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                                  969--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON, MOSLEY, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE,
   COOK, CAHILL, SEPULVEDA, LAWRENCE, MURRAY, BLAKE, WALKER -- read  once
   and  referred  to  the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to
   the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,
   sec.  2  --  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:
   § 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 NINETEEN 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.
   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.
              

                                                            LBD00974-03-8

 A. 969--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 TWENTY 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.