Proposed S.B. No. 538
Session Year 2025

AN ACT CONCERNING CAREER PATHWAYS AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.

To develop a rubric for career pathway training programs and a new accelerated teacher certification pathway for people who work in the trades, establish a task force to examine transportation barriers related to work-based learning programs, amend the journeyperson to apprentice ratio until June 30, 2027, and require an audit of workforce development programs.

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  Task forces 

 

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  Teacher certification 

 

• HB05255 - AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER CERTIFICATION RECIPROCITY.
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  Vocational education 

 

• HB05384 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.
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  Workforce development 

 

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• HB07165 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES.
• HB07287 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO REVENUE AND OTHER ITEMS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BUDGET.
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