SB358 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Apprenticeships, completion of apprenticeship and fulfillment of other requirements to entitle applicant to receive occupational license

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that a person who completes an apprenticeship may be granted an occupational license in that trade if the person also meets other requirements, including completion of any required examination with a passing score, and provides that if a licensing authority requires an examination for a license, the authority may not impose higher testing standards upon that person than it does for any other applicant</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill also provides incentives for employers to hire in-school youth apprentices by allowing children from 14 years of age through 17 years of age to participate in apprenticeship programs certified by the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to apprenticeships; to provide that a person who completes an apprenticeship may be granted an occupational license in that trade if the person also meets other requirements, including completion of any required examination with a passing score; to provide that if a licensing authority requires an examination for a license, the authority may not impose higher testing standards upon that person than it does for any other applicant; and to amend Sections 25-8-33, 25-8-35, and 25-8-43, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow in-school youth apprentices to work in certain occupations under certain conditions. </p>

Subjects

Apprenticeships