SB 5236-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the department of labor and industries, through the supervisor of apprenticeship, to employ a coordinator to do outreach and assist in establishing registered apprenticeship programs where they do not exist in state government, public education, and the health care industry.

Requires the office of financial management to work with a coordinator to do outreach and assist in establishing apprenticeship and training programs where they do not exist in state government.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to work with a coordinator to do outreach and assist in establishing apprenticeship and training programs where they do not exist in public education.

Requires the department of health to work with a coordinator and health professional associations to do outreach and assist in establishing apprenticeship and training programs where they do not exist in the health care industry.

Includes "hours of work and instruction as a registered apprentice" in the definition of "prior learning," for purposes of academic credit.