1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; modifying job training program
1.3 	grant provisions; appropriating money for job training
1.4 	programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.5 	116J.8747, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.8747,
1.8 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Qualified job training program.  To qualify for
1.10 	grants under this section, a job training program must satisfy
1.11 	the following requirements:
1.12 	(1) the program must be operated by a nonprofit corporation
1.13 	that qualifies under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
1.14 	Code;
1.15 	(2) the program must spend at least $15,000 per graduate of
1.16 	the program;
1.17 	(3) the program must provide education and training in:
1.18 	(i) basic skills, such as reading, writing, mathematics,
1.19 	and communications;
1.20 	(ii) thinking skills, such as reasoning, creative thinking,
1.21 	decision making, and problem solving; and
1.22 	(iii) personal qualities, such as responsibility,
1.23 	self-esteem, self-management, honesty, and integrity;
1.24 	(4) the program must provide income supplements, when
1.25 	needed, to participants for housing, counseling, tuition, and
2.1 	other basic needs;
2.2 	(5) the program's education and training course must last
2.3 	for an average of at least six months;
2.4 	(6) individuals served by the program must:
2.5 	(i) be 18 years of age or older;
2.6 	(ii) have federal adjusted gross income of no more than
2.7 	$11,000 per year in the two years calendar year immediately
2.8 	before entering the program;
2.9 	(iii) have assets of no more than $7,000, excluding the
2.10 	value of a homestead; and
2.11 	(iv) not have been claimed as a dependent on the federal
2.12 	tax return of another person in the previous taxable year; and
2.13 	(7) the program must be certified by the commissioner of
2.14 	employment and economic development as meeting the requirements
2.15 	of this subdivision.

2.16 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.17 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 in fiscal year
2.18 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
2.19 	of employment and economic development for job training program
2.20 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747.