New Jersey A 1641: Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.

Bill Text

ASSEMBLY, No. 1641

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program
for Economic Growth.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

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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 basic skills training and amending 1
P.L.2001, c.152. 2
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4
of New Jersey: 5
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1. Section 1 of P.L.2001, c.152 (C.34:15D-21) is amended to 7
read as follows: 8
1. a. A restricted, nonlapsing, revolving "Supplemental 9
Workforce Fund for Basic Skills," to be managed and invested by 10
the State Treasurer, is hereby established in the Department of 11
Labor and Workforce Development to provide basic skills training. 12
All moneys appropriated to the fund, all interest accumulated on 13
balances in the fund and all cash received for the fund from any 14
other source shall be allocated by the Commissioner of Labor and 15
Workforce Development as follows: 16
(1) 24% shall be deposited in an account reserved to support 17
basic skills training delivered by the State's One Stop Career 18
Centers to qualified displaced, disadvantaged and employed 19
workers pursuant to Employability Development Plans developed 20
pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-7); 21
(2) 28% shall be deposited in an account reserved for Workforce 22
Investment Boards to provide grants for basic skills training for 23
qualified displaced, disadvantaged and employed workers pursuant 24
to Employability Development Plans developed pursuant to section 25
7 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-7) and for other individuals with 26
learning disabilities or otherwise in need of vocational 27
rehabilitation services; 28
(3) 25% shall be deposited in an account reserved for grants to 29
consortia including one or more of any of the following: eligible 30
individual employers, employer organizations, labor organizations, 31
community-based organizations or educational institutions to 32
provide basic skills training to qualified displaced, disadvantaged or 33
employed workers or to other individuals seeking to enter 34
apprenticeship training; except that, during the fiscal year beginning 35
after June 30, 2019, 12.5% shall be deposited in an account 36
reserved for grants to consortia including one or more of any of the 37
following: eligible individual employers, employer organizations, 38
labor organizations, community-based organizations or educational 39
institutions to provide basic skills training to qualified displaced, 40
disadvantaged or employed workers or to other individuals seeking 41
to enter apprenticeship training, and 12.5% shall be deposited in an 42
account reserved to provide grants under the High-Growth Industry 43
Regional Apprenticeship Development Grant Pilot Program, 44

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established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.314 (C.34:15D-32) 1
through fiscal year 2024; 2
(4) 13%, but not less than $3 million, shall be deposited in an 3
account reserved for a grant to the New Jersey Community College 4
Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development, a part of 5
the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, to provide basic skills 6
training to qualified displaced, disadvantaged or employed workers. 7
If the 13% is less than $3 million, an additional amount shall be 8
deposited into this account either from the 87% deposited pursuant 9
to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of this subsection or from other 10
funds as determined by the commissioner until this account equals 11
$3 million; and 12
(5) 10% shall be deposited in an account to be used, at the 13
discretion of the commissioner, for any of the purposes indicated in 14
this subsection a. and any administrative costs incurred by the 15
Department of Labor and Workforce Development in connection 16
with the fund. 17
b. Any grant provided in connection with paragraph (3) of 18
subsection a. of this section directly to an employer or to an 19
employer through a consortium shall be regarded as a customized 20
training grant and shall be administered by the Office of 21
Customized Training and the employer and consortium shall 22
comply with all requirements of section 5 of P.L.1992, c.43 23
(C.34:15D-5), except that any grants provided directly or indirectly 24
to an employer for use in connection with any program which 25
includes apprenticeship training or activities or preparation for 26
entry into apprenticeship training shall be exempt from the 27
requirement of this subsection b. to be administered by the Office of 28
Customized Training and be subject to the requirements of section 5 29
of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15