(a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and as necessary thereafter, the board of the Technical Education and Career System, in consultation with the Chief Workforce Officer, the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development, Education and Social Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and one member of industry representing each of the economic clusters identified by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development pursuant to section 32-1m shall (1) review, evaluate and, as necessary, recommend improvements for certification and degree programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and the community-technical college system to ensure that such programs meet the employment needs of business and industry, (2) develop strategies to strengthen the linkage between skill standards for education and training and the employment needs of business and industry, (3) assess the unmet demand from employers in the state to hire graduates of trade programs from technical education and career schools and the unmet demand from students in the state to enroll in a trade program at a technical education and career school, and (4) assess opportunities to increase utilization of technical education and career schools during after school hours and on weekends.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, commerce, labor and higher education and employment advancement on any certification or degree programs offered by technical education and career schools or community-technical colleges that do not meet current industry standards.
(P.A. 01-193, S. 6, 9; P.A. 03-278, S. 9; P.A. 04-212, S. 3; P.A. 05-191, S. 10; P.A. 11-48, S. 82; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 13-31, S. 1; P.A. 16-15, S. 6; P.A. 17-237, S. 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 229.)
History: P.A. 01-193 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-212 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 05-191 substituted “32-1m” for “32-4g” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Office of Workforce Competitiveness, by requiring Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to work with Office of Workforce Competitiveness and by changing “Chancellor of the regional community-technical colleges” to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical school” and “vocational-technical schools” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school” and “technical high schools”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high school system and technical high school with references to Technical Education and Career System and technical education and career school, respectively, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 substantially revised Subsec. (a) re membership and duties of group reviewing and examining certification and degree programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and the community-technical college system, further amended Subsec. (a) by adding time frame for duties under section and adding Subdivs. (3) and (4) re assessment of unmet demand to hire graduates of and to enroll in technical education and career schools and of opportunities to increase utilization of such schools, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing the Commissioner of Education with the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System, deleting former Subdiv. (1) re implementation of programs to strengthen linkage between technical education and career schools, programs at regional community-technical colleges and employment needs and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “Chief Workforce Office” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Chief Workforce Officer” for accuracy).
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 4 - Management of State Agencies
Section 4-65a. - Office of Policy and Management.
Section 4-66. - Powers and duties of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management.
Section 4-66aa. - Community investment account. Distribution of funds.
Section 4-66b. - Capital development impact statements.
Section 4-66c. - Urban action bonds.
Section 4-66cc. - Agricultural sustainability account.
Section 4-66d. - Standardized form for notification of possible reimbursement liability.
Section 4-66e. - Development of interagency self-sufficiency measurement standards.
Section 4-66f. - Maintenance of funds received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Section 4-66h. - Main Street Investment Fund account. Distribution of funds.
Section 4-66k. - Regional planning incentive account.
Section 4-66l. - Municipal revenue sharing account. Grants.
Section 4-66m. - Intertown capital equipment purchase incentive program. Bond authorization.
Section 4-66n. - Municipal reimbursement and revenue account. Distribution of funds.
Section 4-66o. - Receivables for anticipated revenue.
Section 4-66p. - Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund.
Section 4-66q. - Regional councils of governments. Establishment of revenue sharing agreements.
Section 4-67a. - Medical Affairs Reference Committee.
Section 4-67b. - Appraisal fee schedule established.
Section 4-67c. - Fee schedule for health services established by Commissioner of Social Services.
Section 4-67d. - Professional Advisory Committee.
Section 4-67i. - Agency procurement plan.
Section 4-67m. - Development of goals, objectives and measures; implementation and revision; report.
Section 4-67s. - Child Poverty and Prevention Council: Definitions.
Section 4-67v. - Governor's budget document re prevention goals.
Section 4-67z. - Review of legal obstacles to sharing of high value data. Report.
Section 4-68aa. - Social innovation investment enterprise. Social innovation account.
Section 4-68bb. - Project Longevity Initiative. Definitions. Implementation.
Section 4-68cc. - Neighborhood Security Fellowship Program.
Section 4-68d. - Collection of sums due state for public assistance.
Section 4-68dd. - Municipal Grant Portal.
Section 4-68ff. - Collection, presentation and reporting of prosecutorial data.
Section 4-68g. (Formerly Sec. 17-21). - Conservators for mentally ill or mentally retarded persons.
Section 4-68gg. - Annual report re community engagement training.
Section 4-68j. - Disapproval of requests by any state agency or official may be in writing.
Section 4-68l. - Grants to towns to supplement reimbursement under the general assistance program.
