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Amendment would let high-demand apprenticeship program itself sponsor apprentices, advocates say it will widen access
Summary
Senate Bill 180 would permit the High Demand Apprenticeship Program to act as a sponsor for apprentices rather than requiring each student to secure an individual employer sponsor; industry testimony argued the change would expand access to apprenticeship pathways.
Senator Dixon presented Senate Bill 180, a technical amendment to Georgia’s High Demand Apprenticeship Program that would allow the program or registered apprenticeship sponsors to serve as direct sponsors for apprentices rather than requiring each individual student to find an employer sponsor.
The bill amends the existing program, created by SB 379 (2022) and amended last year, to allow apprenticeship sponsors (including program administrators) to sponsor students and match them with multiple employers, a change the sponsor said would broaden access when students…
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