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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 3
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 3000
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING 21 ST CENTURY JOBS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-124w of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 2
(a) There shall be [within the Labor Department] an Office of 3
Workforce Competitiveness, which shall be within the Department of 4
Economic and Community Development for administrative purposes 5
only. The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall constitute a 6
successor to the Labor Department for purposes of this section and 7
sections 4-124z, as amended by this act, 4-124ff, 4-124gg, as amended by 8
this act, 4-124hh, 4-124tt, as amended by this act, 4-124vv, as amended 9
by this act, 10-95h, 10a-11b, 10a-19d, as amended by this act, 31-3h to 31-10
3q, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 31-3yy, as amended by this 11
act, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-38e. 12
(b) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall be under the 13
direction of an executive director, who shall be appointed by the 14
Governor, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, 15
inclusive, as amended by this act. The [Labor Commissioner shall, with 16
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the assistance] executive director of the Office of Workforce 17
Competitiveness shall: 18
(1) Be the Governor's principal workforce development policy 19
advisor; 20
(2) Formulate state workforce development strategy and establish 21
data-driven goals; 22
[(2)] (3) Be the liaison between the Governor, the Governor's 23
Workforce Council and any local, state or federal organizations and 24
entities with respect to workforce development matters, including 25
implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 26
2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time; [amended;] 27
[(3)] (4) Coordinate and align the workforce development activities 28
of all state agencies, educators and trainers, regional workforce 29
development boards, collective bargaining units and others; 30
(5) Create and oversee data-driven performance management 31
systems that allow for the measurement and evaluation of outcomes 32
across education and workforce development programs; 33
[(4)] (6) Coordinate the state's implementation of the federal 34
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as 35
amended from time to time, [amended,] and advise and assist the 36
Governor with matters related to said act; 37
[(5)] (7) Establish methods and procedures to ensure the maximum 38
involvement of members of the public, the legislature and local officials 39
in workforce development matters, including implementation of the 40
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as 41
amended from time to time; [amended;] 42
[(6)] (8) Enter into such contractual agreements, in accordance with 43
established procedures, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 44
of this section; 45
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(9) Administer the coordination of all employment and training 46
programs in the state and implement the plan of the Governor's 47
Workforce Council, as approved by the Governor; 48
(10) Develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all 49
employment and training programs in the state, including a listing of all 50
funding sources for each program, the characteristics of the persons 51
served, a description of each program and its results and the 52
identification of areas of program overlap and duplication; 53
(11) Market and communicate the state's workforce development 54
strategy to ensure maximum engagement with students, jobseekers and 55
businesses while effectively elevating the state's workforce profile at the 56
national level; 57
(12) Coordinate state workforce development expenditures across 58
agencies and regional workforce development boards consistent with 59
established strategies; 60
(13) Coordinate with the Department of Education, Department of 61
Economic and Community Development, constituent units and Office 62
of Higher Education, to align curricula, programs, degrees and 63
credentials of elementary, secondary and post-secondary education 64
with the needs of businesses and the state's economy; 65
[(7)] (14) Take any other action necessary to carry out the provisions 66
of this section; and 67
[(8)] (15) Not later than October 1, [2012] 2020, and annually 68
thereafter, submit a report, with the assistance of the Labor Department, 69
to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General 70
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 71
[economic development] commerce, labor and higher education and 72
employment advancement specifying a forecasted assessment by the 73
Labor Department of workforce shortages in occupations in this state 74
for the succeeding two and five-year periods. The report shall also 75
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include recommendations concerning (A) methods to generate a 76
sufficient number of workers to meet identified workforce needs, 77
including, but not limited to, scholarship, school-to-career and 78
internship programs, and (B) methods secondary and higher education 79
and private industry can use to address identified workforce needs. 80
(c) The [Labor Department] Office of Workforce Competitiveness 81
