Bill > HB904

This bill establishes the CareerBound Program, a comprehensive school-to-work initiative designed to help students explore and prepare for high-priority occupations by creating collaborative partnerships between local workforce development boards, schools, and businesses. The program will provide students with various levels of career exposure, including early, practical, and extended exposure to specific occupations, and will require curriculum components that help students understand workplace tools, processes, and soft skills like work ethic and professionalism. To incentivize business participation, the bill creates a tax credit program where businesses can receive up to 90% tax credits for their financial contributions to approved school-to-work programs, with a maximum annual credit of $500,000 per taxpayer. The Department of Labor and Industry will administer the program, which will initially support school-to-work programs for four years, after which schools and businesses are expected to assume full funding responsibility. The program aims to help students make informed career decisions, provide businesses with opportunities to develop future workforce talent, and give local workforce development boards resources to create innovative educational partnerships. An annual report will track the program's progress, including achievements, best practices, and tax credit utilization, which will be submitted to various state government officials and committees.

Labor and Employment

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