Section 1123 - Pre-apprenticeship programs(a) A pre-apprenticeship program is one that is designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in an apprenticeship program by providing instruction and skill development opportunities to attain competency needed to enter a related apprenticeship program.(b) A pre-apprenticeship program may be registered by the Department after successfully demonstrating:(1) the program is carried out by a sponsor that has a written agreement with at least one sponsor of an apprenticeship program;(2) the program engages an active, advisory partnership with an industry leader or sector partnership to inform the training and education services necessary for a pre-apprenticeship program;(3) there is sufficient demand in an apprenticeship program at the completion of a pre-apprenticeship program to support a transition from the pre-apprenticeship program to an apprenticeship program;(4) the program follows a written plan for related instruction and work-based learning or training that was developed in consultation with the sponsor or sponsors of the apprenticeship program;(5) the program includes mentoring, career exposure, career planning, and career awareness activities;(6) the program includes paid work-based learning or training, to the extent practicable, or unpaid work-based learning or training in which an employer or industry partnership and a related technical instruction provider collaborate to design the learning or training that will introduce participants to the skills, competencies, and materials used in one or more apprenticeable occupations;(7) to the extent appropriate and practicable, the program meets related technical instruction requirements that include enabling an individual to attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent that enables a pre-apprentice to enter into an apprenticeship; and(8) the program includes, when relevant, any agreement for advanced standing for the pre-apprentice upon entering a registered apprenticeship program.Added by 2023 , No. 55, § 1, eff. 7/1/2023.