Sec. 10-21g. "Generation Next" pilot program.
Sec. 10-21g. "Generation Next" pilot program. The Department of Education
shall establish, within available appropriations, a "Generation Next" pilot program to
provide industry-based job shadowing and internship experiences to high school students and externship experiences to teachers in the public schools, including the regional
vocational-technical schools. The Commissioner of Education, for purposes of the program, may award grants to local and regional boards of education, regional vocational-technical schools or state-wide or local business associations, in partnership with such
boards of education or schools, for demonstration projects. Boards of education, vocational-technical schools or business associations seeking to participate in the pilot program shall apply to the department at such time and in such form as the commissioner
prescribes. The commissioner shall select a diverse group of participants based on the
population, geographic location and economic characteristics of the school district or
school. Local and regional boards of education, regional vocational-technical schools
or business associations awarded grants under the program shall use grant funds for
developing and implementing a coordinated high school level teacher externship and
student job shadowing and internship program with science or mathematics or with
technology intensive businesses in the state.
(P.A. 06-83, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006.