NY State Senate Bill 2015-S490B

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 14, 2016	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1716 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 27, 2016	print number 490b
May 27, 2016	amend and recommit to higher education
Feb 04, 2016	print number 490a
Feb 04, 2016	amend and recommit to higher education
Jan 06, 2016	referred to higher education
Jan 07, 2015	referred to higher education

Votes

- Jun 14, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S490B
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 14, 2016
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Diaz
      
      Parker
  Jun 14, 2016 - Rules Committee Vote
  S490B
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 14, 2016
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Perkins
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      absent (1)
      
      Espaillat
      
      excused (1)
      
      Parker

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2015-S490 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10533
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §6303-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7794
2017-2018: S2232, A969
2019-2020: A2984
2021-2022: A2280
2023-2024: A2242

2015-S490 - Summary

Establishes the retrain and employ unemployed persons program providing grants to community colleges to develop training programs or improve existing workforce development programs for the purposes of training unemployed individuals for jobs in the regions surrounding such community colleges.

2015-S490 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S490

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
establishing the retrain and employ unemployed persons program

 PURPOSE :  The purpose of this bill is to establish the retrain and
employ unemployed persons program.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Subdivision one of this bill sets forth definitions.

Subdivision 2. Establishes the retrain and employ unemployed persons
program which establishes a grant program for community colleges to
develop or improve existing workforce development programs;

Subdivision 3. Grants shall be awarded in the amount of $500,000 to
community colleges that can demonstrate such programs will provide the
requisite training required for job placement in businesses and
industries within the region that lack the necessary workforce or that
are seeking employees with new skills in an area where job openings
currently exist or where job growth is anticipated in the near future;

Subdivision 4. To be eligible to receive grants, such community
colleges shall partner with regional businesses or industries to
determine area of need and shall consult with the Department of Labor

to target unemployed individuals who shall be given priority placement
into such training programs;

Subdivision 5. Upon successful placement of participants, local
businesses or industries shall provide 1/3 of the funding required to
train employees;

Subdivision 6. Community colleges may seek to provide on-site training
or may seek to have participants trained on job site;

Subdivision 7. Successful completion of the program shall be signified
by the receipt of a certificate of completion, however, training
programs do not have to lead to degrees or official certifications
provided by the Department of State or the State Education Department;
training programs maybe as long or as short as necessary to provide
competency for a particular need;

Subdivision 8. Community colleges shall be eligible to receive an
additional $50,000 in any year that more than 50% of all program
participants trained become employed;

Subdivision 9. SUNY and CUNY Boards of Trustees shall also consult
with regional BOCES to develop or improve career training programs
that may start as young as 7m or 8m grade, result in high school
graduation and community college enrollment earning degrees or
entering training programs in an industry where job growth is
anticipated. A portion of funding for the BOCES, community college,
industry partnerships may be funded by the participating businesses.

Section 2. Sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :  This bill would direct SUNY and CUNY community
colleges to work with local business and industry to develop work
force training programs that target the unemployed and provide the
skills necessary for individuals to obtain jobs in their communities.

Furthermore, this bill would provide funding for the initial creation
of this program and would provide incentive funding in future years
for those community colleges that successfully place trained
individuals in jobs.
With New York's unemployment rate at 6.7%, programs such as this that
can help put people back to work by providing new skills for
individuals in areas where there is industry need and job availability
are necessary for this State.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : 2014 5.7794

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :  To be determined and pursuant to
appropriation.

 EFFECTIVE DATE : Immediately.

2015-S490 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   490

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
  retrain and employ unemployed persons program

