New Jersey A 3629: Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.

Bill Text

(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 11/21/2022)
ASSEMBLY, No. 3629

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MARCH 17, 2022

Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblyman BRANDON E. UMBA
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)

Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Wirths

SYNOPSIS
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and
apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

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EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law.

Matter underlined thus is new matter.
AN ACT concerning the promotion of apprenticeships and 1
apprenticeship programs in the State and amending P.L.1992, 2
c.43. 3
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 5
of New Jersey: 6
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1. Section 9 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-9) is amended to read 8
as follows: 9
9. a. A restricted, nonlapsing, revolving Workforce 10
Development Partnership Fund, to be managed and invested by the 11
State Treasurer, is hereby established to: provide employment and 12
training services to qualified displaced, disadvantaged and 13
employed workers by means of training grants or customized 14
training services; provide for the other costs indicated in subsection 15
a. of section 4 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-4); provide for the New 16
Jersey Innovation and Research Fellowship Program as provided for 17
in section 3 of P.L.2015, c.235 (C.34:15D-26); provide for the 18
Talent Network Program as provided for in section 2 of P.L.2019, 19
c.125 (C.34:15D-29); and facilitate the provision of education and 20
training to youth by means of grants provided by the Youth 21
Transitions to Work Partnership pursuant to the provisions of 22
P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-1 et al.). All appropriations to the fund, 23
all interest accumulated on balances in the fund and all cash 24
received for the fund from any other source shall be used solely for 25
the purposes specifically delineated by this act. 26
b. During any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2001, of the 27
total revenues dedicated to the program during any one fiscal year: 28
25% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce 29
Development Partnership Fund reserved to provide employment and 30
training services for qualified displaced workers, and, during any 31
fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2021, not less than 5% of the 32
revenues deposited in that account shall be reserved for and 33
appropriated to the Department of Labor and Workforce 34
Development which shall disperse those funds to One Stop Career 35
Centers to promote apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs in 36
the State accredited and approved by the United States Department 37
of Labor, and through fiscal year 2023, not less than 10% of the 38
revenues deposited in that account shall be reserved to provide 39
employment and training services to qualified displaced workers in 40
the pursuit of industry-valued credentials under the pilot program 41
established pursuant to P.L.2019, c.252 (C.34:15D-30 et al.); and 42
during any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2019, 0.5% shall be 43
deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership 44
Fund reserved for an appropriated to the Department of Labor 45

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and Workforce Development for the Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant 1
Program created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2019, c.417 2
(C.34:15D-6.1); 6% shall be deposited in an account of the 3
Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved to provide 4
employment and training services for qualified disadvantaged 5
workers, and through fiscal year 2023, not less than 10% of the 6
revenues deposited in that account shall be reserved to provide 7
employment and training services to qualified disadvantaged 8
workers in the pursuit of industry-valued credentials under the pilot 9
program established pursuant to P.L.2019, c.252 (C.34:15D-30 et 10
al.); 37% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce 11
Development Partnership Fund reserved for and appropriated to the 12
Office of Customized Training; 5% shall be deposited in an account 13
of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for the 14
Youth Transitions to Work Partnership created pursuant to 15
P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-1 et seq.); 3% shall be deposited in an 16
account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved 17
for occupational safety and health training; 5% shall be deposited in 18
an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund 19
reserved for and appropriated to the Talent Network Program 20
established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.125 (C.34:15D-29); 21
3% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development 22
Partnership Fund reserved for the New Jersey Innovation and 23
Research Fellowship Program establishe