The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 1118)
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§ 1118. Apprenticeship program minimum enrollment; evaluation
(a) Minimum number of apprentices. An apprenticeship program, including occupations registered to the program, shall
have at least one registered apprentice, except for the following specified periods
of time if the periods do not exceed one year:
(1) between the date when the apprenticeship program is registered and the date of registration
for its first apprentice; or
(2) between the date that the apprenticeship program graduates an apprentice and the date
of registration for the next apprentice or apprentices in the program.
(b) Evaluation. The Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program shall adopt tools and factors to evaluate
the performance of apprenticeship programs, including the following:
(1) quality assurance assessments;
(2) Equal Employment Opportunity compliance reviews; and
(3) completion rates.
(A)(i) To evaluate completion rates, the Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program shall
review an apprenticeship program’s completion rates in comparison to the national
average for completion rates.
(ii) Based on review, the Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program may provide technical
assistance to apprenticeship programs with completion rates lower than the national
average.
(B) Cancellation of apprenticeship agreements during the probationary period shall not
have an adverse impact on a sponsor’s completion rate. (Added 2023, No. 55, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)