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b
to read as follows:
  S 6303-B. RETRAIN AND EMPLOY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS PROGRAM.   1.    DEFI-
NITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS.
  (A) "GRANT PROGRAM" SHALL  MEAN  THE  RETRAIN  AND  EMPLOY  UNEMPLOYED
PERSONS PROGRAM OR THE RE-UP NEW YORK PROGRAM.
  (B) "TRAINING PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE
COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  PROGRAMS  CREATED  OR IMPROVED PURSUANT TO THE GRANT
PROGRAM.
  (C) "BOCES" SHALL MEAN BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  AS
DEFINED IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. BY NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN THE STATE UNIVER-
SITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES SHALL
ESTABLISH  A  GRANT  PROGRAM  FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO DEVELOP TRAINING
PROGRAMS OR IMPROVE EXISTING  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAMS  FOR  THE
PURPOSES  OF  TRAINING  UNEMPLOYED  INDIVIDUALS  FOR JOBS IN THE REGIONS
SURROUNDING EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
  3. GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATION IN AN  AMOUNT  UP
TO  FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT CAN DEMON-
STRATE THAT SUCH TRAINING PROGRAMS  OR  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAMS
WILL  PROVIDE THE REQUISITE TRAINING REQUIRED FOR JOB PLACEMENT IN BUSI-
NESSES AND INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE REGION THAT LACK  THE  NECESSARY  WORK-
FORCE OR THAT ARE SEEKING EMPLOYEES WITH NEW SKILLS IN AN AREA WHERE JOB

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

                                                           LBD03372-01-5

S. 490                              2

OPENINGS  CURRENTLY EXIST OR WHERE JOB GROWTH IS ANTICIPATED IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
  4.  TO  BE  ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUST ALSO
DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: (A) HAS PARTNERED WITH REGIONAL
BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRIES TO DETERMINE AREAS WHERE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE  OR
ARE  ANTICIPATED  TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND A SKILLED WORKFORCE IS NEEDED;
AND (B) CONSULTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO TARGET UNEMPLOYED INDI-
VIDUALS WHO  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  PRIORITY  PLACEMENT  INTO  SUCH  TRAINING
PROGRAMS OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
  5. UPON SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
MENT  PROGRAM  PARTICIPANTS,  LOCAL  BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRIES PARTNERING
WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES PURSUANT TO THIS GRANT PROGRAM  SHALL  REIMBURSE
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR ONE-THIRD OF THE COST OF SUCH EMPLOYEE TRAIN-
ING.
  6. COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY SEEK TO PROVIDE ON-SITE TRAINING OR MAY SEEK
TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS TRAINED ON JOB SITES.
  7.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH LOCAL BUSINESS OR
INDUSTRY, SHALL DETERMINE THE  LENGTH  OF  SUCH  TRAINING  OR  WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE COMPETENCY
FOR  A  PARTICULAR  BUSINESS  OR INDUSTRY NEED. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
SUCH PROGRAMS SHALL BE SIGNIFIED BY THE  RECEIPT  OF  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
COMPLETION, HOWEVER, TRAINING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS NEED NOT
LEAD TO DEGREES OR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
  8. BEGINNING IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT
TO  APPROPRIATION  AND  BASED  ON  THE  AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE  TO  RECEIVE  AN  ADDITIONAL  FIFTY  THOUSAND
DOLLARS  IN  ANY  YEAR THAT MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL GRANT PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS TRAINED BECOME EMPLOYED.
  9. SUNY AND CUNY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO CONSULT  WITH  REGIONAL
BOCES  TO  DEVELOP OR IMPROVE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WILL PARTNER
WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND BUSINESS INDUSTRIES TO TRAIN  MIDDLE  SCHOOL
OR  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION, SUCH CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS SHALL RESULT IN  HIGH  SCHOOL
GRADUATION  AND  ENROLLMENT IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR PARTICIPATION IN A
RE-UP NEW YORK TRAINING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. A  PORTION  OF
THE  FUNDING  FOR  THE BOCES, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP
MAY BE FUNDED BY THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S490A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10533
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §6303-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7794
2017-2018: S2232, A969
2019-2020: A2984
2021-2022: A2280
2023-2024: A2242

2015-S490A - Summary

2015-S490A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S490A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
establishing the retrain and employ unemployed persons program

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to establish the retrain and employ
unemployed persons program.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Subdivision one of this bill sets forth definitions.

