Bill Text: NY A01956 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor; requires the department of labor to publish a catalogue of workforce development funding programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-12-18 - approval memo.34 [A01956 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01956-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1956
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to general powers and  duties
          of the commissioner of labor
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     3    15.  Catalogue  of  workforce  development funding. (a) The department
     4  shall publish by October first, two thousand seventeen and update  annu-
     5  ally, thereafter, a catalogue of workforce development funding programs.
     6  Such catalogue shall include all state and federal funding programs that
     7  support the following services, including, but not limited to:
     8    (1) employment counseling;
     9    (2) the obtainment of a high school diploma or its equivalent;
    10    (3) higher education leading to a career;
    11    (4) skills and vocational training;
    12    (5) skills development and improvement;
    13    (6) certifications, licenses and certificates that improve employabil-
    14  ity literacy training;
    15    (7) English as a second language;
    16    (8) life skills instruction;
    17    (9) on-the-job training;
    18    (10) internships;
    19    (11) pre-apprenticeships;
    20    (12) entry level and advanced skills training;
    21    (13) retraining;
    22    (14) structured worksite training;
    23    (15) pre-vocational skills training;
    24    (16) school-to-work transition activities;
    25    (17) employability skills training;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06811-01-7
        A. 1956                             2
     1    (18) wage reimbursement for skills upgrading;
     2    (19) counseling;
     3    (20) stipends;
     4    (21) tuition assistance; and
     5    (22) apprenticeships.
     6    The  catalogue  shall  include,  but  not be limited to, the following
     7  information for each funding program:
     8    (i) the name of the funding program and the agency  administering  the
     9  funding program;
    10    (ii) a description of the purpose of the funding program;
    11    (iii) a specific program Uniform Resource Locator ("URL"), if any;
    12    (iv) the year the program was established;
    13    (v) a catalog of federal domestic assistance numbers, if any;
    14    (vi) the legal authority, including statute and regulation citations;
    15    (vii)  the  program  and  fiscal  contact information including agency
    16  name, telephone number, and email address;
    17    (viii) all eligibility requirements;
    18    (ix) any program and special restrictions;
    19    (x) any action or actions required to receive aid;
    20    (xi) a description of aid which shall include, but not be limited  to,
    21  the  flow  of  funds between entities, the type of aid formula used, any
    22  matching requirements and any maintenance of effort;
    23    (xii) all amounts appropriated in the most recent three years,  broken
    24  down  by  fiscal  year  and  categorized by federal funds, state general
    25  funds and state special revenue;
    26    (xiii) all amounts disbursed for the prior  two  fiscal  years  broken
    27  down  by  federal  funds, state general funds and state special revenue;
    28  and
    29    (xiv) all relevant data on the  outcomes  and  effectiveness  of  such
    30  funding program and the number of persons served by such funding.
    31    (b)  The department shall submit by the first of October, two thousand
    32  seventeen and annually thereafter, a report of the  catalogue  of  work-
    33  force  development  funding  to the governor, the temporary president of
    34  the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the  minority  leader  of  the
    35  senate  and the minority leader of the assembly and make it available on
    36  the department's website for public review by such date.
    37    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.