Bill Text: MN SF390 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Americorps Innovation Act; employment-related education alignment to federal law
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Author added Bonoff [SF390 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF390-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; aligning AmeriCorps Innovation to federal law;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 124D.36; 124D.38, subdivision 3; 124D.39;
1.4124D.40; 124D.42, subdivision 6; 124D.44; 124D.45, subdivision 2; repealing
1.5Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.38, subdivisions 4, 5, 6.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.36, is amended to read:
1.8124D.36 CITATION;MINNESOTA YOUTHWORKS AMERICORPS
1.9INNOVATION ACT.
1.10Sections124D.37 to
124D.45 shall be cited as the "Minnesota Youthworks
1.11AmeriCorps Innovation Act."
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.38, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 3. Federal law. "Federal law" means Public Law101-610 111-13, as
1.14amended, or any other federal law or program assisting youth community service,
1.15work-based learning, or youth transition from school to work.
1.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.39, is amended to read:
1.17124D.39YOUTHWORKS AMERICORPS INNOVATION PROGRAM.
1.18TheYouthworks AmeriCorps Innovation program is established to provide funding
1.19for the commission to leverage federal and private funding to fulfill the purposes of section
1.20124D.37
. The Youthworks AmeriCorps Innovation program must supplement existing
1.21programs and services. The program must not displace existing programs and services,
1.22existing funding of programs or services, or existing employment and employment
2.1opportunities. No eligible organization may terminate, layoff, or reduce the hours of work
2.2of an employee to place or hire a program participant. No eligible organization may
2.3place or hire an individual for a project if an employee is on layoff from the same or a
2.4substantially equivalent position.
2.5 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.40, is amended to read:
2.6124D.40YOUTHWORKS AMERICORPS INNOVATION GRANTS.
2.7 Subdivision 1. Application. An eligible organization interested in receiving a
2.8grant under sections124D.39 to
124D.44 may prepare and submit an application to the
2.9commission. As part of the grant application process, the commission must establish and
2.10publish grant application guidelines that are consistent with this subdivision, section
2.11124D.37, and Public Law 111-13; include criteria for reviewing an applicant's cost-benefit
2.12analysis; and require grantees to use research-based measures of program outcomes to
2.13generate valid and reliable data that are available to the commission for evaluation and
2.14public reporting purposes.
2.15 Subd. 2. Grant authority. The commission must use any state appropriation and
2.16any available federal funds, including any grant received under federal law, to award
2.17grants to establish programs forYouthworks AmeriCorps Innovation. At least one grant
2.18each must be available for a metropolitan proposal, a rural proposal, and a statewide
2.19proposal. If a portion of the suburban metropolitan area is not included in the metropolitan
2.20grant proposal, the statewide grant proposal must incorporate at least one suburban
2.21metropolitan area. In awarding grants, the commission may select at least one residential
2.22proposal and one nonresidential proposal.
2.23 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.42, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.24 Subd. 6. Program training. The commission must, within available resources:
2.25(1) orient each grantee organization in the nature, philosophy, and purpose of the
2.26program;and
2.27(2) build an ethic of community service through general community service
2.28training.; and
2.29(3) provide guidance on integrating performance-based measurement into program
2.30models.
2.31 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.44, is amended to read:
2.32124D.44 MATCH REQUIREMENTS.
3.1Youthworks AmeriCorps Innovation grant funds must be used for the living
3.2allowance, cost of employer taxes under sections 3111 and 3301 of the Internal Revenue
3.3Code of 1986, workers' compensation coverage, health benefits, training and evaluation
3.4for each program participant, and administrative expenses, which must not exceed
3.5five seven percent of total program costs. Youthworks grant funds may also be used to
3.6supplement applicant resources to fund postservice benefits for program participants.
3.7Applicant resources, from sources and in a form determined by the commission, must
3.8be used to provide for all other program costs, including the portion of the applicant's
3.9obligation for postservice benefits that is not covered by state or federal grant funds and
3.10such costs as supplies, materials, transportation, and salaries and benefits of those staff
3.11directly involved in the operation, internal monitoring, and evaluation of the program.
3.12 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.13 Subd. 2. Interim report. The commission must reportsemiannually annually to the
3.14legislature with interim recommendations to change the program.
3.15 Sec. 8. REPEALER.
3.16Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.38, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6, are repealed.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 124D.36; 124D.38, subdivision 3; 124D.39;
1.4124D.40; 124D.42, subdivision 6; 124D.44; 124D.45, subdivision 2; repealing
1.5Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.38, subdivisions 4, 5, 6.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.36, is amended to read:
1.8124D.36 CITATION;
1.9INNOVATION ACT.
1.10Sections
1.11AmeriCorps Innovation Act."
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.38, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 3. Federal law. "Federal law" means Public Law
1.14amended, or any other federal law or program assisting youth community service,
1.15work-based learning, or youth transition from school to work.
1.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.39, is amended to read:
1.17124D.39
1.18The
1.19for the commission to leverage federal and private funding to fulfill the purposes of section
1.21programs and services. The program must not displace existing programs and services,
1.22existing funding of programs or services, or existing employment and employment
2.1opportunities. No eligible organization may terminate, layoff, or reduce the hours of work
2.2of an employee to place or hire a program participant. No eligible organization may
2.3place or hire an individual for a project if an employee is on layoff from the same or a
2.4substantially equivalent position.
2.5 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.40, is amended to read:
2.6124D.40
2.7 Subdivision 1. Application. An eligible organization interested in receiving a
2.8grant under sections
2.9commission. As part of the grant application process, the commission must establish and
2.10publish grant application guidelines that are consistent with this subdivision, section
2.11124D.37, and Public Law 111-13; include criteria for reviewing an applicant's cost-benefit
2.12analysis; and require grantees to use research-based measures of program outcomes to
2.13generate valid and reliable data that are available to the commission for evaluation and
2.14public reporting purposes.
2.15 Subd. 2. Grant authority. The commission must use any state appropriation and
2.16any available federal funds, including any grant received under federal law, to award
2.17grants to establish programs for
2.18each must be available for a metropolitan proposal, a rural proposal, and a statewide
2.19proposal. If a portion of the suburban metropolitan area is not included in the metropolitan
2.20grant proposal, the statewide grant proposal must incorporate at least one suburban
2.21metropolitan area. In awarding grants, the commission may select at least one residential
2.22proposal and one nonresidential proposal.
2.23 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.42, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.24 Subd. 6. Program training. The commission must, within available resources:
2.25(1) orient each grantee organization in the nature, philosophy, and purpose of the
2.26program;
2.27(2) build an ethic of community service through general community service
2.28training
2.29(3) provide guidance on integrating performance-based measurement into program
2.30models.
2.31 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.44, is amended to read:
2.32124D.44 MATCH REQUIREMENTS.
3.1
3.2allowance, cost of employer taxes under sections 3111 and 3301 of the Internal Revenue
3.3Code of 1986, workers' compensation coverage, health benefits, training and evaluation
3.4for each program participant, and administrative expenses, which must not exceed
3.5
3.6
3.7Applicant resources, from sources and in a form determined by the commission, must
3.8be used to provide for all other program costs
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.13 Subd. 2. Interim report. The commission must report
3.14legislature with interim recommendations to change the program.
3.15 Sec. 8. REPEALER.
3.16Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.38, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6, are repealed.