Subdivision 2. Establishes the retrain and employ unemployed persons
program which establishes a grant program for community colleges to
develop or improve existing workforce development programs;

Subdivision 3. Grants shall be awarded in the amount of $500,000 to
community colleges that can demonstrate such programs will provide the
requisite training required for job placement in businesses and
industries within the region that lack the necessary workforce or that
are seeking employees with new skills in an area where job openings
currently exist or where job growth is anticipated in the near future;

Subdivision 4. To be eligible to receive grants, such community

colleges shall partner with regional businesses or industries to
determine area of need and shall consult with the Department of Labor
to target unemployed individuals who shall be given priority placement
into such training programs;

Subdivision 5. Upon successful placement of participants, local
businesses or industries shall provide 1/3 of the funding required to
train employees;

Subdivision 6. Community colleges may seek to provide on-site training
or may seek to have participants trained on job site;

Subdivision 7. Successful completion of the program shall be signified
by the receipt of a certificate of completion, however, training
programs do not have to lead to degrees or official certifications
provided by the Department of State or the State Education Department;
training programs maybe as long or as short as necessary to provide
competency for a particular need;

Subdivision 8. Community colleges shall be eligible to receive an
additional $50,000 in any year that more than 50% of all program
participants trained become employed;

Subdivision 9. SUNY and CUNY Boards of Trustees shall also consult
with regional BOCES to develop or improve career training programs
that may start as young as 7th or 8th grade, result in high school
graduation and community college enrollment earning degrees or
entering training programs in an industry where job growth is
anticipated. A portion of funding for the BOCES, community college,
industry partnerships may be funded by the participating businesses.

Section 2. Sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill would direct SUNY and CUNY community colleges to work with
local business and industry to develop work force training programs
that target the unemployed and provide the skills necessary for
individuals to obtain jobs in their communities.

Furthermore, this bill would provide funding for the initial creation
of this program and would provide incentive funding in future years
for those community colleges that successfully place trained
individuals in jobs.

With New York's unemployment rate at 6.7%, programs such as this that
can help put people back to work by providing new skills for
individuals in areas where there is industry need and job availability
are necessary for this State.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2014 S.7794

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined and pursuant to appropriation.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2015-S490A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 490--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
  mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
  retrain and employ unemployed persons program

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b
to read as follows:
  S 6303-B. RETRAIN AND EMPLOY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS PROGRAM.   1.    DEFI-
NITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS.
  (A) "GRANT PROGRAM" SHALL  MEAN  THE  RETRAIN  AND  EMPLOY  UNEMPLOYED
PERSONS PROGRAM OR THE RE-UP NEW YORK PROGRAM.
  (B) "TRAINING PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE
COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  PROGRAMS  CREATED  OR IMPROVED PURSUANT TO THE GRANT
PROGRAM.
  (C) "BOCES" SHALL MEAN BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  AS
DEFINED IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. BY NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN THE STATE UNIVER-
SITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES SHALL
ESTABLISH  A  GRANT  PROGRAM  FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO DEVELOP TRAINING
PROGRAMS OR IMPROVE EXISTING  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAMS  FOR  THE
PURPOSES  OF  TRAINING  UNEMPLOYED  INDIVIDUALS  FOR JOBS IN THE REGIONS
SURROUNDING EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
  3. GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATION IN AN  AMOUNT  UP
TO  FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT CAN DEMON-
STRATE THAT SUCH TRAINING PROGRAMS  OR  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAMS

