SF 1760

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; providing for the 
  1.3             administration of workforce development programs; 
  1.4             changing the composition for the job skills 
  1.5             partnership board; requiring performance standards and 
  1.6             reporting; creating a governor's workforce development 
  1.7             council executive committee; appropriating money; 
  1.8             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 116L.02; 
  1.9             116L.03; 116L.04, by adding a subdivision; 116L.05, by 
  1.10            adding a subdivision; 268.665, by adding subdivisions. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116L.02, is 
  1.13  amended to read: 
  1.14     116L.02 [JOB SKILLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.] 
  1.15     (a) The Minnesota job skills partnership program is created 
  1.16  to act as a catalyst to bring together employers with specific 
  1.17  training needs with educational or other nonprofit institutions 
  1.18  which can design programs to fill those needs.  The partnership 
  1.19  shall work closely with employers to train and place workers in 
  1.20  identifiable positions as well as assisting educational or other 
  1.21  nonprofit institutions in developing training programs that 
  1.22  coincide with current and future employer requirements.  The 
  1.23  partnership shall provide grants to educational or other 
  1.24  nonprofit institutions for the purpose of training displaced 
  1.25  workers.  A participating business must match the grant-in-aid 
  1.26  made by the Minnesota job skills partnership.  The match may be 
  1.27  in the form of funding, equipment, or faculty. 
  1.28     (b) The partnership program shall administer the health 
  2.1   care and human services worker training and retention program 
  2.2   under sections 116L.10 to 116L.15. 
  2.3      (c) The partnership board created in section 116L.03 shall 
  2.4   be the lead state agency for workforce policy and program 
  2.5   development and coordination. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116L.03, is 
  2.7   amended to read: 
  2.8      116L.03 [BOARD.] 
  2.9      Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERS.] The partnership shall be 
  2.10  governed by a board of 12 13 directors.  
  2.11     Subd. 2.  [APPOINTMENT.] The Minnesota job skills 
  2.12  partnership board consists of:  nine seven members appointed by 
  2.13  the governor, the chair of the governor's workforce development 
  2.14  council, the commissioner of trade and economic development, the 
  2.15  commissioner of economic security, and the chancellor, or the 
  2.16  chancellor's designee, of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  2.17  universities, the president, or the president's designee, of the 
  2.18  University of Minnesota, and the two nonlegislative members, one 
  2.19  appointed by the senate majority leader and one appointed by the 
  2.20  speaker of the house.  If the chancellor or the president of the 
  2.21  university makes a designation under this subdivision, the 
  2.22  designee must have experience in technical education.  Two Four 
  2.23  of the appointed members must be representatives from members of 
  2.24  the governor's workforce development council, two who must 
  2.25  represent organized labor and two who must represent business 
  2.26  and industry.  
  2.27     Subd. 3.  [QUALIFICATIONS.] Members must have expertise in, 
  2.28  and be representative of the following fields of education, job 
  2.29  skills training, labor, business, and government.  
  2.30     Subd. 4.  [CHAIR.] The chair shall be appointed by the 
  2.31  governor the chair of the governor's workforce development 
  2.32  council.  
  2.33     Subd. 5.  [TERMS.] The terms of appointed members shall be 
  2.34  for four years except for the initial appointments.  The initial 
  2.35  appointments of the governor shall have the following terms:  
  2.36  two members each for one, two, three, and four years.  
  3.1   Compensation for board members is as provided in section 
  3.2   15.0575, subdivision 3. 
  3.3      Subd. 7.  [OFFICES.] The board may hire an executive 
  3.4   director and staff to carry out its duties.  The board shall 
  3.5   have its own offices and may contract with the department of 
  3.6   trade and economic development for administrative services.  The 
  3.7   department of trade and economic development shall 
  3.8   provide additional staff and administrative services for at the 
  3.9   request of the board.  
  3.10     Subd. 8.  [EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.] The executive director 
  3.11  shall administer and coordinate the state's workforce 
  3.12  development activities.  The executive director shall hire staff 
  3.13  to conduct workforce policy development, research, and program 
  3.14  evaluations. 