shall be the lead state agency for the development of employment and 82
training strategies and initiatives required to support the state's position 83
in the knowledge economy. The [Labor Commissioner] executive 84
director of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, with the assistance 85
of the [Office of Workforce Competitiveness] Labor Department, may 86
call upon any office, department, board, commission or other agency of 87
the state to supply such reports, information and assistance as may be 88
necessary or appropriate in order to carry out its duties and 89
requirements. Each officer or employee of such office, department, 90
board, commission or other agency of the state is authorized and 91
directed to cooperate with the [Labor Commissioner] executive director 92
and to furnish such reports, information and assistance. 93
(d) The executive director shall provide staff to the Governor's 94
Workforce Council and such other resources as the executive director 95
can make available. 96
(e) Any order or regulation of the Labor Department affecting the 97
powers or duties and obligations set forth in this section and sections 4-98
124z, as amended by this act, 4-124ff, 4-124gg, as amended by this act, 99
4-124hh, 4-124tt, as amended by this act, 4-124vv, as amended by this 100
act, and 31-3n, as amended by this act, which is in force on July 1, 2020, 101
shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Office 102
of Workforce Competitiveness until amended, repealed or superseded 103
pursuant to law. Where any orders or regulations of said department 104
and said office conflict, the executive director of the Office of Workforce 105
Competitiveness may implement policies and procedures consistent 106
with the provisions of this section and sections 4-124z, as amended by 107
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this act, 4-124ff, 4-124gg, as amended by this act, 4-124hh, 4-124tt, as 108
amended by this act, 4-124vv, as amended by this act, 10-95h, 10a-11b, 109
10a-19d, as amended by this act, 31-3h, as amended by this act, and 31-110
3k, as amended by this act, while in the process of adopting the policy 111
or procedure in regulation form, provided the notice of intention to 112
adopt regulations is posted on the eRegulations system not later than 113
twenty days after implementation. The policy or procedure shall be 114
valid until the time final regulations are effective. 115
Sec. 2. Section 4-124z of the general statutes is repealed and the 116
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 117
(a) The executive director of the Office of Workforce 118
Competitiveness, working with the Labor Commissioner, the 119
[Commissioner] Commissioners of Economic and Community 120
Development, [working with the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, 121
the Commissioners of] Education and Social Services, the Secretary of 122
the Office of Policy and Management and the president of the 123
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, in consultation with the 124
superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System and one 125
member of industry representing each of the economic clusters 126
identified by the Commissioner of Economic and Community 127
Development pursuant to section 32-1m, shall (1) review, evaluate and, 128
as necessary, recommend improvements for certification and degree 129
programs offered by the Technical Education and Career System and 130
the community-technical college system to ensure that such programs 131
meet the employment needs of business and industry, and (2) develop 132
strategies to strengthen the linkage between skill standards for 133
education and training and the employment needs of business and 134
industry. 135
(b) Not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the 136
Commissioner of Education shall report, in accordance with the 137
provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the 138
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 139
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commerce, labor and higher education and employment advancement 140
on (1) the implementation of any recommended programs or strategies 141
within the Technical Education and Career System or the community-142
technical college system to strengthen the linkage between technical 143
education and career school and community-technical college 144
certification and degree programs and the employment needs of 145
business and industry, and (2) any certification or degree programs 146
offered by technical education and career schools or community-147
technical colleges that do not meet current industry standards. 148
Sec. 3. Section 4-124gg of the general statutes is repealed and the 149
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 150
[Not later than October 1, 2012, the Labor Commissioner] The 151
executive director of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, with the 152
assistance of the [Office of Workforce Competitiveness] Labor 153
Commissioner and in consultation with the superintendent of the 154
Technical Education and Career System, shall create an integrated 155
system of state-wide industry advisory committees for each career 156
cluster offered as part of the Technical Education and Career System and 157
regional community-technical college system. Said committees shall 158
include industry representatives of the specific career cluster. Each 159
