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GA HR1654
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/10/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Cheokas
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AI Summary
- Creates a House Study Committee on Coordinating Federal Funding to Empower the Georgia Workforce to examine how to better coordinate federal programs including SNAP E&T, TANF, WIOA, Pell Grants, and the Carl D. Perkins Act to address workforce needs
- Composed of 13 members: 4 House members from the Small Business Development, Education, Higher Education, and Health and Human Services committees, plus 9 nonlegislative members including state agency heads, community organization representatives, and business community representatives, all appointed by the Speaker
- Motivated by Georgia's workforce challenges, including a 62.6% labor force participation rate projected to drop to 59% by 2040, 126,274 open jobs, and a skills gap where 69% of job postings require postsecondary training but only 31% of Georgians hold a bachelor's degree or higher
- Georgia spends approximately $56 million per day on education and workforce programs, and federal student aid funding per capita increased 122% between 2003 and 2012, with Pell Grants comprising 96% of federal higher education funds for the state
- The committee is required to file a report of findings and legislative recommendations with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and stands abolished on December 1, 2016
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on Coordinating Federal Funding to Empower the Georgia Workforce; create
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/14/2016
Full Bill Text
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