What's happening
This bill establishes a program to fund mobile high-technology training facilities through competitive grants for educational and nonprofit institutions.
Why it matters
Expands access to high-tech job skills in underserved areas. By funding mobile training units, the program can bring advanced technology education directly to regions that lack such opportunities, helping to close geographical gaps in workforce development.
Promotes collaboration between education and industry. Applicants must show partnerships with private employers to ensure the training aligns with real industry needs, potentially improving graduates' job prospects and meeting local labor demands.
Requires buy-in and sustainability. Grant applicants must provide at least 20% matching funds or in-kind contributions and demonstrate plans for ongoing, self-sustaining operations, ensuring that public investment is matched by local commitment and that facilities remain viable long-term.
Mandates ongoing evaluation and accountability. The foundation must report outcomes—including participant numbers and employment rates—helping policymakers and the public track the program’s effectiveness and inform future workforce initiatives.
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Create Mobile Tech Training Centers
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
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History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to internet and technology
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to internet and technology
Companion bill
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Mobile Tech Training Vans
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Albert A. Stirpe
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2869
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 30, 2019
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating the mobile high-technology training facilities program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 3154-a to read as follows:
§ 3154-a. Mobile high-technology training facilities program. 1. The foundation is hereby authorized to create a mobile high-technology training facilities program. The purpose of the program is to award matching grants on a competitive basis to qualified applicants for the design, development and/or outfit of mobile high-technology training facilities that complement certificate, degree or other recognized credentialing programs.
2. "Qualified applicant" means any educational or not-for-profit institution providing certificate, degree or other credentialing programs in high-technology fields including, but not limited to, nanotechnology, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing processes and information technology or any other field defined as an emerging technology by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section thirty-one hundred two-e of this article.
3. Applicants shall submit an application to the foundation comprising a plan including, but not limited to:
(a) demonstration that funds and/or other in-kind contributions are encumbered in an amount not less than twenty percent of requested grant amount;
(b) the design and implementation of a facility including the use of simulation-based education and training resources including the types of machinery, equipment and staffing level required;
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(c) demonstration of a flexible program which would allow for diversified job training skills within a particular industry;
(d) evidence that a need for employees related to the industry associated with the applicant exists;
(e) development of a curriculum to deliver such mobile training facility to each regionally defined location in the state lacking similar training opportunities including the period of time required to adequately train an individual and the estimated number of participants utilizing such facility in a given year;
(f) demonstration of a collaborative and/or cooperative working relationship with private employers to ensure that facilities meet industry-specific job training requirements; and
(g) demonstration of an ability to maintain such mobile facility on an on-going basis, including but not limited to self-sustainability regarding staffing, operating, maintenance and adaptability.
4. The foundation shall establish any additional criteria to be used in the evaluation of applications.
5. The foundation shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature regarding the outcomes of the program including, but not limited to grant recipients, purpose of mobile training facility, locations visited, number of participants utilizing facility and actual employment obtained through the use of such facility.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating the mobile high-technology training facilities program
Purpose
Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program, allowing the Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (d.b.a. NYSTAR) to provide matching grants for the design, development and outfit of mobile training facilities.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends the public authorities law by adding a new section 3154-a creating the mobile high-technology training facilities program within the foundation for science, technology and innovation to award competitive grants to qualified applicants for the development of mobile high-technology training facilities.
Section 2: Effective date.
Existing law
This is a new bill.
Justification
Training opportunities are an essential component of economic develop- ment. While hands-on training is widely recognized as the most valuable form of learning experience, equipping laboratories to train workers, especially in the high-technology manufacturing fields, is beyond the means of many educational institutions.
Just as rural hospitals share medical equipment carried from one facili- ty to another in specially equipped trailers, training facilities could be designed to fit in similar trailers and be brought to training sites. Mobile training facilities will make training in high-value occupations a reality for students in rural areas, incumbent workers, and those enrolled in educational institutions lacking the resources to equip cutting-edge training facilities.
This program will provide competitively awarded grants to educational or qualified not-for-profit institutions for the design, development and outfit of mobile laboratory and/or training facilities that complement certificate, degree or other recognized credentialing programs leading to employment in high-value and high-demand occupations. Mobile programs have a proven record of success. For example, the Time Wise Management Systems' Mobile Outreach Skills Training (MOST) launched in conjunction with the US Department of Labor and utilized in Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi and throughout New England, saves companies the expense of training or retraining employees they would have other- wise provided.
Legislative history
S. 2332 of 2017/2018 Reported to Finance
Fiscal implications
Estimated costs of $1 million per mobile high-technology training facil- ities unit, 20% of which would be required as a match provided by the applicant. In New York state the average salary for a high-technology manufacturing employee is $65,000 compared to $39,000 for a "nuts and bolts" manufacturing job. Each unit could train up to 500 employees per year for an overall increase in wages of $13 million. Therefore, an $800,000 state investment could yield up to $13 million annually in additional wages, resulting in increased revenues from the personal income tax and other economic activity.
Effective date
Immediately.
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