  3.15     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116L.04, is 
  3.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.17     Subd. 4.  [PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND REPORTING.] The board 
  3.18  must by January 15, 2002, develop performance standards for 
  3.19  workforce development and job training programs receiving state 
  3.20  funding.  The standards may vary across program types.  The 
  3.21  board may contract with a consultant to develop the performance 
  3.22  standards.  The standards must at a minimum measure: 
  3.23     (1) the employability levels of individuals as defined by 
  3.24  basic skill level, the amount of work experience, and barriers 
  3.25  to employment prior to program entry; 
  3.26     (2) the individual's annual income and employability level 
  3.27  prior to the year in which they enter the program, the starting 
  3.28  annual income upon placement after completing the program, and 
  3.29  their employability level and annual income one year after 
  3.30  completion of the program; 
  3.31     (3) the completion rate, placement rate, employability 
  3.32  level upon placement, and one-year retention rate of the 
  3.33  programs; and 
  3.34     (4) the governmental cost per placement and per job 
  3.35  retained at one year and the percentage of program funding 
  3.36  coming from the state and other levels of government. 
  4.1   After January 15, 2002, all workforce development programs 
  4.2   receiving state funds must submit an annual performance report 
  4.3   to the board.  The board may develop a uniform format for the 
  4.4   report and prescribe the manner in which the report is required 
  4.5   to be submitted.  
  4.6      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116L.05, is 
  4.7   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  4.8      Subd. 4.  [ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS.] The board 
  4.9   must by January 15 of each year submit recommendations to the 
  4.10  house and senate committees with jurisdiction over workforce 
  4.11  development programs regarding modifications to, or elimination 
  4.12  of, existing workforce development programs and the potential 
  4.13  implementation of new programs.  The recommendations must 
  4.14  include recommendations regarding funding levels and sources.  
  4.15     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268.665, is 
  4.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  4.17     Subd. 2a.  [EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.] An executive committee of 
  4.18  the governor's workforce development council is created.  The 
  4.19  executive committee consists of the council chair, two council 
  4.20  members representing organized labor, two council members 
  4.21  representing business and industry, one council member 
  4.22  representing a community-based organization, and one council 
  4.23  member representing educational institutions.  Executive 
  4.24  committee members are appointed by the governor.  
  4.25     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268.665, is 
  4.26  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  4.27     Subd. 3a.  [EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DUTIES.] The executive 
  4.28  committee must develop performance standards for the state 
  4.29  workforce centers.  The executive committee shall by January 15, 
  4.30  2002, and each year thereafter, submit an annual report to the 
  4.31  senate and house committees with jurisdiction over workforce 
  4.32  development programs regarding the performance and outcomes of 
  4.33  the workforce centers.  The report must provide recommendations 
  4.34  regarding workforce center funding levels and sources, program 
  4.35  changes, and administrative changes.  
  4.36     Sec. 7.  [WORKFORCE CENTERS STRATEGIC PLAN.] 
  5.1      The executive committee of the governor's workforce 
  5.2   development council shall develop a strategic plan regarding the 
  5.3   appropriate placement and number of workforce centers within the 
  5.4   state.  The plan must recognize the differing employment needs 
  5.5   of various regions, the workforce population within proximity of 
  5.6   a center, and the potential for colocation of the workforce 
  5.7   centers with available educational institutions.  The executive 
  5.8   committee shall by January 15, 2002, submit the plan and 
  5.9   recommendations for closure or consolidation of workforce 
  5.10  centers to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction 
  5.11  over workforce development programs.  
  5.12     Sec. 8.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  5.13     Subdivision 1.  [JOB SKILLS PARTNERSHIP BOARD.] $....... is 
  5.14  appropriated from the general fund to the job skills partnership 
  5.15  board to be available until June 30, 2003, for the purposes of 
  5.16  sections 2 and 3. 
  5.17     Subd. 2.  [WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.] $....... is 
  5.18  appropriated from the general fund to the governor's workforce 
  5.19  development council to be available until June 30, 2003, to 
  5.20  develop workforce centers performance standards and a strategic 
  5.21  plan.