Assembly Bill A1956

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1956 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3789
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9416, S7990

2017-A1956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2017-A1956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1956
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             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:

   Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  CATALOGUE  OF  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. (A) THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL PUBLISH BY OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND UPDATE  ANNU-
 ALLY, THEREAFTER, A CATALOGUE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING PROGRAMS.
 SUCH CATALOGUE SHALL INCLUDE ALL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT
 SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (1) EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING;
   (2) THE OBTAINMENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT;
   (3) HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A CAREER;
   (4) SKILLS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING;
   (5) SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT;
   (6) CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES THAT IMPROVE EMPLOYABIL-
 ITY LITERACY TRAINING;
   (7) ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE;
   (8) LIFE SKILLS INSTRUCTION;
   (9) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING;
   (10) INTERNSHIPS;
   (11) PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS;
   (12) ENTRY LEVEL AND ADVANCED SKILLS TRAINING;
   (13) RETRAINING;
   (14) STRUCTURED WORKSITE TRAINING;
   (15) PRE-VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING;
   (16) SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITION ACTIVITIES;
   (17) EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS TRAINING;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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