Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.

This bill requires apprenticeship program partners to get U.S. Department of Labor approval before counting high school classroom hours as credit toward the classroom training portion of registered apprenticeships. It applies to school-to-apprenticeship programs and standard apprenticeship programs established under New Jersey's existing apprenticeship law (P.L.1993, c.268). The key mechanism is a mandatory consultation and approval step with the U.S. Department of Labor before such credit agreements are made. This affects high school students, educators, and apprenticeship program sponsors who coordinate classroom learning with apprenticeship requirements. The bill does not change what counts as credit, only the process for approving such arrangements.