Connecticut SB 389: AN ACT PROHIBITING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM RECEIVING TAXPAYER-FUNDED BENEFITS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 389
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
FUNDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 31-3mm of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2
(a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall 3
establish a program to distribute youth employment and training funds 4
to regional workforce development boards for services to persons ages 5
fourteen to twenty-four. 6
(b) Funds provided for in this section shall be allocated [as follows: 7
(1) Thirty-two and five-tenths per cent to Capitol Workforce Partners; 8
(2) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to The Workforce Alliance; (3) 9
twelve and five-tenths per cent to The Workplace, Inc.; (4) twenty-two 10
and five-tenths per cent to the Northwest Regional Workforce 11
Investment Board, Inc.; and (5) ten per cent to the Eastern Connecticut 12
Workforce Investment Board] to the regional workforce development 13
boards by the Labor Commissioner based on a formula established by 14
the Labor Commissioner, in collaboration with the regional workforce 15
development boards, that utilizes available data, including, but not 16
limited to, (1) the number of students in each workforce development 17
region that are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, (2) the number 18

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of economically disadvantaged youth in each workforce development 19
region determined by the most recent American Community Survey 20
conducted by United States Census Bureau, and (3) the number of at-21
risk students, as defined in section 21 of public act 24-45, in each 22
workforce development region. 23
(c) The Labor Commissioner, in collaboration with the regional 24
workforce development boards, may update the formula established 25
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section in order to reflect current 26
conditions in the workforce development regions. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 31-3mm

APP Joint Favorable Subst.