Bill > A2439

Introduced Session

This bill will dedicate workforce development funds for a New Jersey Life Sciences Training and Development Program in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The program will be designed by the department in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Secretary of Higher Education. The program will fund job training and career development programs, administered by the department, which focus on connecting life sciences employers located throughout the State with college graduates that have completed a course of study that focuses on the life sciences. The job training and career development programs will be hosted by life sciences employers at any place of business located in this State or at an institution of higher education located in this State and shall focus on specialized training that prepares college graduates for employment with a host life sciences employer upon completion of a job training and career development program. The programs funded by the bill will provide life sciences employers the ability to train workers at no cost to the employer The bill requires the department to conduct an evaluation of the program five years after approval of the first job training and career development program to determine the effectiveness of the program overall.

AI Summary

Tennille McCoy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee (on 01/13/2026)

Official Document