 to 44, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-
“Service programs”, the preparation of students in occupational areas such as hotel and lodging, cosmetology, child care or any service occupation that by its nature is characterized as being a service, professional or non-professional. Such programs shall be in compliance with the program approval criteria regulations published by the state board.
SECTION XX. Chapter 74 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 55 the following section:-
Section 56. The district trustees shall establish a program, in collaboration with the advisory committee, the director of the department of career services and a representative of the local workforce investment board, to expand not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided through contracts with Massachusetts employers. The program shall allow interested business partners to sponsor a prospective or current employee for training provided by the vocational school at the expense of the employer. Each vocational school shall report not later than December 31, annually, to the commissioner of education on the level of not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided in the preceding fiscal year and the anticipated level of such instruction in the current fiscal year. The report shall detail enrollment levels, revenues received, sources of revenues, recruitment tools, the number of service contracts established with Massachusetts employers and such other information as the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive report of the information and present copies of which to the board of higher education and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on labor and workforce development not later than March 31, annually.”.