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]

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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.

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