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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   SEAWRIGHT, WALKER -- read once and referred 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:
   § 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 TWENTY-FOUR 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
 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.
                                                            LBD03224-01-3
              

 A. 2242                             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 TWENTY-FIVE AND THEREAFTER,
 PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATION AND BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, COMMU-
 NITY 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.