FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IR # 96-15
Wednesday, May 15, 1996
CONTACT:
Louis Bonsignore
(415) 972-8835
Pilot Program for Apprenticeship
Gives Students New Path to Success
Riverside -- California's high school and community college students
will finally have access to an apprenticeship program which can provide
new doors to a successful career through a program called Schools to Career/Apprenticeship.
The pilot program provided through a joint effort by the Department of Industrial
Relations and leaders of the Riverside County Office of Education and the
Riverside Community College District will launch an aggressive apprenticeship
program for students. The pilot, which will spread
to at least seven other school district within the state and is expected
to touch hundreds of students each year, will establish a basic apprenticeship
related curriculum that will set students onto the path of an apprenticeship
certification.
Lloyd W. Aubry Jr., director of the California Department of Industrial
Relations, will personally sign a memorandum of understanding with the school
districts in Riverside. He and other key players in this unique plan will
take the time to acknowledge the cooperation between the state and the schools
that will provide young people with a new avenue for success.
Date: Thursday, May 16, 1996
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Place: Riverside County Office of Education
Education Service Center
3958 12th Street
Riverside, California
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