The Board of Trustees shall consider problems of developing local skills in the various crafts and trades and developing a program of apprenticeship training and apprenticeship standards in accordance with standards established by and acceptable for registration with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States Department of Labor or its successor.

The Board shall, in cooperation with an appropriate advisory committee composed of members of the construction industry, general business community, labor community, the general public and the Department of Education, formulate an apprenticeship program in the several career and technical fields in which critical shortages of trained personnel exist.

SOURCE: GC § 11980, as added by P.L. 14-77. Amended by P.L. 31-099:14 (Sep.
30, 2011).