Minnesota Legislature
SF 3210
as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/04/2016 09:06am
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A bill for an act
relating to employment; providing for performance-based grants; appropriating
money; modifying grant requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
section 116J.8747, subdivisions 1, 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.8747, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:
Subdivision 1.
Grant allowed.
The commissioner may provide a grant to a qualified
job training program from money appropriated for the purposes of this section as follows:
(1) deleted text begin a $9,000deleted text end new text begin an $11,000 new text end placement grant paid to a job training program upon
placement in employment of a qualified graduate of the program; and
(2) deleted text begin a $9,000deleted text end new text begin an $11,000 new text end retention grant paid to a job training program upon retention
in employment of a qualified graduate of the program for at least one year.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 deleted text begin at leastdeleted text end new text begin , on average,new text end $15,000 new text begin or more new text end 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 deleted text begin mustdeleted text end new text begin may new text end 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 an average of 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 deleted text begin $11,000deleted text end new text begin $12,000 new text end per year in
the calendar year immediately before entering the program;
(iii) have assets of no more than deleted text begin $7,000deleted text end new text begin $10,000new text end , 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. 3. new text begin TWIN CITIES RISE! PAY FOR PERFORMANCE GRANTS;
APPROPRIATION.
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$600,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of employment and economic development for performance grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, to Twin Cities RISE! to provide training to
hard-to-train individuals. The base appropriation for this program is $600,000 in fiscal
year 2018 and $600,000 in fiscal year 2019.
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