To amend sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and 4139.05 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing Ohio's registered apprenticeship program.

Section 1. That sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and 4139.05 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4139.01.  As used in sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code this chapter:

(A) "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of age, except when a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is covered by an in a registered apprenticeship program to learn a skilled occupation, pursuant to a registered apprenticeship agreement.

(B) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement, registered with the Ohio state apprenticeship council, providing for not less than two thousand hours of reasonably continuous employment, and for participation in an approved schedule of work experience through employment, which shall be supplemented by a minimum of one hundred forty-four hours per year of related and supplemental instructions.

(C) "Council office" means the unit of the department of job and family services that staffs the apprenticeship council and performs the administrative and oversight functions concerning this state's registered apprenticeship system.

Sec. 4139.03.  The apprenticeship council may establish recommend minimum standards for apprenticeship programs and may formulate policies and issue recommend rules as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code this chapter. The council shall determine the date and place of its meetings and shall prescribe its own rules of procedure.

Sec. 4139.04.  The director of job and family services shall appoint the executive secretary of the apprenticeship council office, which appointment shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the apprenticeship council. The director shall appoint such additional personnel as may be necessary, subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4139.05.  The executive secretary of the apprenticeship council office has the following duties:

(A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and employees in the furtherance of the objective of sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code this chapter;

(B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that meet the minimum standards established by the council federal regulations and state rules governing the registered apprenticeship system;

(C) Terminate or cancel on the authority of in consultation with the apprenticeship council any registered apprenticeship programs and agreements not in accordance compliance with the provisions of such standards;

(D) Keep a record of apprenticeship programs and their disposition;

(E) Issue certificate of completion of apprenticeship in accordance with the council's standards;

(F) Devise and implement all necessary procedures and records minimum standards as are necessary for the administration of the registered apprenticeship system;

(F) Implement administrative rules adopted by the director of job and family services as necessary for the administration of the registered apprenticeship system;

(G) Prepare statistical reports regarding apprenticeship training;

(H) Issue information related to apprenticeship;

(I) Perform such other duties as the council may direct appropriate under the applicable rules and regulations.

Section 2. That existing sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and 4139.05 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.