Bill Text: MI SB0470 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; job training; solar panel technicians; provide grants for training programs. Amends sec. 13 of 2006 PA 491 (MCL 408.123).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - Referred To Committee On Commerce [SB0470 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0470-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 470
June 21, 2017, Introduced by Senators CONYERS, HERTEL, GREGORY and HOOD and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 2006 PA 491, entitled
"Michigan works one-stop service center system act,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 408.123).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 13. A local workforce development board shall do all of
the following in cooperation with the chief elected officials in
the Michigan works area:
(a) Develop and submit to the governor a plan for coordinating
local workforce development services for employers and job seekers
in
the area. The plan shall must
provide for access to designated
core
services with no fees or charges and shall must provide
services beyond the core services based on eligibility criteria.
(b) Award competitive grants or contracts to eligible
providers.
(c) Develop a budget.
(d) Employ staff necessary to carry out the duties of the
board.
(e) Solicit and accept grants and donations.
(f) Oversee the operation of the one-stop delivery of services
through the Michigan works one-stop service center system.
(g) Establish local performance standards through negotiation
with the department for evaluating and improving the Michigan works
one-stop service center system.
(h) Coordinate workforce development activities with other
economic development activities and strategies in the Michigan
works area.
(i) Promote private sector employer participation in the
Michigan works one-stop service center system.
(j) Make available connecting, brokering, and coaching
activities through intermediaries to help meet employer hiring
needs.
(k) Design and promote a solar energy technician training
program to provide individuals with the skills necessary to
install, assemble, maintain, and repair photovoltaic panels through
either of the following:
(i) Grants to career-tech centers and vocational, including
high school, programs to create or operate solar energy technician
training courses that provide the necessary training.
(ii) Grants to individuals to fund participation in a solar
energy technician training course described in subparagraph (i).
(l) (k)
Appoint an education advisory group
and its chair.
(m) (l) Conduct
business at public meetings held in compliance
with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, and
make information available to the public concerning performance of
its duties or other information requested under the freedom of
information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(n) (m)
Any other duties, functions, or
responsibilities
required of the board to implement the workforce investment act or
state or federal law.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.