Bill Text: NY S06794 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to employer specific skill training grant programs for employee-owned enterprises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-23 - SIGNED CHAP.398 [S06794 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06794-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 6794                                                  A. 8515
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                      June 18, 2017
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        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GJONAJ -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to employer specific
          skill training grant programs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 4 of section 3032 of the
     2  education law, as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 1986, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (a) Employer specific skill training grant programs shall be  designed
     5  to  support,  supplement and contribute to the expansion and maintenance
     6  of the economy of the state. Local education agencies shall apply to the
     7  commissioner for grants for conducting employer specific skill  training
     8  programs. Application for funds by local education agencies for training
     9  programs  shall  be  in a manner consistent with the application process
    10  for business and industry specific training  programs  under  the  voca-
    11  tional  education  act of 1963 and the job training partnership act; the
    12  sum of such grants per region shall not exceed the total funds allocated
    13  or reallocated to the region for  such  purposes.  Such  programs  shall
    14  provide  retraining  and upgrading to existing or potential personnel in
    15  order to improve technology, quality control, production efficiency,  or
    16  to  adapt  to  other  changes  in the labor market, or to provide unique
    17  training programs to meet the emerging  needs  and  occupations  of  the
    18  state's  business  and  industry or providing training to individuals to
    19  promote the  successful  management  and/or  operation  of  [a  business
    20  purchased  by such individuals to provide for their continued employment
    21  through the formation of] a worker  owned  cooperative  or  an  employee
    22  stock ownership plan or employee-owned enterprises, as defined in subdi-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13257-01-7
        S. 6794                             2                            A. 8515
     1  vision  five  of  section  eighteen  hundred  thirty-six-b of the public
     2  authorities law, by such employees. No  grant  shall  exceed  fifty  per
     3  centum  of  the  total  program  cost. Eligible program cost may include
     4  employer  wages  paid  to  the  employee  for time spent in the training
     5  program.  Applications for a grant by local education agencies shall  be
     6  in a form prescribed by the commissioner.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.