Create Workforce Programs Database

Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 21 of the labor law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the labor law, relating to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3789 and A. 1956, is amended to read as follows:

15. [Catalogue of] Shall establish and maintain an online database to catalogue and make available information on workforce development funding programs and may publish any analysis conducted by the department on such data. [(a) The department shall publish by October first, two thousand seventeen and update annually, thereafter, a catalogue of workforce development funding programs. Such catalogue shall include all state and federal funding programs that support the following services, including, but not limited to:

(1) employment counseling;

(2) the obtainment of a high school diploma or its equivalent;

(3) higher education leading to a career;

(4) skills and vocational training;

(5) skills development and improvement;

(6) certifications, licenses and certificates that improve employability literacy training;

(7) English as a second language;

(8) life skills instruction;

(9) on-the-job training;

(10) internships;

(11) pre-apprenticeships;

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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(12) entry level and advanced skills training;

(13) retraining;

(14) structured worksite training;

(15) pre-vocational skills training;

(16) school-to-work transition activities;

(17) employability skills training;

(18) wage reimbursement for skills upgrading;

(19) counseling;

(20) stipends;

(21) tuition assistance; and

(22) apprenticeships.

The catalogue] For purposes of this subdivision, the term "workforce development funding program" shall mean a program that funds or provides targeted educational, occupational or training services for the purpose of effecting the employability of the participant, provides training or employment services, supports an economic development activity by enhancing the skills of the state's workforce, prepares individuals for employment, improves opportunities for individuals to become employed, or promotes understanding of the state labor force market through statistical studies, including but not limited to programs that fund or provide English as a second language and adult literacy. For each workforce development funding program, the online database shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for each funding program:

(i) the name of the funding program and the agency administering the funding program;

(ii) a description of the purpose of the funding program;

(iii) a specific program Uniform Resource Locator ("URL"), if any;

(iv) the year the program was established;

(v) a catalog of federal domestic assistance numbers, if any;

(vi) the legal authority, including statute and regulation citations;

(vii) the program and fiscal contact information including agency name, telephone number, and email address;

(viii) all eligibility requirements;

(ix) any program and special restrictions;

(x) any action or actions required to receive aid; and

(xi) a description of aid which shall include, but not be limited to, the flow of funds between entities, the type of aid formula used, any matching requirements and any maintenance of effort[;

(xii) all amounts appropriated in the most recent three years, broken down by fiscal year and categorized by federal funds, state general funds and state special revenue;

(xiii) all amounts disbursed for the prior two fiscal years broken down by federal funds, state general funds and state special revenue; and

(xiv) all relevant data on the outcomes and effectiveness of such funding program and the number of persons served by such funding.

(b) The department shall submit by the first of October, two thousand seventeen and annually thereafter, a report of the catalogue of workforce development funding to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly and make it available on the department's website for public review by such date].

§ 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the labor law, relating to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor,

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as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3789 and A. 1956, is amended to read as follows:

§ 2. Any state agency or instrumentality thereof that administers or oversees workforce development funding programs shall report to the commissioner of labor, within 45 days of the end of the applicable fiscal year for the funding program, the information specified in subdivision 15 of section 21 of the labor law, together with such other information as the commissioner of labor deems material and necessary for inclusion in the online database. This information shall be reported through an electronic reporting system developed by the department of labor.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that section two of this act shall take effect on the first of October next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws 2017, amending the labor law, relating to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3789 and A. 1956, takes effect.