New York S 6468: Provides for training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional employment in public assistance employment programs

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S06468 Summary:

BILL NOS06468 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02188

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§330, 333, 334, 335 & 335-a, Soc Serv L

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Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.

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BILL NOS06468 

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03/14/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6468

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to training and
 education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional
 employment in public assistance employment programs

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 330 of the social services law, as
 2 amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,
 3 paragraphs a and b as amended by section 2 of part C of chapter 57 of
 4 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 5 1. Whenever used in this title:
 6 a. the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of the state office
 7 of temporary and disability assistance; [and]
 8 b. the term "department" means the state office of temporary and disa-
 9 bility assistance;
 10 c. the term "nontraditional employment" means occupations or fields
 11 of work, including careers in the skilled trades, or computer science,
 12 technology and other emerging high skill occupations, for which any one
 13 gender comprises less than twenty-five percent of the individuals
 14 employed in each such occupation or field of work according to federal
 15 department of labor statistics; and
 16 d. the term "sustainable wage" means a wage that is at least one
 17 hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty line and that is adjusted for
 18 regional factors.
 19 § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 333 of the social
 20 services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
 21 laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 22 Such plan shall be developed in cooperation and coordination with
 23 public and private education institutions, child care providers, child
 24 care resource and referral agencies if available in the district, labor

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04772-01-5

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 1 unions, libraries, public and private employers, employment and training
 2 agencies and organizations, and private industry councils established in
 3 service delivery areas defined in subdivision five of section nine
 4 hundred seventy-one of the executive law. Such plan shall strongly
 5 consider, for individuals who have obtained a high school diploma or a
 6 general equivalency diploma (GED), training for sustainable wage jobs
 7 and promote nontraditional employment opportunities for such partic-
 8 ipants; provided that any individual's preparation for employment shall
 9 be consistent with federal and state work participation requirements.
 10 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 334 of the social
 11 services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
 12 laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 13 (a) education, employment and training opportunities available under
 14 the local plan, including: (i) education and training for sustainable
 15 wage jobs and nontraditional employment opportunities; and (ii) educa-
 16 tional and training opportunities available at no cost to the partic-
 17 ipant as well as the responsibilities associated with the repayment of
 18 student financial aid;
 19 § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 335 of the social
 20 services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
 21 laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 22 (a) Based on the