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

                                                           LBD03372-03-6

S. 490--A                           2

WILL  PROVIDE THE REQUISITE TRAINING REQUIRED FOR JOB PLACEMENT IN BUSI-
NESSES AND INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE REGION THAT LACK  THE  NECESSARY  WORK-
FORCE OR THAT ARE SEEKING EMPLOYEES WITH NEW SKILLS IN AN AREA WHERE JOB
OPENINGS  CURRENTLY EXIST OR WHERE JOB GROWTH IS ANTICIPATED IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
  4. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT, A COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  MUST  ALSO
DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: (A) HAS PARTNERED WITH REGIONAL
BUSINESSES  OR INDUSTRIES TO DETERMINE AREAS WHERE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE OR
ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND A SKILLED WORKFORCE  IS  NEEDED;
AND (B) CONSULTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO TARGET UNEMPLOYED INDI-
VIDUALS  WHO  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  PRIORITY  PLACEMENT  INTO  SUCH TRAINING
PROGRAMS OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
  5. UPON SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, LOCAL  BUSINESSES  OR  INDUSTRIES  PARTNERING
WITH  COMMUNITY  COLLEGES PURSUANT TO THIS GRANT PROGRAM SHALL REIMBURSE
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR ONE-THIRD OF THE COST OF SUCH EMPLOYEE TRAIN-
ING.
  6. COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY SEEK TO PROVIDE ON-SITE TRAINING OR MAY SEEK
TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS TRAINED ON JOB SITES.
  7. THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  LOCAL  BUSINESS  OR
INDUSTRY,  SHALL  DETERMINE  THE  LENGTH  OF  SUCH TRAINING OR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE COMPETENCY
FOR A PARTICULAR BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY  NEED.  SUCCESSFUL  COMPLETION  OF
SUCH  PROGRAMS  SHALL  BE  SIGNIFIED  BY THE RECEIPT OF A CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLETION, HOWEVER, TRAINING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS NEED NOT
LEAD TO DEGREES OR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
  8. BEGINNING IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER,  PURSU-
ANT  TO  APPROPRIATION AND BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE  TO  RECEIVE  AN  ADDITIONAL  FIFTY  THOUSAND
DOLLARS  IN  ANY  YEAR THAT MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL GRANT PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS TRAINED BECOME EMPLOYED.
  9. SUNY AND CUNY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO CONSULT  WITH  REGIONAL
BOCES  TO  DEVELOP OR IMPROVE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WILL PARTNER
WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND BUSINESS INDUSTRIES TO TRAIN  MIDDLE  SCHOOL
OR  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION, SUCH CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS SHALL RESULT IN  HIGH  SCHOOL
GRADUATION  AND  ENROLLMENT IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR PARTICIPATION IN A
RE-UP NEW YORK TRAINING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. A  PORTION  OF
THE  FUNDING  FOR  THE BOCES, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP
MAY BE FUNDED BY THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S490B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10533
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §6303-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7794
2017-2018: S2232, A969
2019-2020: A2984
2021-2022: A2280
2023-2024: A2242

2015-S490B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S490B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S490B

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
retrain and employ unemployed persons program

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to establish the retrain and employ
unemployed persons program.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Subdivision one of this bill sets forth definitions.

Subdivision 2. Establishes the retrain and employ unemployed persons
program which establishes a grant program for community colleges to
develop or improve existing workforce development programs;

Subdivision 3. Grants shall be awarded in the amount of $500,000 to
community colleges that can demonstrate such programs will provide the
requisite training required for job placement in businesses and
industries within the region that lack the necessary workforce or that
are seeking employees with new skills in an area where job openings
currently exist or where job growth is anticipated in the near future;

Subdivision 4. To be eligible to receive grants, such community
colleges shall partner with regional businesses or industries to
determine area of need and shall consult with the Department of Labor
to target unemployed individuals who shall be given priority placement
into such training programs;

Subdivision 5. Upon successful placement of participants, local
businesses or industries shall provide 1/3 of the funding required to
train employees;

Subdivision 6. Community colleges may seek to provide on-site training
or may seek to have participants trained on job site;

Subdivision 7. Successful completion of the program shall be signified
by the receipt of a certificate of completion, however, training
programs do not have to lead to degrees or official certifications
provided by the Department of State or the State Education Department;
training programs maybe as long or as short as necessary to provide
competency for a particular need;

Subdivision 8. Community colleges shall be eligible to receive an
additional $50,000 in any year that more than 50% of all program
participants trained become employed;

Subdivision 9. SUNY and CUNY Boards of Trustees shall also consult
with regional BOCES to develop or improve career training programs
that may start as young as 7th or 8th grade, result in high school
graduation and community college enrollment earning degrees or
entering training programs in an industry where job growth is
anticipated. A portion of funding for the BOCES, community college,
industry partnerships may be funded by the participating businesses.

Section 2. Sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill would direct SUNY and CUNY community colleges to work with
local business and industry to develop work force training programs

that target the unemployed and provide the skills necessary for
individuals to obtain jobs in their communities.

Furthermore, this bill would provide funding for the initial creation
of this program and would provide incentive funding in future years
for those community colleges that successfully place trained
individuals in jobs.

