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                                   5067
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, STERN, SHIMSKY, HEVESI, CONRAD, MAGNAR-
   ELLI, GIBBS, KIM, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Labor
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to requiring entities receiving state funding for
   workforce development purposes to annually  file  a  report  with  the
   department of labor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "Workforce
 Development Accountability Act".
   §  2.  Any  entity  receiving  state funding for workforce development
 purposes, including but not limited to entities  receiving  funds  under
 article 24-A of the labor law shall file with the department of labor an
 annual report stating:
   (a)  the  number  of individuals whom the recipient contacted directly
 for workforce development, provided that this would only  include  indi-
 viduals whom the recipient has the name and contact information;
   (b)  the  number  of individuals who received training and how many of
 these individuals finished the training;
   (c) organizations such as unions, employers and/or employer  organiza-
 tions and other organizations who participated in the workforce develop-
 ment programs conducted by the recipient;
   (d)  the  types  of training and certifications or degrees offered and
 provided;
   (e) the number of new jobs created or offered  due  to  the  workforce
 development  programs,  the type of field in which the jobs were created
 or offered, and the wages paid for these jobs;
   (f) how many individuals who completed the training were  hired,  what
 starting  wages  were received by these individuals, and the type of job
 or field in which these individuals were hired;
   (g) the job status of those who were hired is or was, including:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (i) whether the individual is still working for the reporting  employ-
 er, and if not, how long the individual worked for the reporting employ-
 er;
   (ii)  information  on  the  employment  status of each individual at 6
 months, 12 months, 18 months and 24  months  after  the  individual  was
 first hired; and
   (iii)  whether the individual is still working and, if so, whether the
 individual is working for the same employer and in the same field and if
 not, what field, and the wages the individual is receiving; and
   (h) suggestions for improving the workforce development program.
   § 3. The report required by section two of this act shall be submitted
 in a form approved by the commissioner of labor and shall be filed  with
 the department of labor by each entity receiving state funding for work-
 force development purposes on or before January 31, 2026 and annually by
 January 31 thereafter.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.