committee for a career cluster shall, with support from the Labor 160
Department, Technical Education and Career System, regional 161
community-technical college system and the Department of Education, 162
establish specific skills standards, corresponding curriculum and a 163
career ladder for the cluster which shall be implemented as part of the 164
schools' core curriculum. 165
Sec. 4. Section 4-124tt of the general statutes is repealed and the 166
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 167
Within available appropriations, the Office of Workforce 168
Competitiveness [, within the Labor Department,] may establish a pilot 169
program to provide any eligible individual with a minor dependent 170
access to training in order to obtain skills and credentials necessary to 171
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obtain and maintain employment. Such skills and credentials may 172
include, but need not be limited to (1) a high school diploma or its 173
equivalent; (2) an alternative degree; (3) English as a second language 174
training; and (4) vocational training. For purposes of this section, an 175
eligible individual is an individual who would qualify for benefits 176
under the temporary assistance for needy families program pursuant to 177
Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. 178
Sec. 5. Section 4-124vv of the general statutes is repealed and the 179
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 180
The Labor Department, working with [its] the Office of Workforce 181
Competitiveness, shall, within available appropriations, fund 182
Connecticut Career Choices. 183
Sec. 6. Section 10a-19d of the general statutes is repealed and the 184
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 185
(a) The president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities 186
shall, within available appropriations, expand the capacity of programs 187
for training early childhood education teachers through the 188
development of accelerated, alternate route programs to initial teacher 189
certification with an endorsement in early childhood education. 190
(b) The president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, 191
in consultation with the [Labor Department's] Office of Workforce 192
Competitiveness, the Department of Education, the Department of 193
Social Services, Charter Oak State College, early childhood education 194
faculty at two and four-year public and independent institutions of 195
higher education, early childhood education professional associations, 196
early childhood education advocates and practitioners, and persons 197
knowledgeable in the area of career development and programs in early 198
childhood care and education, shall define the preservice and minimum 199
training requirements and competencies for persons involved in early 200
childhood education, from birth to five years of age, including 201
requirements for individual levels of early childhood credentialing and 202
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licensing. 203
Sec. 7. Section 31-2 of the general statutes is repealed and the 204
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 205
(a) The Labor Commissioner shall collect information upon the 206
subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of 207
laboring men and women and the means of promoting their material, 208
social, intellectual and moral prosperity, and [shall have power to] may 209
summon and examine under oath such witnesses, and may direct the 210
production of, and examine or cause to be produced and examined, such 211
books, records, vouchers, memoranda, documents, letters, contracts or 212
other papers in relation thereto as he deems necessary, and shall have 213
the same powers in relation thereto as are vested in magistrates in taking 214
depositions, but for this purpose persons shall not be required to leave 215
the vicinity of their residences or places of business. Said commissioner 216
shall collect and collate population and employment data to project who 217
is working, who is not working and who will be entering the job market 218
and shall provide an analysis of data concerning present job 219
requirements and potential needs of new industry. The commissioner 220
shall include in his annual report to the Governor, as provided in section 221
4-60, all the aforesaid statistical details. 222
[(b) The commissioner shall administer the coordination of all 223
employment and training programs in the state and shall implement the 224
plan of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission as 225
approved by the Governor. The commissioner shall develop and 226
maintain a comprehensive inventory of all employment and training 227
programs in the state, including a listing of all funding sources for each 228
program, the characteristics of the persons served, a description of each 229
program and its results and the identification of areas of program 230
overlap and duplication.] 231
[(c) The commissioner shall provide staff to the Connecticut 232
Employment and Training Commission and such other resources as the 233
commissioner can make available.] 234
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[(d)] (b) The commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring 235
an action in Superior Court for injunctive relief requiring compliance 236
with any statute, regulation, order or permit administered, adopted or 237
