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This bill, known as the "Manufacturing in Higher Education Act," requires various state entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to the manufacturing industry. The key provisions include: - Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with other state entities, to promote and support the implementation of a manufacturing career pathway offered through the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative. - Establishing a "Higher Education Manufacturing Grant Program" to provide grants to New Jersey institutions of higher education, proprietary institutions, and county vocational school districts for the purpose of establishing or expanding programs in the manufacturing fields. - Creating the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council within the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission to engage in industry-led, public-private partnerships, design and implement an advanced manufacturing initiative, and assist private companies with technology transfer. - Directing the Secretary of State, in consultation with other state agencies, to designate a liaison to assist manufacturing businesses and identify and promote opportunities for postsecondary pathway programs to reskill and upskill the current workforce.

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Education

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/S659