1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing for local collaborative projects to 
1.3 	deliver employment, training, and education services.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION; COORDINATION 
1.6 	OF SERVICES; COLLABORATIVE LOCAL PROJECTS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.State agency collaboration and cooperation. The Department 
1.8 	of Employment and Economic Development, the governor's Workforce Development 
1.9 	Council, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education with respect 
1.10 	to K-12 institutions and adult basic education, the University of Minnesota, and the 
1.11 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system shall cooperate with the collaborative 
1.12 	local projects created by this section to achieve the goals in subdivision 2 with respect 
1.13 	to employment, training, and education programs administered by those agencies and 
1.14 	systems.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Employment, training, and education goals. The goals of state 
1.16 	workforce employment, training, and education include, but are not limited to:
1.17 	(1) engage low-skilled workers in increasing their skill levels;
1.18 	(2) provide skill training while upgrading basic skill levels;
1.19 	(3) improve the provision of skill training to individuals currently working;
1.20 	(4) integrate employer contact efforts to improve responsiveness to employer's needs;
1.21 	(5) strengthen employer input with training curriculum;
1.22 	(6) improve access to service and training to public assistance recipients;
1.23 	(7) integrate career planning and job placement efforts among institutions;
1.24 	(8) maximize coordination and reduce duplication among providers;
2.1 	(9) systematically evaluate industry training needs; and
2.2 	(10) provide noncredit remediation at no cost to students.
2.3 		Subd. 3.Local collaboration projects. By August 1, 2009, at least four local 
2.4 	collaboration projects must be established by the commissioner of employment and 
2.5 	economic development involving employment, training, and education programs offered 
2.6 	by the state agencies and systems described in subdivision 1. All the agencies and systems 
2.7 	must cooperate in the local projects. One local project each must be located in a suburban 
2.8 	workforce services area, an urban workforce services area, a greater Minnesota regional 
2.9 	center workforce services area, and a rural workforce services area.
2.10 		Subd. 4.Collaboration plan. Each local project must develop a plan on how 
2.11 	employment, training, and education services offered by the collaborating state agencies 
2.12 	and systems can be collaboratively offered to attain the goals of subdivision 2. The 
2.13 	plan must be developed through a stakeholder process that includes, at a minimum, 
2.14 	representatives from:
2.15 	(1) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities;
2.16 	(2) local adult basic education;
2.17 	(3) workforce centers;
2.18 	(4) local school districts;
2.19 	(5) community action agencies; and
2.20 	(6) public housing agencies.
2.21 	The commissioner of employment and economic development must provide a report 
2.22 	to the legislature by January 15, 2010, that includes each of the local project plans along 
2.23 	with recommendations regarding other agency and system programs and services that 
2.24 	should be integrated into a local project. The report may also include recommendations 
2.25 	concerning the enhancement and improvement of service and the process, private and 
2.26 	public funding, waivers, and modifications necessary to better achieve the goals of 
2.27 	subdivision 2.
2.28 		Subd. 5.Plan implementation. Each local collaborative project must begin to 
2.29 	implement its plan no later than July 1, 2010, and continuing through July 1, 2011. Local 
2.30 	collaborators may modify a plan if the local collaborators determine the modification is 
2.31 	found necessary to better achieve plan goals.
2.32 		Subd. 6.Second report to legislature. The commissioner of employment and 
2.33 	economic development must by March 11, 2011, submit a report to the legislature on 
2.34 	the implementation of the plans. The report must include recommendations concerning 
2.35 	financial, system design, and statutory changes that are reasonable and necessary to best 
2.36 	achieve the goals of subdivision 2.

3.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.