Vermont Legislature Updates Apprenticeship Program Statutes with Strategic Planning and Reporting Requirements

Original title: An act relating to apprenticeship programs

Last action · January 28, 2026: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic DevelopmentSponsors: Michael Marcotte and 5 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Apprenticeship sponsors, employers, and regional technical education centers are required to follow new five-year strategic plans, expand demographic data reporting, and meet detailed criteria for youth and pre-apprenticeship programs. The legislation mandates annual reports to the General Assembly detailing statistics, demographics, wage data, and fund usage starting July 1, 2026. Additionally, the Vermont Apprenticeship Advisory Board must establish working groups to address participation barriers for underserved populations.

Why it matters

Apprenticeship sponsors, regional technical education centers, and employers must comply with expanded reporting obligations, demographic data collection, and structured working groups aimed at addressing participation barriers starting July 1, 2026.

Who It Would Affect

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Directly affected

Apprentices

Apprentices are asked to provide voluntary demographic disclosures and are covered by expanded equal opportunity provisions and structured youth/pre-apprenticeship pathways.

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Program Sponsors and Employers

Sponsors and employers must participate in updated agreement processes, sign modified agreements, and comply with new reporting and demographic tracking standards.

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Regional CTE Centers

Regional career technical education centers must submit detailed operational, mentoring, and evaluation plans to register youth apprenticeship programs.

Key Facts

The Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program must develop and disseminate a strategic plan once every five years, beginning on July 1, 2026.
The program must prepare and submit an annual report to the General Assembly by December 1 of each year detailing statistics, demographics, wage data, and fund usage.
The Vermont Apprenticeship Advisory Board must create working groups to improve program quality, safety, diversity, and alignment, and ensure programs address participation barriers for underserved populations.
Apprenticeship agreements must include voluntary demographic disclosure options to conform to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 and state reporting requirements.

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Youth apprenticeship programs must submit a written plan including work processes, mentoring descriptions, evaluation timelines, wage schedules, and advanced standing terms to be registered by the Department.

Frequently Asked Questions

What information must be included in the annual report on the Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program?

The annual report must include general program statistics by county, an analysis of apprentices disaggregated by demographics, nontraditional occupations, new occupations, average starting and ending wages, new sponsors or industries, a summary of allocated and federal fund usage, and significant program activities.

What are youth apprenticeship programs required to submit for registration?

Regional CTE centers must submit a written plan detailing work processes, supervised training, mentoring, evaluation timelines, progress records, classroom-based instruction, high school diploma alignment, wage schedules for paid work, advanced standing terms, cost accountings, and child labor law assurances.

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Jan 28, 2026HouseIntroduced
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

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