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

This bill requires that partnerships in existing school-to-apprenticeship programs consult and obtain approval from the U.S. Department of Labor before counting high school classroom hours as credit toward the classroom training portion of registered apprenticeships. It applies to both school-to-apprenticeship linkage programs and established apprenticeship programs under New Jersey law. The key mechanism is mandating federal approval for agreements that allow secondary school coursework to fulfill apprenticeship classroom requirements. This change does not alter existing apprenticeship structures but adds a procedural step for credit recognition.