With New York's unemployment rate at 6.7%, programs such as this that
can help put people back to work by providing new skills for
individuals in areas where there is industry need and job availability
are necessary for this State.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2014 S.7794

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined and pursuant to appropriation.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2015-S490B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 490--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
  mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to establishing the
  retrain and employ unemployed persons program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b
to read as follows:
  S  6303-B.  RETRAIN  AND EMPLOY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS PROGRAM.  1.  DEFI-
NITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS.
  (A)  "GRANT  PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  RETRAIN AND EMPLOY UNEMPLOYED
PERSONS PROGRAM OR THE RE-UP NEW YORK PROGRAM.
  (B) "TRAINING PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS CREATED OR IMPROVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE  GRANT
PROGRAM.
  (C)  "BOCES"  SHALL MEAN BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS
DEFINED IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. BY NO LATER THAN JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES
SHALL ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO DEVELOP TRAIN-
ING  PROGRAMS OR IMPROVE EXISTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF TRAINING UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS  FOR  JOBS  IN  THE  REGIONS
SURROUNDING SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03372-05-6

S. 490--B                           2

  3.  GRANTS  SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATION IN AN AMOUNT UP
TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT  CAN  DEMON-
STRATE  THAT  SUCH  TRAINING  PROGRAMS OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
WILL PROVIDE THE REQUISITE TRAINING REQUIRED FOR JOB PLACEMENT IN  BUSI-
NESSES  AND  INDUSTRIES  WITHIN THE REGION THAT LACK THE NECESSARY WORK-
FORCE OR THAT ARE SEEKING EMPLOYEES WITH NEW SKILLS IN AN AREA WHERE JOB
OPENINGS CURRENTLY EXIST OR WHERE JOB GROWTH IS ANTICIPATED IN THE  NEAR
FUTURE.
  4.  TO  BE  ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUST ALSO
DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: (A) HAS PARTNERED WITH REGIONAL
BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRIES TO DETERMINE AREAS WHERE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE  OR
ARE  ANTICIPATED  TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND A SKILLED WORKFORCE IS NEEDED;
AND (B) CONSULTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO TARGET UNEMPLOYED INDI-
VIDUALS WHO  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  PRIORITY  PLACEMENT  INTO  SUCH  TRAINING
PROGRAMS OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
  5. UPON SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
MENT  PROGRAM  PARTICIPANTS,  LOCAL  BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRIES PARTNERING
WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES PURSUANT TO THIS GRANT PROGRAM  SHALL  REIMBURSE
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR ONE-THIRD OF THE COST OF SUCH EMPLOYEE TRAIN-
ING.
  6. COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY SEEK TO PROVIDE ON-SITE TRAINING OR MAY SEEK
TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS TRAINED ON JOB SITES.
  7.  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH LOCAL BUSINESS OR
INDUSTRY, SHALL DETERMINE THE  LENGTH  OF  SUCH  TRAINING  OR  WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE COMPETENCY
FOR  A  PARTICULAR  BUSINESS  OR INDUSTRY NEED. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
SUCH PROGRAMS SHALL BE SIGNIFIED BY THE  RECEIPT  OF  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
COMPLETION, HOWEVER, TRAINING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS NEED NOT
LEAD TO DEGREES OR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
  8.  BEGINNING IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER, PURSU-
ANT TO APPROPRIATION AND BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF  FUNDS,  COMMUNITY
COLLEGES  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  RECEIVE  AN ADDITIONAL FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN ANY YEAR THAT MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF  ALL  GRANT  PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS TRAINED BECOME EMPLOYED.
  9.  SUNY  AND CUNY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO CONSULT WITH REGIONAL
BOCES TO DEVELOP OR IMPROVE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT  WILL  PARTNER
WITH  COMMUNITY  COLLEGES AND BUSINESS INDUSTRIES TO TRAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT UNDER  THIS
SUBDIVISION,  SUCH  CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS SHALL RESULT IN HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION AND ENROLLMENT IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR PARTICIPATION  IN  A
RE-UP  NEW  YORK TRAINING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. A PORTION OF
THE FUNDING FOR THE BOCES, COMMUNITY COLLEGE  AND  INDUSTRY  PARTNERSHIP
MAY BE FUNDED BY THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S490B

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Jun 14, 2016 - Floor Vote

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Jun 14, 2016 - Rules Committee Vote

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