issued by the commissioner. 238
[(e)] (c) The commissioner shall assist state agencies, boards and 239
commissions that issue occupational certificates or licenses in (1) 240
determining when to recognize and accept military training and 241
experience in lieu of all or part of the training and experience required 242
for a specific professional or occupational license, and (2) reviewing and 243
revising policies and procedures to ensure that relevant military 244
education, skills and training are given appropriate recognition in the 245
certification and licensing process. 246
Sec. 8. Section 31-3h of the general statutes is repealed and the 247
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 248
(a) There is created, within the [Labor Department] Office of 249
Workforce Competitiveness, the [Connecticut Employment and 250
Training Commission] Governor's Workforce Council. The Governor's 251
Workforce Council shall constitute a successor to the Connecticut 252
Employment and Training Commission, in accordance with the 253
provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-38e. 254
(b) The duties and responsibilities of the [commission] council shall 255
include: 256
(1) Carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a state job training 257
coordinating council pursuant to the federal Job Training Partnership 258
Act, 29 USC 1532, as amended from time to time, a state human resource 259
investment council pursuant to 29 USC 1501 et seq., as amended from 260
time to time, and such other related entities as the Governor may direct; 261
(2) Reviewing all employment and training programs in the state to 262
determine their success in leading to and obtaining the goal of economic 263
self-sufficiency and to determine if such programs are serving the needs 264
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of Connecticut's workers, employers and economy; 265
(3) Reviewing and commenting on all employment and training 266
programs enacted by the General Assembly; 267
(4) Implementing the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 268
Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time. Such 269
implementation shall include (A) developing, in consultation with the 270
regional workforce development boards, a single Connecticut 271
workforce development plan that (i) complies with the provisions of 272
said act and section 31-11p, as amended by this act, and (ii) includes 273
comprehensive state performance measures for workforce development 274
activities specified in Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and 275
Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, 276
which performance measures comply with the requirements of 20 CFR 277
Part 666.100, (B) making recommendations to the General Assembly 278
concerning the allocation of funds received by the state under said act 279
and making recommendations to the regional workforce development 280
boards concerning the use of formulas in allocating such funds to adult 281
employment and job training activities and youth activities, as specified 282
in said act, (C) providing oversight and coordination of the state-wide 283
employment statistics system required by said act, (D) as appropriate, 284
recommending to the Governor that the Governor apply for workforce 285
flexibility plans and waiver authority under said act, after consultation 286
with the regional workforce development boards, (E) developing 287
performance criteria for regional workforce development boards to 288
utilize in creating a list of eligible providers, and (F) on or before 289
December 31, 1999, developing a uniform individual training accounts 290
voucher system that shall be used by the regional workforce 291
development boards to pay for training of eligible workers by eligible 292
providers, as required under said act; 293
(5) Developing and overseeing a plan for the continuous 294
improvement of the regional workforce development boards 295
established pursuant to section 31-3k, as amended by this act; 296
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(6) Developing incumbent worker, and vocational and manpower 297
training programs, including customized job training programs to 298
enhance the productivity of Connecticut businesses and to increase the 299
skills and earnings of underemployed and at-risk workers, and other 300
programs administered by the regional workforce development boards. 301
The Labor Department, in collaboration with the regional workforce 302
development boards, shall implement any incumbent worker and 303
customized job training programs developed by the [commission] 304
council pursuant to this subdivision; 305
(7) Developing a strategy for providing comprehensive services to 306
eligible youths, which strategy shall include developing youth 307
preapprentice and apprentice programs through, but not limited to, 308
technical education and career schools, and improving linkages 309
between academic and occupational learning and other youth 310
development activities; and 311
(8) Coordinating an electronic state hiring campaign to encourage the 312
reemployment of workers fifty years of age or older to be administered 313
through the Labor Department's Internet web site, which shall include 314
testimony from various employers that demonstrates the value of hiring 315
and retaining workers fifty years of age or older. Not later than January 316
1, [2015] 2021, the [commission] council shall submit a report, in 317
accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the 318
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor on the 319
status of such campaign. 320
Sec. 9. Section 31-3i of the general statutes is repealed and the 321
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 322
(a) The members of the [Connecticut Employment and Training 323
Commission] Governor's Workforce Council shall be appointed as 324
specified in subsection (b) of this section. 325
(b) (1) The [commission] council shall consist of twenty-four 326
members, a majority of whom shall represent business and industry and 327
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the remainder of whom shall represent state and local governments, 328
organized labor, education and community based organizations [, 329
including a representative of a community action agency, as defined in 330
section 17b-885.] and nonprofit organizations. 331
(2) [Effective six months after the United States Secretary of Labor 332
approves the single Connecticut workforce development plan 333
submitted to said secretary in accordance with the provisions of 334
subsection (b) of section 31-11r, the] The Governor shall fill any vacancy 335
on the [commission from recommendations submitted by the president 336
pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, 337
the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of 338
Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority 339
leader of the House of Representatives] council at the Governor's 340
discretion. 341
(c) Members appointed to the [commission] council prior to [June 23, 342
1999] July 1, 2020, shall continue to serve on the [commission] council as 343
if they were appointed to the [commission] council as of [June 23, 1999] 344
July 1, 2020. The [commission] council shall meet no less than once every 345
calendar quarter. 346
Sec. 10. Section 31-3j of the general statutes is repealed and the 347
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 348
As used in this section and sections [31-3j] 31-3k to 31-3r, inclusive, 349
as amended by this act: 350
(1) "Board" means a regional work force development board 351
established under section 31-3k, as amended by this act; 352
[(2) "Commission" means the Connecticut Employment and Training 353
Commission created under section 31-3h;] 354
[(3)] (2) ["Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner] "Executive 355
director" means the executive director of the Office of Workforce 356
Competitiveness; 357
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[(4)] (3) "Job Training Partnership Act" means the federal Job Training 358
Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 et seq., as from time to time amended; 359
[(5)] (4) "Municipality" means a town, city, borough, consolidated 360
town and city or consolidated town and borough; 361
[(6)] (5) "Work force development region" or "region" means an area 362
designated as a service delivery area in accordance with the provisions 363
of the Job Training Partnership Act. 364
Sec. 11. Section 31-3k of the general statutes is repealed and the 365
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 366
(a) There is established within the Labor Department a regional work 367
force development board for each work force development region in the 368
state. Each board shall assess the needs and priorities for investing in 369
the development of human resources within the region and shall 370
coordinate a broad range of employment, education, training and 371
related services that shall be focused on client-centered, lifelong 372
learning and shall be responsive to the needs of local business, industry, 373
the region, its municipalities and its citizens. 374
(b) Each board, within its region, shall: 375
(1) Carry out the duties and responsibilities of a private industry 376
council under the Job Training Partnership Act, provided the private 377
industry council within the region elects by a vote of its members to 378
become a board and the [Labor Commissioner] executive director of the 379
Office of Workforce Competitiveness approves the council as a regional 380
work force development board. 381
(2) Within existing resources and consistent with the state 382
employment and training information system and any guidelines issued 383
by the [commissioner] executive director under subsection (b) of section 384
[31-2] 4-124w, as amended by this act, (A) assess regional needs and 385
identify regional priorities for employment and training programs, 386
including, but not limited to, an assessment of the special employment 387
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needs of unskilled and low-skilled unemployed persons, including 388
persons receiving state-administered general assistance or short-term 389
unemployment assistance, (B) conduct planning for regional 390
employment and training programs, (C) coordinate such programs to 391
ensure that the programs respond to the needs of labor, business and 392
industry, municipalities within the region, the region as a whole, and all 393
of its citizens, (D) serve as a clearinghouse for information on all 394
employment and training programs in the region, (E) prepare and 395
submit an annual plan containing the board's priorities and goals for 396
regional employment and training programs to the [commissioner and 397
the commission] executive director and the Governor's Workforce 398
Council created under section 31-3h, as amended by this act, for their 399
