24.21.1207    PROGRAM RECOGNITION AND APPRENTICESHIP ARTICULATION AGREEMENT

(1)  When a workforce training program is approved for recognition by the department, the program may enter into an apprenticeship articulation agreement with a department-approved registered apprenticeship.  

(a)  The apprenticeship articulation agreement must include the following:  

(i)  be signed by representatives of both the workforce training program and the registered apprenticeship's sponsor employer;

(ii)  clearly define the requirements for the pre-apprenticeship program; and

(iii)  clearly define the effective dates of the agreement, not to exceed three years; and

(b)  An apprenticeship articulation agreement may allow, but is not required to allow, participants who successfully complete the pre-apprenticeship program to have direct-entry options or application preference into the corresponding registered apprenticeship.

(2)  A copy of the signed apprenticeship articulation agreement must be filed with the department.  When a completed apprenticeship articulation agreement is filed with the department:

(a)  the department shall list recognized pre-apprenticeship programs on the department's registered apprenticeship web site;

(b)  parties to an apprenticeship articulation agreement shall submit a participant progress report on an annual basis on forms provided by the department; and

(c)  the sponsor employer may employ one pre-apprentice, who shall not be counted towards the traditional apprentice ratio under ARM 24.21.1003, for a period of not more than 100 days from January 1 through December 31 of a single calendar year.

History: 39-6-101, MCA; IMP, 39-6-101, 39-6-103, 39-6-106, MCA; NEW, 2021 MAR p. 1547, Eff. 11/6/21.