Bill Text: NY A08254 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A08254 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08254-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8254

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 10, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating the
          mobile high-technology training facilities program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 3154-a to read as follows:
     3    § 3154-a.  Mobile high-technology training facilities program.  1. The
     4  foundation is hereby  authorized  to  create  a  mobile  high-technology
     5  training  facilities  program.  The  purpose  of the program is to award
     6  matching grants on a competitive basis to qualified applicants  for  the
     7  design,  development  and/or  outfit  of mobile high-technology training
     8  facilities that  complement  certificate,  degree  or  other  recognized
     9  credentialing programs.
    10    2.  "Qualified  applicant"  means  any  educational  or not-for-profit
    11  institution  providing  certificate,  degree  or   other   credentialing
    12  programs  in high-technology fields including, but not limited to, nano-
    13  technology, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing processes and informa-
    14  tion technology or any other field defined as an emerging technology  by
    15  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section thirty-one hundred two-e of
    16  this article.
    17    3. Applicants shall submit an application to the foundation comprising
    18  a plan including, but not limited to:
    19    (a) demonstration that funds and/or other  in-kind  contributions  are
    20  encumbered  in an amount not less than twenty percent of requested grant
    21  amount;
    22    (b) the design and implementation of a facility including the  use  of
    23  simulation-based education and training resources including the types of
    24  machinery, equipment and staffing level required;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09004-01-9

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     1    (c) demonstration of a flexible program which would allow for diversi-
     2  fied job training skills within a particular industry;
     3    (d) evidence that a need for employees related to the industry associ-
     4  ated with the applicant exists;
     5    (e) development of a curriculum to deliver such mobile training facil-
     6  ity  to  each  regionally  defined location in the state lacking similar
     7  training  opportunities  including  the  period  of  time  required   to
     8  adequately  train an individual and the estimated number of participants
     9  utilizing such facility in  a given year;
    10    (f)  demonstration  of  a  collaborative  and/or  cooperative  working
    11  relationship  with  private  employers  to  ensure  that facilities meet
    12  industry-specific job training requirements; and
    13    (g) demonstration of an ability to maintain such mobile facility on an
    14  on-going basis, including but not limited to self-sustainability regard-
    15  ing staffing, operating, maintenance and adaptability.
    16    4. The foundation shall establish any additional criteria to  be  used
    17  in the evaluation of applications.
    18    5. The foundation shall submit a report to the governor and the legis-
    19  lature  regarding the outcomes of the program including, but not limited
    20  to grant recipients, purpose  of  mobile  training  facility,  locations
    21  visited, number of participants utilizing facility and actual employment
    22  obtained through the use of such facility.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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