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Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 4. VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION · Article 7. HIGH DEMAND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

20-4-150. Definitions.

Active

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Repealed effective July 1, 2027.In force today: Repealed effective July 1, 2027.

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Apprentice” means a person who is at least 15 years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required by law, who is employed in an eligible apprenticeable occupation, and is registered in Georgia with the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship.#

  3. (2)

    “Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation approved for apprenticeship by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship.#

  4. (3)

    “Apprenticeship program” means a program registered with the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship that includes terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices, including the requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement.#

  5. (4)

    “Apprenticeship sponsor” means:#

    1. (A)

      Any entity operating an apprenticeship program; or#

    2. (B)

      Any entity in whose name an apprenticeship program is being operated that is registered with or approved by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship.#

  6. (5)

    “Board” means the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia.#

  7. (6)

    “Eligible apprenticeable occupation” means an apprenticeable occupation identified by the State Workforce Development Board pursuant to Code Section 34-14-3 as a high-demand career.#

  8. (7)

    “Employer sponsor” means an employer that coordinates with or is an apprenticeship sponsor and employs and trains an apprentice.#

  9. (8)

    “Office of Workforce Development” means the Technical College System of Georgia’s Office of Workforce Development.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 20-4-150, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 175, § 1/SB 379; Ga. L. 2024, p. 575, § 2-1/HB 982, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, in paragraph (6), substituted “State Workforce Development Board” for “Office of Workforce Development” and “Section 34-14-3” for “Section 20-4-152” in the middle, and substituted “career” for “job” at the end.

Editor's notes

See the Editor’s notes following the article heading as to the repeal of this Code section.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t20-ch3-18-(v17a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V17A, 2025 edition, pages 448 to 449; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 4560a0cef806.