Section 4-68n. - Correctional system population projections.
Section 4-68o. - Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes.
Section 4-68p. - Report of data analysis of state criminal justice system trends.
Section 4-68t. - Tracking, analysis and reporting of recidivism rates for children.
Section 4-68x. - Urban violence reduction grant program.
Section 4-68y. - Disproportionate minority contact: Definitions, reports.
Section 4-70e. - Office of Finance. Executive financial officer.
Section 4-71a. - Estimates of recommended state grants-in-aid to towns under the budget document.
Section 4-71b. - Estimates of state grants-in-aid under state budget act.
Section 4-71c. - Computation of the cost of an indexed increase in assistance payments.
Section 4-72. - Governor's budget message.
Section 4-73. - Recommended appropriations.
Section 4-74. - Appropriation and revenue bills.
Section 4-75. - Publication of the budget document.
Section 4-76. - Governor to explain budget document and reports to legislative committees.
Section 4-78. - Information contained in budget recommendations.
Section 4-79. - Tentative budget.
Section 4-80. - Hearings on tentative budget.
Section 4-81. - Formulation of the budget.
Section 4-82. - Supplemental estimates.
Section 4-82a. - Governor to report to General Assembly re projected deficit.
Section 4-83. - Prohibited estimates or requests.
Section 4-84. - Contingency appropriation.
Section 4-85a. - Reductions of appropriations for the fiscal year 1971–1972.
Section 4-85d. - Submission of accounting of federal energy funds.
Section 4-87. - Transfer and revision of appropriations. Relocation expenses.
Section 4-88. - Reversion of unencumbered balances.
Section 4-89. - Appropriations; treatment of unexpended balances at close of fiscal year.
Section 4-93. - Finance Advisory Committee; appointment and term. Meeting agenda.
Section 4-94. - Finance Advisory Committee to approve transfers of funds.
Section 4-95. - Appropriation for social services assistance and care.
Section 4-96. - Additions to specific appropriations.
Section 4-97. - Use of appropriations.
Section 4-97a. - Moneys received for specific statutory purpose.
Section 4-99. - Commitment of appropriations prior to beginning of fiscal period.
Section 4-100. - Penalty for exceeding appropriations; exceptions.
Section 4-101. - Appropriations to hospitals.
Section 4-101b. - Certification of reasonable efforts of hospitals to provide uncompensated care.
Section 4-102. - Hospital societies' reports.
Section 4-103. - Uniform system of accounting for hospitals receiving state aid.
Section 4-104. - Inspection and subpoena of hospital records.
Section 4-105. - Procedure where right to inspect records is denied.
Section 4-106. - Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in hospitals receiving state aid.
Section 4-107. - Institutions receiving state aid; visitation.
Section 4-108. - Director of purchases; appointment.
Section 4-112a. - Sale of state highway equipment.
Section 4-121. - Supervisor of State Publications.
Section 4-124aa. - Information technology internship and work-study program. Guidelines. Report.
Section 4-124bb. - Connecticut Career Ladder Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership.
Section 4-124cc. - Career ladder programs. Development of three-year plan.
Section 4-124ee. - Connecticut nursing faculty incentive program. Guidelines. Report.
Section 4-124ii. - Awarding of grants to generate talent in institutions of higher education.
Section 4-124jj. - Office of Workforce Strategy account. Report
Section 4-124kk. - American Rescue Plan Act funds; use by Office of Workforce Strategy.
Section 4-124nn. - Connecticut Career Accelerator Program Advisory Committee.
Section 4-124uu. - Program re trained workforce for the film industry.
Section 4-124vv. - Labor Department to fund Connecticut Career Choices.
Section 4-124w. - Office of Workforce Strategy. Responsibilities.
Section 4-124ww. - Report identifying workforce shortage sectors and subsectors.
Section 4-124g. - Transitional provisions.
Section 4-124i. - Regional councils of governments. Definitions.
Section 4-124j. - Creation. Membership. Withdrawal.
Section 4-124k. - Representatives of members.
Section 4-124l. - Certification of establishment of council. Transitional period.
Section 4-124m. - Rights and duties of councils.
Section 4-124n. - Bylaws. Officers. Committees. Meetings.
Section 4-124o. - Regional planning commissions.
Section 4-124p. - Receipt of funds. Dues. Contracts. Audits. Annual report.
Section 4-124r. - Purchase of real property; borrowing for such purchase.
Section 4-124s. - Regional performance incentive program.
Section 4-124u. - Process for voluntary review of projects of regional significance.