New Hampshire § 278-1 - Section 278:1 Purposes.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 278-1 — Section 278:1 Purposes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 278-1. Section 278:1 Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are: I. To encourage employers, associations of employers and organizations of employees to voluntarily establish apprenticeship programs and the making of apprenticeship agreements; II. To create opportunities for young people to obtain employment and adequate training in trades and industry with parallel instructions in related and supplementary education under conditions that will equip them for profitable employment and citizenship; III. To cooperate with the promotion and development of apprenticeship programs and systems in other states and with the federal committee on apprenticeship appointed under Public Law No. 308-75th U.S. Congress (Fitzgerald Act); IV. To encourage the registration and approval of apprenticeship programs and apprenticeship agreements by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship (OA).
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 278-1 ("Section 278:1 Purposes.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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