1999 Minnesota Statutes

     268.98 Performance standards, reporting, cost 
  limitations. 

    Subdivision 1.    Performance standards.  The 
 commissioner shall establish performance standards for the 
 programs and activities administered or funded under sections 
 268.975 to 268.98.  The commissioner may use, when appropriate, 
 existing federal performance standards or, if the commissioner 
 determines that the federal standards are inadequate or not 
 suitable, may formulate new performance standards to ensure that 
 the programs and activities of the dislocated worker program are 
 effectively administered. 

    The commissioner shall, at a minimum, establish performance 
 standards which appropriately gauge the program's effectiveness 
 at achieving the following objectives: 

    (1) placement of dislocated workers in employment; 

    (2) replacing lost income resulting from worker dislocation 
 from employment; 

    (3) early intervention with workers shortly after becoming 
 displaced from employment; and 

    (4) retraining of workers from one occupation or industry 
 to another. 

    The standards shall be applied to plans or grants 
 authorized under sections 268.9781, 268.9782, and 268.9783 and 
 for other activities the commissioner considers appropriate. 

    Subd. 2.    Reports.  (a) Grantees receiving funds under 
 sections 268.9771, 268.978, 268.9781, and 268.9782 shall report 
 to the commissioner information on program participants, 
 activities funded, and utilization of funds in a form and manner 
 prescribed by the commissioner. 

    (b) The commissioner shall report quarterly to the 
 workforce development council information on prefeasibility 
 study grants awarded, rapid response and expeditious response 
 activities, worker adjustment services plans, and dislocation 
 event services grants.  Specific information to be reported 
 shall be by agreement between the commissioner and the workforce 
 development council. 

    Subd. 3.    Cost limitations.  (a) For purposes of 
 sections 268.9781 and 268.9782, funds allocated to a grantee are 
 subject to the following limitations: 

    (1) a maximum of 15 percent for administration in a worker 
 adjustment services plan and ten percent in a dislocation event 
 services grant; 

    (2) a minimum of 50 percent for provision of training 
 assistance; 

    (3) no more than ten percent statewide may be allocated 
 annually for support services, as defined in section 268.975, 
 subdivision 13; and 

    (4) the balance used for provision of basic readjustment 
 assistance. 

    (b) A waiver of the cost limitation on providing training 
 assistance may be requested.  The waiver may not permit less 
 than 30 percent of the funds be spent on training assistance. 

    (c) The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner 
 for submission of an application for a waiver under paragraph 
 (b).  Criteria for granting a waiver shall be established by the 
 commissioner in consultation with the workforce development 
 council. 

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 2 s 182; 1991 c 292 art 3 s 38; 1993 c 
 369 s 107; 1994 c 632 art 4 s 69; 1995 c 131 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 
 art 4 s 30; 1996 c 339 s 8; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 39