Bill Text: CT SB00027 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Promoting The Pursuit Of Education By Recipients Of Assistance.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Human Services [SB00027 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00027-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2013 |
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AN ACT PROMOTING THE PURSUIT OF EDUCATION BY RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Labor Commissioner shall permit a recipient of temporary family assistance to attend approved educational courses, as described in subsection (b) of this section, to meet the requirements of the recipient's employability plan, established pursuant to section 17b-689c of the general statutes, provided the state complies with federal work participation requirements for the employment services program established pursuant to section 17b-688c of the general statutes.
(b) To the extent permissible under federal law, educational courses of study which may be approved pursuant to subsection (c) of this section as required employment activities for recipients of temporary family assistance include, but are not limited to: (1) Two-year or four-year college degree programs, and (2) high school graduate equivalency degree or basic education programs for recipients otherwise ineligible to enroll in such programs during their first twenty weekly hours of required employment activities.
(c) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall implement policies and procedures to establish (1) which degree programs may qualify as an approved employment activity, and (2) enrollment and academic requirements for students who are recipients of temporary family assistance. The Labor Commissioner shall implement such policies and procedures while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the Labor Commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementing such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this subsection shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In section 1(a), "defined" was changed to "described" for accuracy; in section 1(b), "pursuant to subsection (c) of this section" was added after "approved" for clarity and in section 1(c) "them" was changed to "such policies and procedures" for clarity.
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Joint Favorable Subst. |