By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 341) of Richard T. Moore for legislation to authorize
matching funds to assist high school students with on the
job training in the school-to-work system. Education.
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By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 341) of Richard T. Moore for legislation to authorize
matching funds to assist high school students with on the
job training in the school-to-work system. Education.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1-F of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following three paragraph:-
The Board is hereby authorized to expend a sum, not exceeding five million dollars in any one academic year, for a public-private partnership to link high school students with economic and learning opportunities on the job as part of the school-to-work transition program.
Said funds shall be made available, subject to board approval, as matching grants to regional employment boards or other local recognized public-private partnerships involving local community job commitments and work site learning opportunities for students, provided, however, that such grants shall require at least a two hundred percent match in wages for such students from private sector participants.
The program shall include, but not be limited to, a provision that those business leaders who commit resources to pay salaries, provide mentoring and instruction on the job and to work closely with teachers and public funds assume the cost of connecting schools and businesses to work with such students to ensure that they serve productively on the job.
