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Senate panel approves changes to apprenticeship oversight, expands employer role
Summary
The committee passed SB 491 to reshape Arkansas apprenticeship oversight, add employer representation, require annual employer reporting and recognize an electrical apprenticeship committee. Members pressed sponsors on minority representation and use of a construction training trust fund; the bill passed by voice vote.
The Senate Education Committee advanced a package of changes to Arkansas’s registered-apprenticeship system that expands employer representation on the state steering committee and requires program sponsors to report annually on the employers they serve.
Cody Weitz, director of the Office of Skills Development, told the committee the state has grown from about 3,000 apprentices in 2015 to roughly 7,000 active apprentices today and described SB 491 as a technical and…
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