review and approval, (F) review grant proposals and plans submitted to 400
state agencies for employment and training programs that directly affect 401
the region to determine whether such proposals and plans are consistent 402
with the annual regional plan prepared under subparagraph (E) of this 403
subdivision and inform the [commission] Governor's Workforce 404
Council and each state agency concerned of the results of the review, 405
(G) evaluate the effectiveness of employment and training programs 406
within the region in meeting the goals contained in the annual regional 407
plan prepared under subparagraph (E) of this subdivision and report its 408
findings to the [commissioner] executive director and the [commission] 409
Governor's Workforce Council on an annual basis, (H) ensure the 410
effective use of available employment and training resources in the 411
region, and (I) allocate funds where applicable for program operations 412
in the region. 413
(3) Provide information to the [commissioner] executive director 414
concerning (A) all employment and training programs, grants or funds 415
to be effective or available in the region in the following program year, 416
(B) the source and purpose of such programs, grants or funds, (C) the 417
projected amount of such programs, grants or funds, (D) persons, 418
organizations and institutions eligible to participate in such programs 419
or receive such grants or funds, (E) characteristics of clients eligible to 420
receive services pursuant to such programs, grants or funds, (F) the 421
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range of services available pursuant to such programs, grants or funds, 422
(G) goals of such programs, grants or funds, (H) where applicable, 423
schedules for submitting requests for proposals, planning instructions, 424
proposals and plans, in connection with such programs, grants or funds, 425
(I) the program period for such programs, grants or funds, and (J) any 426
other data relating to such programs, grants or funds that the 427
[commissioner] executive director or the [commission] Governor's 428
Workforce Council deems essential for effective state planning. 429
(4) Carry out the duties and responsibilities of the local board for 430
purposes of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 431
2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended. 432
(5) Establish a worker training education committee comprised of 433
persons from the education and business communities within the 434
region, including, but not limited to, regional community-technical 435
colleges and technical education and career schools. 436
(c) Each board shall make use of grants or contracts with appropriate 437
service providers to furnish all program services under sections 31-3j to 438
31-3r, inclusive, as amended by this act, unless the [commission] 439
Governor's Workforce Council concurs with the board that direct 440
provision of a service by the board is necessary to assure adequate 441
availability of the service or that a service of comparable quality can be 442
provided more economically by the board. Any board seeking to 443
provide services directly shall include in the annual regional plan 444
submitted to the [commissioner and the commission] executive director 445
and the Governor's Workforce Council under subparagraph (E) of 446
subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section its plan to provide 447
services directly and appropriate justification for the need to do so. 448
When the decision to provide services directly must be made between 449
annual planning cycles, the board shall submit to the [commissioner and 450
the commission] executive director and the Governor's Workforce 451
Council a plan of service and appropriate justification for the need to 452
provide services directly. Such plan of service shall be subject to review 453
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and approval by the [commission] Governor's Workforce Council. 454
(d) On October 1, [2002] 2020, and annually thereafter, each board 455
shall submit to the [Labor Department] Office of Workforce 456
Competitiveness comprehensive performance measures detailing the 457
results of any education, employment or job training program or 458
activity funded by moneys allocated to the board, including, but not 459
limited to, programs and activities specified in the federal Workforce 460
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to 461
time amended. Such performance measures shall include, but shall not 462
be limited to, the identity and performance of any vendor that enters 463
into a contract with the board to conduct, manage or assist with such 464
programs or activities, the costs associated with such programs or 465
activities, the number, gender and race of persons served by such 466
programs or activities, the number, gender and race of persons 467
completing such programs or activities, occupational skill types, the 468
number, gender and race of persons who enter unsubsidized 469
employment upon completion of such programs or activities, the 470
number, gender and race of persons who remain in unsubsidized 471
employment six months later and the earnings received by such 472
persons. 473
Sec. 12. Section 31-3l of the general statutes is repealed and the 474
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 475
The members of a board shall be appointed by the chief elected 476
