Bill > H592

This bill aims to create and expand student pathways to success in Massachusetts. The key provisions are: 1. Establishing a Workforce Skills Cabinet within the Governor's office to align programs and policies across state agencies to improve workforce skills and college and career readiness. The Cabinet will conduct studies, develop reports, and advise the state on workforce needs and college/career pathway programs. 2. Providing certification awards to school districts for students who earn industry-recognized certifications, and allowing districts to use these funds to support related programs. The bill also promotes innovative career-technical education programs where students split their time between their high school and a vocational school. 3. Requiring the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop employability credentials for high school graduates and support the use of individual learning plans for all high school students to map their academic and career pathways. 4. Charging the Workforce Skills Cabinet with setting strategic goals for universal student access to college and career pathway programs, and requiring the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to review and coordinate its college and career readiness initiatives. 5. Directing studies on barriers to work-based learning opportunities and requiring school districts to implement plans for universal access to the MassCore curriculum as a graduation requirement.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H592