New York A 1350: Relates to prohibiting outside income for members of the legislature in excess of fifteen percent of gross annual salary

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A01350 Summary:

BILL NOA01350 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRCook, Seawright, Walker

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Add §6303-b, Ed L

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Establishes the retrain and employ unemployed persons program providing grants to community colleges to develop training programs or improve existing workforce development programs for the purposes of training unemployed individuals for jobs in the regions surrounding such community colleges.

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BILL NOA01350 

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01/09/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1350

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
 SEAWRIGHT, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
 Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the
 retrain and employ unemployed persons program

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 6303-b. Retrain and employ unemployed persons program. 1. Defi-
 4 nitions. As used in this section the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings.
 6 (a) "Grant program" shall mean the retrain and employ unemployed
 7 persons program or the RE-UP New York program.
 8 (b) "Training program or workforce development program" shall mean the
 9 community college programs created or improved pursuant to the grant
 10 program.
 11 (c) "BOCES" shall mean boards of cooperative educational services as
 12 defined in article forty of this chapter.
 13 2. By no later than July first, two thousand twenty-six the state
 14 university boards of trustees and the city university boards of trustees
 15 shall establish a grant program for community colleges to develop train-
 16 ing programs or improve existing workforce development programs for the
 17 purposes of training unemployed individuals for jobs in the regions
 18 surrounding such community colleges.
 19 3. Grants shall be awarded pursuant to appropriation in an amount up
 20 to five hundred thousand dollars to community colleges that can demon-
 21 strate that such training programs or workforce development programs
 22 will provide the requisite training required for job placement in busi-
 23 nesses and industries within the region that lack the necessary work-
 24 force or that are seeking employees with new skills in an area where job

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 openings currently exist or where job growth is anticipated in the near
 2 future.
 3 4. To be eligible to receive a grant, a community college must also
 4 demonstrate that such community college: (a) has partnered with regional
 5 businesses or industries to determine areas where jobs are available or
 6 are anticipated to become available and a skilled workforce is needed;
 7 and (b) consults with the department of labor to target unemployed indi-
 8 viduals who shall be given priority placement into such training
 9 programs or workforce development programs.
 10 5. Upon successful placement of training program or workforce develop-
 11 ment program participants, local businesses or industries partnering
 12 with community colleges pursuant to this grant program shall reimburse
 13 the community colleges for one-third of the cost of such employee train-
 14 ing.
 15 6. Community colleges may seek to provide on-site training or may seek
 16 to have participants trained on job sites.
 17 7. The community college, in consultation with local business or
 18 industry, shall determine the length of such training or workforce
 19 development program, provided that such program shall provide competency
 20 for a particular business or industry need. Successful completion of
 21 such programs shall be signified by the receipt of a certificate of
 22 completion, how