{"id":8573,"date":"2022-03-25T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/?p=8573"},"modified":"2022-05-26T19:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:51:55","slug":"school-credit-for-on-the-job-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/news-archive\/school-credit-for-on-the-job-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"School credit for on-the-job learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As businesses across Missouri continue to confront a workforce shortage, a Missouri Senate bill seeks to help by giving students an opportunity to earn credit from work experience.<\/p>\n<p>The Extended Learning Opportunities Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.mo.gov\/22info\/BTS_Web\/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&amp;BillID=73129351\">Senate Bill 1051<\/a>, would allow Missouri school districts to give credit toward graduation when students pursue opportunities like internships, apprenticeships and other valuable out-of-the-classroom learning experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Bill sponsor Sen. Rick Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, said his work experiences as a student were very valuable in helping him choose his career path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really helped me be able to apply things that I learned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Brattin\u2019s legislation was heard by the Senate Education Committee on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>During that meeting the committee also heard testimony on an important bill to expand access to high school diplomas in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.mo.gov\/22info\/BTS_Web\/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&amp;BillID=71296315\">Senate Bill 957<\/a> by Sen. Jason Bean, a Republican representing District 25 in southeast Missouri, would develop a new legal framework that would help adult Missourians complete their high school education. Many employers see a high school diploma as a basic prerequisite for a wide variety of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>For Missourians who missed their first chance to graduate from high school, there are currently few good options to go back and get a diploma. But Senate Bill 957 would help thousands of Missourians take this important step toward entering the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports these bills. The Missouri Chamber has a strong focus on workforce legislation in an effort to help employers deal with this issue. A recent Missouri Chamber poll showed that 70 percent of Missouri employers say workforce is either the first or second biggest factor impacting their growth.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Kara Corches, Missouri Chamber vice president of governmental affairs, at <a href=\"mailto:kcorches@mochamber.com\">kcorches@mochamber.com<\/a> or 573-634-3511.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As businesses across Missouri continue to confront a workforce shortage, a Missouri Senate bill seeks to help by giving students an opportunity to earn credit from work experience. The Extended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/article-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8749,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8573\/revisions\/8749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}