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Committee approves measure to expand apprenticeship sponsors, letting associations apply on employers' behalf
Summary
Senate Bill 180 would broaden who may serve as apprenticeship sponsors for a high‑demand apprenticeship program and allow trade associations or similar groups to act for employer sponsors; the committee advanced the bill after testimony from trade associations and the Technical College System of Georgia.
The Georgia Senate Higher Education Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 180 (LC 492206), which would alter administration of the state's high‑demand apprenticeship program to permit apprenticeship sponsors such as trade associations to participate and to broaden pathways for apprenticeships in high‑demand fields.
Senator Dixon, the bill's sponsor, said the ADAP program, initially created in 2022, incentivizes apprenticeship sponsors to establish or grow registered apprenticeship programs in Georgia and that the bill aims to expand providers and apprenticeship…
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