Vermont § 1125 - Career pathway alignment with apprenticeship programs

§ 1125. Career pathway alignment with apprenticeship programs

• (a) The Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program shall coordinate with other State agencies
  and departments in the furtherance of registered apprenticeship as a training model
  that can advance equity, provide Vermonters with access to good paying careers, and
  make available untapped talent for Vermont employers. (b)(1) The Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program shall provide technical assistance and
  training to sponsors on an ongoing basis related to developing or modifying their
  minimum qualifications, equal opportunity requirements, promotion of diversity, apprentice
  selection procedures, and other requirements for advanced standing in their standards
  of apprenticeship. (2) The Program shall provide technical assistance and training with assistance from Vocational
  Rehabilitation, including HireAbility, and the Division for Blind and Visual Impairments;
  the Agency of Education, including Adult Education and Literacy, Career Technical
  Education, and Special Education Transition Specialists; the Office of Veterans Affairs;
  and other workforce partners. (3) The Program shall provide necessary technical assistance, training, and support to
  sponsors to promote the adoption of pre-apprenticeship programs for individuals with
  disabilities, refugees, individuals for whom English is not the primary spoken language,
  adults with limited literacy and numeracy skills or who do not have a high school
  diploma or equivalent, and other groups who are excluded from access to high-wage
  careers and participation in the registered apprenticeship system because they do
  not meet the minimum qualifications established in standards of apprenticeship. (c) The Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program shall develop policies and procedures
  for the registration of pre-apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship programs meeting
  the definition established in this chapter and that may be included in career pathway
  alignment efforts. (d) The Vermont Registered Apprenticeship program, working with the Agency of Education,
  shall develop program guidelines for youth apprenticeships that start while an apprentice
  is still in high school and that can be included as part of the Agency’s career pathways
  efforts in addition to the Vermont Registered Apprenticeships Program’s efforts to
  align talent pipelines between education providers and registered apprenticeship program
  sponsors. (Added 2023, No. 55, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)