Connecticut General Statutes Title 31. Labor § 31-22r. Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors

(b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program until the apprentice has completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled by the sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, whichever is earlier.

(c) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of or on or after July 1, 2024, shall annually submit the following information along with such sponsor's annual registration fee: (1) The current minimum completion rate of such sponsor's apprenticeship program, (2) the number of registered apprentices currently participating in such sponsor's program, (3) the number of licensed journeypersons currently employed by such sponsor, (4) the number of registered apprentices participating in such program who have advanced a year since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (5) the number of apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's program since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (6) the number of apprentices who have completed an apprenticeship program with such sponsor since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, and (7) the number of apprentices who completed such sponsor's program who have been issued an occupational license by the Department of Consumer Protection and are currently employed by such sponsor. All information shall be submitted in a form and manner as prescribed by the commissioner and disaggregated by gender identity, race and ethnicity. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, such information provided by a sponsor shall be considered a public record and all persons shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in accordance with the provisions of section 1-212.

(d) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of administering the department's apprentice training program and sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive.