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IN HB1327
Bill
Status
1/12/2017
Primary Sponsor
Dan Forestal
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AI Summary
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Establishes the green jobs training program administered by the department of workforce development to provide job training for eligible workers in green industry sectors and occupations.
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Defines eligible workers as individuals who are unemployed, displaced workers, or former military members who served on active duty.
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Creates the green jobs training fund consisting of general assembly appropriations, earnings on fund money, and deposits from other sources, with fund expenses paid from the fund itself.
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Requires the department to identify funding strategies and award grants to employers and other persons for worker training that enables eligible workers to develop skills for green jobs.
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Mandates the department submit annual reports to the legislative council before September 1 each year concerning the green jobs training program in electronic format.
Legislative Description
Grants for green industry jobs. Establishes the green jobs training program to support opportunities for eligible workers to receive job training in green industry sectors and occupations. Requires the department of workforce development (department) to administer the program. Establishes the green jobs training fund. Provides that the department shall: (1) identify and develop the framework, potential funding, strategies, policies, partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the need for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs of the green economy; and (2) subject to the availability of appropriated funds, award grants from the green jobs training fund to
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/12/2017