This text of Vermont § 1125 (Career pathway alignment with apprenticeship programs) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Vermont primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(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, inc
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(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.