Sec. 10a-12a. Technical Education Coordinating Council.
Sec. 10a-12a. Technical Education Coordinating Council. There shall be a
Technical Education Coordinating Council. The council shall consist of the following
members: The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and commerce, or
their designees; the Commissioners of Higher Education and Economic and Community
Development and the Labor Commissioner or their designees; the chief executive officers of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education, or their designees;
the president of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges; the superintendent
of the vocational-technical school system; one member who is a teacher at a regional
vocational-technical school designated by the exclusive representative of the vocational-technical school teachers' bargaining unit; two members who are parents of students
enrolled in vocational-technical schools designated by the vocational-technical schools
parents' association; one member representing each of the economic clusters identified
pursuant to section 32-1m designated by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; one member designated by the Connecticut Business and Industry
Association; one member designated by the Manufacturing Assistance Council; and
one member designated by the Connecticut Technology Council. The cochairpersons
of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to education, or their designees, shall jointly convene a meeting of the council
not later than October 1, 1998. The council shall meet at least six times a year to review
and evaluate the coordinated delivery of technical and technological education to meet
the employment needs of business and industry. The council shall also explore ways
to: (1) Encourage students to pursue technical careers, including the development or
expansion of alternative training methods that may improve the delivery and accessibility of vocational-technical training; (2) ensure a successful transition for students from
the regional vocational-technical schools to post secondary education; and (3) improve
public awareness regarding manufacturing careers. On or before January 1, 1999, and
annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall report, in accordance with
section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and commerce on the activities of the council in
the prior year.
(P.A. 89-260, S. 16, 41; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 98-252, S. 72, 80; P.A. 05-191, S. 11; P.A. 06-196, S. 67.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development (Revisor's note: A reference to "Commissioners
of Higher Education, Labor and Economic and Community Development" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with
"Commissioners of Higher Education and Economic and Community Development and the Labor Commissioner" for
consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 98-252 expanded the membership of the council, required the first
meeting of the expanded council to be called by cochairpersons of education committee, expanded the duties of the council
by adding Subdivs. (1) to (3), inclusive, removed obsolete language, and required report to commerce committee, effective
July 1, 1998; P.A. 05-191 substituted "32-1m" for "32-4g"; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.