74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2412
 
LC 398/HB 2412-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2412
 
       By COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
                            April 30
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after the semicolon
delete the rest of the line and insert 'appropriating money; and
declaring an emergency.'.
  After line 2, insert:
  ' Whereas all youth, college bound or not, need exposure to the
full range of opportunities and possibilities for future careers;
and
  ' Whereas the workplace in the United States is changing in
response to heightened international competition and new
technologies, and these forces are shrinking the demand for and
undermining the earning capacity of unskilled labor; and
  ' Whereas Oregon lacks a comprehensive and coherent system to
help the youth of this state acquire the knowledge, skills,
abilities and information about access to the labor market
necessary to make an effective transition from school to
career-oriented work or to further education and training; and
  ' Whereas while many Oregon students can meet high academic and
occupational standards, other students learn more effectively and
retain knowledge more efficiently when they learn in context,
rather than in the abstract; and
  ' Whereas many Oregon students have part-time jobs but there is
little linkage between those jobs and the career planning or
exploration or the school-based learning of these students; and
  ' Whereas the work-based learning approach, based on the
time-honored apprenticeship concept, integrates theoretical
instruction with structured on-the-job training and can be very
effective in engaging student interest, enhancing skill
acquisition, developing positive work attitudes and preparing
youth for high-skill, high-wage careers; and
  ' Whereas partnerships between schools and local businesses
that take the form of career awareness programs, internships,
mentorships and job shadowing must be encouraged in all fields;
and
  ' Whereas course offerings and extracurricular activities are
generally more limited in scope at small rural schools, so the
development of partnerships expands opportunities and maximizes
the use of limited resources; now, therefore,'.
  Delete lines 4 through 31 and delete page 2 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + (1)(a) There is established in the
Bureau of Labor and Industries a program to provide grants to the
Oregon Building Congress to support partnerships between public
high schools and apprenticeship programs.
  ' (b) The bureau shall adopt rules, after consultation with the
State Workforce Investment Board and the Department of Education,
establishing guidelines and performance measures for grants to be
made by the Oregon Building Congress under subsection (2) of this
section. The guidelines shall give preference to applications
from public high schools that provide:
 
 
  ' (A) A trip of one week or more during which the student
participants visit four or more apprenticeship training centers
and are exposed to four or more trades;
  ' (B) In-class instruction that prepares the student
participants for the visits and reviews the experience after the
trip is concluded; and
  ' (C) For student participants who successfully complete the
program, at least one-half credit toward the fulfillment of
requirements for a high school diploma.
  ' (c) The bureau shall provide staff to administer the program.
  ' (2) The Oregon Building Congress shall receive and review
applications submitted by public high schools and award grants to
public high schools in accordance with the guidelines established
under this section.
  ' (3) Public high schools that are awarded grants may use the
funds for the payment of expenses for travel, lodging and food
for student participants, teachers and assistants.
  ' (4) The Oregon Building Congress shall report annually to the
bureau on the use of funds by grant recipients and on the degree
to which each public high school receiving a grant meets the
performance measures established by the bureau for the
program. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) The Opportunity Expeditions
Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct
from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Opportunity
Expeditions Fund shall be credited to the fund.
  ' (2) All moneys in the Opportunity Expeditions Fund are
continuously appropriated to the Bureau of Labor and Industries
for distribution as grants for the purposes of section 1 of this
2007 Act.
  ' (3) Notwithstanding ORS 293.190, any moneys in Opportunity
Expeditions Fund that are not distributed in any biennium shall
be retained in the fund and may be distributed in the next
biennium. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + There is appropriated to the Bureau
of Labor and Industries for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $70,000 for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of section 1 of this 2007 Act. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2007 Act
are repealed on June 30, 2010. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + }  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act
takes effect July 1, 2007. + } ' .
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