SF 904

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; modifying job training program
grant provisions; appropriating money for job training
programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
116J.8747, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.8747,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Qualified job training program.

To qualify for
grants under this section, a job training program must satisfy
the following requirements:

(1) the program must be operated by a nonprofit corporation
that qualifies under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code;

(2) the program must spend at least $15,000 per graduate of
the program;

(3) the program must provide education and training in:

(i) basic skills, such as reading, writing, mathematics,
and communications;

(ii) thinking skills, such as reasoning, creative thinking,
decision making, and problem solving; and

(iii) personal qualities, such as responsibility,
self-esteem, self-management, honesty, and integrity;

(4) the program must provide income supplements, when
needed, to participants for housing, counseling, tuition, and
other basic needs;

(5) the program's education and training course must last
for new text begin an average of new text end at least six months;

(6) individuals served by the program must:

(i) be 18 years of age or older;

(ii) have federal adjusted gross income of no more than
$11,000 per year in the deleted text begin two years deleted text end new text begin calendar year new text end immediately
before entering the program;

(iii) have assets of no more than $7,000, excluding the
value of a homestead; and

(iv) not have been claimed as a dependent on the federal
tax return of another person in the previous taxable year; and

(7) the program must be certified by the commissioner of
employment and economic development as meeting the requirements
of this subdivision.

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $500,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 in fiscal year
2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of employment and economic development for job training program
grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747.
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