Legislation
SECTION 212
Reporting
Economic Development Law (COM) CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 9
§ 212. Reporting. The department shall:
1. Monitor the performance of each entrepreneurial assistance center
and require quarterly and annual reports from each entrepreneurial
assistance center at such time and in such a manner as prescribed by the
commissioner.
2. Evaluate the entrepreneurial assistance centers established under
this article and report annually, on or before January first, two
thousand twenty, and on or before each January first thereafter, and
submit the results of such evaluation to the governor and the
legislature. Such report shall discuss the extent to which the centers
serve minority group members, women, individuals with a disability,
dislocated workers and veterans; the extent to which the training
program is coordinated with other assistance programs targeted to small
and new businesses; the ability of such program to leverage other
sources of funding and support; and the success of the program in aiding
entrepreneurs to start up new businesses, including the number of new
business start-ups resulting from the program. Such report shall
recommend changes and improvements in the training program and in the
quality of supplemental technical assistance offered to graduates of the
training programs. The report shall be made available to the public on
the department's website.
3. Submit to the director of the division of the budget, the
chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the
assembly ways and means committee an evaluation of the effectiveness of
the programs established under this article prepared by an entity
independent of the department. Such evaluation shall be submitted by
January first, two thousand twenty-one and by January first every two
years thereafter.
4. Between evaluation due dates, maintain the necessary records and
data required to satisfy such evaluation requirements and to satisfy
information requests received from the director of the budget, the
chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the
assembly ways and means committee between such evaluation due dates.
1. Monitor the performance of each entrepreneurial assistance center
and require quarterly and annual reports from each entrepreneurial
assistance center at such time and in such a manner as prescribed by the
commissioner.
2. Evaluate the entrepreneurial assistance centers established under
this article and report annually, on or before January first, two
thousand twenty, and on or before each January first thereafter, and
submit the results of such evaluation to the governor and the
legislature. Such report shall discuss the extent to which the centers
serve minority group members, women, individuals with a disability,
dislocated workers and veterans; the extent to which the training
program is coordinated with other assistance programs targeted to small
and new businesses; the ability of such program to leverage other
sources of funding and support; and the success of the program in aiding
entrepreneurs to start up new businesses, including the number of new
business start-ups resulting from the program. Such report shall
recommend changes and improvements in the training program and in the
quality of supplemental technical assistance offered to graduates of the
training programs. The report shall be made available to the public on
the department's website.
3. Submit to the director of the division of the budget, the
chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the
assembly ways and means committee an evaluation of the effectiveness of
the programs established under this article prepared by an entity
independent of the department. Such evaluation shall be submitted by
January first, two thousand twenty-one and by January first every two
years thereafter.
4. Between evaluation due dates, maintain the necessary records and
data required to satisfy such evaluation requirements and to satisfy
information requests received from the director of the budget, the
chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the
assembly ways and means committee between such evaluation due dates.