NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2869

Senate Bill S2869

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 11, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Jan 08, 2020	referred to internet and technology
Mar 12, 2019	reported and committed to finance
Jan 30, 2019	referred to internet and technology

Votes

- Feb 11, 2020 - Internet And Technology Committee Vote
  S2869
  
  4
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Internet And Technology Committee Vote: Feb 11, 2020
      
      aye (4)
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kennedy
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      nay (1)
      
      Borrello
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Jacobs
      
      Skoufis
  Mar 12, 2019 - Internet And Technology Committee Vote
  S2869
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Internet And Technology Committee Vote: Mar 12, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kennedy
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Skoufis

2019-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8254
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3154-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S8016
2011-2012: S3005
2013-2014: S1821
2015-2016: S3608
2017-2018: S2332
2021-2022: S158, A5863
2023-2024: A6682

2019-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program.

2019-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2869

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program, allowing
the Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (d.b.a. NYSTAR) to
provide matching grants for the design, development and outfit of mobile
training facilities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the public authorities law by adding a new section
3154-a creating the mobile high-technology training facilities program
within the foundation for science, technology and innovation to award
competitive grants to qualified applicants for the development of mobile

high-technology training facilities.

Section 2: Effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

This is a new bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Training opportunities are an essential component of economic develop-
ment. While hands-on training is widely recognized as the most valuable
form of learning experience, equipping laboratories to train workers,
especially in the high-technology manufacturing fields, is beyond the
means of many educational institutions.

Just as rural hospitals share medical equipment carried from one facili-
ty to another in specially equipped trailers, training facilities could
be designed to fit in similar trailers and be brought to training sites.
Mobile training facilities will make training in high-value occupations
a reality for students in rural areas, incumbent workers, and those
enrolled in educational institutions lacking the resources to equip
cutting-edge training facilities.

This program will provide competitively awarded grants to educational or
qualified not-for-profit institutions for the design, development and
outfit of mobile laboratory and/or training facilities that complement
certificate, degree or other recognized credentialing programs leading
to employment in high-value and high-demand occupations.  Mobile
programs have a proven record of success. For example, the Time Wise
Management Systems' Mobile Outreach Skills Training (MOST) launched in
conjunction with the US Department of Labor and utilized in Florida,
Massachusetts, Mississippi and throughout New England, saves companies
the expense of training or retraining employees they would have other-
wise provided.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 2332 of 2017/2018 Reported to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Estimated costs of $1 million per mobile high-technology training facil-
ities unit, 20% of which would be required as a match provided by the
applicant. In New York state the average salary for a high-technology
manufacturing employee is $65,000 compared to $39,000 for a "nuts and
bolts" manufacturing job. Each unit could train up to 500 employees per
year for an overall increase in wages of $13 million. Therefore, an
$800,000 state investment could yield up to $13 million annually in
additional wages, resulting in increased revenues from the personal
income tax and other economic activity.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2869
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 3154-a to read as follows:
   § 3154-A.  MOBILE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FACILITIES PROGRAM.  1. THE
 FOUNDATION  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  TO  CREATE  A MOBILE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY
 TRAINING FACILITIES PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF  THE  PROGRAM  IS  TO  AWARD
 MATCHING  GRANTS  ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THE
 DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND/OR OUTFIT  OF  MOBILE  HIGH-TECHNOLOGY  TRAINING
 FACILITIES  THAT  COMPLEMENT  CERTIFICATE,  DEGREE  OR  OTHER RECOGNIZED
 CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS.
   2. "QUALIFIED  APPLICANT"  MEANS  ANY  EDUCATIONAL  OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 INSTITUTION   PROVIDING   CERTIFICATE,  DEGREE  OR  OTHER  CREDENTIALING
 PROGRAMS IN HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FIELDS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  NANO-
 TECHNOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND INFORMA-
 TION  TECHNOLOGY OR ANY OTHER FIELD DEFINED AS AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY BY
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED TWO-E  OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   3. APPLICANTS SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FOUNDATION COMPRISING
 A PLAN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A)  DEMONSTRATION  THAT  FUNDS AND/OR OTHER IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
 ENCUMBERED IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF REQUESTED  GRANT
 AMOUNT;
   (B)  THE  DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FACILITY INCLUDING THE USE OF
 SIMULATION-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESOURCES INCLUDING THE TYPES OF
 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

 S. 2869                             2
 
   (C) DEMONSTRATION OF A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR DIVERSI-
 FIED JOB TRAINING SKILLS WITHIN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY;
   (D) EVIDENCE THAT A NEED FOR EMPLOYEES RELATED TO THE INDUSTRY ASSOCI-
 ATED WITH THE APPLICANT EXISTS;
   (E) DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM TO DELIVER SUCH MOBILE TRAINING FACIL-
 ITY  TO  EACH  REGIONALLY  DEFINED LOCATION IN THE STATE LACKING SIMILAR
 TRAINING  OPPORTUNITIES  INCLUDING  THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  REQUIRED   TO
 ADEQUATELY  TRAIN AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
 UTILIZING SUCH FACILITY IN  A GIVEN YEAR;
   (F)  DEMONSTRATION  OF  A  COLLABORATIVE  AND/OR  COOPERATIVE  WORKING
 RELATIONSHIP  WITH  PRIVATE  EMPLOYERS  TO  ENSURE  THAT FACILITIES MEET
 INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC JOB TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (G) DEMONSTRATION OF AN ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SUCH MOBILE FACILITY ON AN
 ON-GOING BASIS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SELF-SUSTAINABILITY REGARD-
 ING STAFFING, OPERATING, MAINTENANCE AND ADAPTABILITY.
   4. THE FOUNDATION SHALL ESTABLISH ANY ADDITIONAL CRITERIA TO  BE  USED
 IN THE EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.
   5. THE FOUNDATION SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
 LATURE  REGARDING THE OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO GRANT RECIPIENTS, PURPOSE  OF  MOBILE  TRAINING  FACILITY,  LOCATIONS
 VISITED, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS UTILIZING FACILITY AND ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT
 OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF SUCH FACILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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