§ 142-b. Federal manpower development training act and elementary and
secondary education act grants or payments; effect on eligibility for
certain public assistance or care. So long as the applicable provisions
of the federal manpower development and training act, as amended, or of
the elementary and secondary education act as amended, may require:

1. any inconsistent provision of title ten of article five, other
provisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding, in
determining the need for public assistance or care under such title, any
payments made under the manpower development and training act, as
amended, which are made in lieu of a training allowance to defray
expenses attributable to training and/or as a training incentive
payment, shall not be regarded as income or resources of the person in
determining his need for such public assistance or care, or as income or
resources of any other person in determining such other person's need
for such public assistance or care; and/or

2. any inconsistent provisions of title ten of article five, other
provisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding, in
determining the need for public assistance or care under such title, the
first eighty-five dollars per month, during a period of not less than
twelve nor more than twenty-four months as may be prescribed by
regulations of the department, earned by any person for services
rendered to any program assisted under title I of the elementary and
secondary education act of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as amended,
shall not be regarded as income or resources of such person in
determining his need for public assistance or care under such title ten
of article five of this chapter, or as income or resources of any other
person in determining such other person's need for such public
assistance or care.