evidence_text: Rep. Stone moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 43, following line 13, by inserting:
  
  “Statewide career and technical education exploration Portal 20,000,000”
  
  and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
  
  2. Amend page 229, following line 1, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 1094o. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for statewide career and technical education exploration portal, the department of labor and economic opportunity shall allocate $20,000,000.00 for the development and operation of the statewide career and technical education exploration portal to promote career and technical education and exploration. The department of labor and economic opportunity shall establish a committee to oversee the development and implementation of the statewide career and technical education exploration portal. The portal may be used in coordination with a student’s educational development plan (EDP) for career exploration.
  
  (a) The committee members shall consist of the following:
  
  ( i ) A member representing state associations representing school counselors.
  
  ( ii ) A career and technical educator.
  
  ( iii ) Apprenticeship and training directors from building trades.
  
  ( iv ) Apprenticeship and training directors from other career and technical educator-related programs.
  
  ( v ) A representative from the department of labor and economic opportunity.
  
  ( vi ) A representative from Michigan department of education with expertise in career and technical education (CTE).
  
  (b) The committee shall perform the following functions:
  
  ( i ) Assure that the portal interfaces with existing software or in-class support for activity-driven career exploration opportunities related to a student’s EDP.
  
  ( ii ) Coordinate with existing CTE curricula and apprenticeship training directors to establish content usable by students on the portal.
  
  ( iii ) Update curriculum with industry standards annually.
  
  ( iv ) Identify schools with existing, sophisticated programs to market those opportunities to more students and their parents in those schools.
  
  ( v ) Create a school district “best-practices” template.
  
  ( vi ) Identify schools with few or no existing programs to help create opportunities in those districts and market those new opportunities to parents.
  
  ( vii ) Help parents understand the value of CTE education and careers and help them support their kids in those options.
  
  (c) The function of the Portal shall include the following:
  
  ( i ) Provide a link between curriculum published by the Michigan department of education and the department of labor and economic opportunity’s employer programs and opportunities.
  
  ( ii ) Provide counselors, students, parents, and apprenticeship coordinators or training directors with information regarding a student’s interest and aptitude on content available on the portal.
  
  ( iii ) Merge relevant information into Going Pro.
  
  ( iv ) Include information for high school students on how to access Going Pro.”.
  
  The motion did not prevail and the amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.