WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 393

(2)      AN INDUSTRIAL TRADE ASSOCIATION;

(3)      A TRADE UNION;

(4)      A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP SPONSOR; OR

(5)      A COMBINATION OF THE ENTITIES SPECIFIED IN ITEMS (1) THROUGH
(4) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(B)     A GRANT RECIPIENT SHALL USE THE GRANT IN AN APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS:

(1)      A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE
APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COUNCIL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT; OR

(2)      A YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS THAT INVOLVES STUDENTS ATTENDING THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF THE STATE; OR

(3) A YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF
JUVENILE SERVICES THAT INVOLVES CLIENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE
SERVICES.

(C)     THE SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
SHALL MAY ENSURE THAT THE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS APPROVED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE:

(1)      FOSTER THE EXPANSION OF STRUCTURED, SCHOOL-TO-WORK
TRANSITION PROGRAMS THAT LINK SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLIED LEARNING
EXPERIENCES WITH:

(I)      SKILLED, HIGH WAGE, WORKPLACE JOBS AND PROFESSIONS;
AND

(II)     POSTSECONDARY TECHNICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL WORK
EXPERIENCES;

(2)      FOSTER ENROLLMENT IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT
TARGET YOUTH, INCLUDING GENERAL EDUCATION DEGREE RECIPIENTS;

(3)      FOSTER ENROLLMENT OF INEXPERIENCED, UNSKILLED, FIRST TIME
HIRES IN LONG-TERM PROGRAMS LEADING TO A CREDENTIAL IN EMERGING,
TECHNOLOGY BASED OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE PROJECTED AS HIGH GROWTH
AREAS IN THE STATE ECONOMY; AND

(4)      SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCY BASED
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ENCOMPASS SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY
INSTITUTIONS AND ARE BASED ON SPECIFIC SKILL STANDARDS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED BY THE INDUSTRY THROUGH ACCEPTED MODELS.

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