Dan Cirucci: Allen Unveils New Jobs Bill For NJ

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Allen Unveils New Jobs Bill For NJ

Deputy New Jersey Senate Republican Leader Diane Allen today toured Burlington County Institute of Technology’s Westampton campus with BCIT Superintendent Dr. Christopher M. Manno and Principal Joseph Venuto and unveiled new legislation to better develop New Jersey’s workforce.

“BCIT does a fabulous job of preparing students and workers for jobs in meaningful fields and I’m pleased to have the support of Dr. Manno, Principal Venuto and the vo-tech community today as we work to build on that success by strengthening and expanding the state’s training and education programs. This package of legislation, among other things, will make sure more students are aware of the opportunities that exist at schools like BCIT, make it easier for vocational-technical schools to expand and will better align education and training programs to prepare students and workers for jobs in fields that are critical to the state’s economy. Through these initiatives we can strengthen New Jersey’s already strong workforce and help draw more companies and innovators to the state.”

“Senator Allen has proven to be a friend of education, and we are very pleased to support the effort to expose more students to career-focused learning,” said. Dr. Manno. “Career and technical education is a critical part of the workforce talent pipeline.”

“We appreciate Senator Allen’s support and acknowledgement of career and technical education as we continue to meet the educational and economic demands of the 21st century,” added Principal Venuto. “Reaching more students with career-focused learning programs will have long-term economic benefits for New Jersey”

Before today’s tour, Senator Allen met at BCIT with county vocational school superintendents from across the state to discuss the legislation.

Here is a briefing of the “Developing Our Workforce” bills unveiled today at BCIT:

Expands career and technical education (CTE) in New Jersey by creating a commission to study and improve CTE program access; making it easier for vocational-technical schools to purchase new facilities; better promoting vocational-technical schools and CTE programs and their best practices and incentivizing schools to start CTE programs. This will increase the availability and visibility of quality education and workforce development options for children in New Jersey that currently have little access to or knowledge of their county vocational-technical school (Allen S-2616).

Gives businesses supporting critical areas of the economy preference in competing for state training grants. The bill will make sure the state’s training grant program is focused on driving New Jersey’s workforce development efforts to critical fields like manufacturing, STEM or other areas critical to the growth of New Jersey’s economy (to be introduced immediately).

Establishes a permanent P-20 Council to align early childhood, secondary, higher education and workforce training to better address workforce development needs. This council will better position educators making Pre-K and K-12 school curricula decisions, college administrators, state employees awarding training grants and others in New Jersey’s workforce development pipeline to prepare students and workers for jobs in needed fields (to be introduced immediately).

4. Dedicates Workforce Development Partnership Funds to former casino employees. This bill will ensure that state workforce development resources are used to provide out-of-work casino employees with the training needed to find meaningful employment in new and/or changing industries (to be introduced immediately).

This “Developing New Jersey’s Workforce” event marks the second of Senate Republicans’ statewide rollout of a new six-tiered job creation and economic growth package, which will not cost taxpayers extra money and should easily attract bipartisan sponsors and support.

In the coming weeks, the media will be advised as Senate Republicans tour the state to help grow the economy and create opportunities for people, by unveiling more new legislation in these four remaining categories of the jobs bill package:

Lowering Excessive Costs
Reducing Burdensome Regulations
Enhancing Tourism & Agriculture
Evaluating & Improving New Jersey’s Job Creation Efforts

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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