Vermont § 1123 - Pre-apprenticeship programs

§ 1123. Pre-apprenticeship programs

• (a) A pre-apprenticeship program is one that is designed to prepare individuals to enter
  and succeed in an apprenticeship program by providing instruction and skill development
  opportunities to attain competency needed to enter a related apprenticeship program. (b) A pre-apprenticeship program may be registered by the Department after successfully
  demonstrating: (1) the program is carried out by a sponsor that has a written agreement with at least
  one sponsor of an apprenticeship program; (2) the program engages an active, advisory partnership with an industry leader or sector
  partnership to inform the training and education services necessary for a pre-apprenticeship
  program; (3) there is sufficient demand in an apprenticeship program at the completion of a pre-apprenticeship
  program to support a transition from the pre-apprenticeship program to an apprenticeship
  program; (4) the program follows a written plan for related instruction and work-based learning
  or training that was developed in consultation with the sponsor or sponsors of the
  apprenticeship program; (5) the program includes mentoring, career exposure, career planning, and career awareness
  activities; (6) the program includes paid work-based learning or training, to the extent practicable,
  or unpaid work-based learning or training in which an employer or industry partnership
  and a related technical instruction provider collaborate to design the learning or
  training that will introduce participants to the skills, competencies, and materials
  used in one or more apprenticeable occupations; (7) to the extent appropriate and practicable, the program meets related technical instruction
  requirements that include enabling an individual to attain a secondary school diploma
  or its recognized equivalent that enables a pre-apprentice to enter into an apprenticeship;
  and (8) the program includes, when relevant, any agreement for advanced standing for the pre-apprentice
  upon entering a registered apprenticeship program. (Added 2023, No. 55, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)