Bill > A2014

This bill, 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 of the bill are: 1. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with other State agencies and the business community, shall promote and support the implementation of a manufacturing career pathway through the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative operated by the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce Development. 2. The bill establishes a "Higher Education Manufacturing Grant Program" administered by a commission that includes representatives from the Secretary of Higher Education, the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, and the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development. The program will annually award $10 million to New Jersey institutions of higher education, proprietary institutions, and county vocational school districts for the purpose of establishing or expanding manufacturing programs and marketing and promoting current programs. 3. The bill designates an employee of the Business Action Center in the Department of State to act as a liaison between the State and manufacturing businesses to assist them with advertising, referrals to business resource organizations, and identifying opportunities for postsecondary pathway programs. 4. The bill creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council within the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission to engage in various initiatives to support the advanced manufacturing industry in New Jersey.

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Education

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A2014