officials of the municipalities in the region in accordance with the 477
provisions of an agreement entered into by such municipalities. In the 478
absence of an agreement the appointments shall be made by the 479
Governor. The membership of each board shall satisfy the requirements 480
for a private industry council as provided under the Job Training 481
Partnership Act and the requirements of the federal Workforce 482
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to 483
time amended. To the extent consistent with such requirements: (1) 484
Business members shall constitute a majority of each board and shall 485
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include owners of businesses, chief executives or chief operating officers 486
of nongovernmental employers, or other business executives who have 487
substantial management or policy responsibilities. Whenever possible, 488
at least one-half of the business and industry members shall be 489
representatives of small businesses, including minority businesses; (2) 490
the nonbusiness members shall include representatives of community-491
based organizations, state and local organized labor, state and 492
municipal government, human service agencies, economic 493
development agencies and regional community-technical colleges and 494
other educational institutions, including secondary and postsecondary 495
institutions and regional vocational technical schools; (3) the 496
nonbusiness representatives shall be selected by the appointing 497
authority from among individuals nominated by the [commissioner] 498
executive director and the organizations, agencies, institutions and 499
groups set forth in subdivisions (2) and (5) of this section, and each 500
appointing authority shall solicit nominations from [the commissioner] 501
the executive director and the organizations, agencies, institutions and 502
groups set forth in subdivisions (2) and (5) of this section; (4) labor 503
representatives shall be selected from individuals recommended by 504
recognized state and local labor federations in a manner consistent with 505
the federal Job Training Partnership Act and the federal Workforce 506
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to 507
time amended; (5) the board shall represent the interests of a broad 508
segment of the population of the region, including the interests of 509
welfare recipients, persons with disabilities, veterans, dislocated 510
workers, younger and older workers, women, minorities and displaced 511
homemakers; and (6) in each region where a private industry council 512
has elected by a vote of its members to become a regional work force 513
development board and the [commissioner] executive director has 514
approved the council as a board, the initial membership of each board 515
shall include, but not be limited to, the business members of the private 516
industry council in the region. 517
Sec. 13. Section 31-3m of the general statutes is repealed and the 518
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 519
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Not later than July 1, 1992, and annually thereafter, the Governor 520
shall designate appropriate state agencies as agencies involved in 521
employment and training. The department heads of each agency 522
involved in employment and training shall: (1) Not later than August 523
15, 1992, and annually thereafter, identify the employment and training 524
programs administered by the agency that shall be subject to oversight 525
by one or more boards under the provisions of sections 31-3j to 31-3r, 526
inclusive, as amended by this act; and (2) on and after July 1, 2020, 527
provide to the [commissioner] executive director, for distribution to the 528
boards through the [commission] Governor's Workforce Council, 529
information concerning (A) all employment and training programs, 530
grants or funds to be effective or available in the following program 531
year, (B) the source and purpose of such programs, grants or funds, (C) 532
the projected amount of such programs, grants or funds, (D) persons, 533
organizations and institutions eligible to participate in such programs 534
or receive such grants or funds, (E) characteristics of clients eligible to 535
receive services pursuant to such programs, grants or funds, (F) the 536
range of services available pursuant to such programs, grants or funds, 537
(G) goals of such programs, grants or funds, (H) where applicable, 538
schedules for submitting requests for proposals, planning instructions, 539
proposals and plans, in connection with such programs, grants or funds, 540
(I) the program period for such programs, grants or funds, and (J) any 541
other data relating to such programs, grants or funds that the 542
[commissioner] executive director or the [commission] Governor's 543
Workforce Council deems essential for effective regional planning. 544
Sec. 14. Section 31-3n of the general statutes is repealed and the 545
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 546
(a) The [commissioner] executive director, in consultation with the 547
[commission] Governor's Workforce Council, shall adopt regulations in 548
accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 31-3j 549
to 31-3r, inclusive, as amended by this act. The regulations shall 550
establish criteria for the organization and operation of the board and for 551
ensuring that the membership of each board satisfies the requirements 552
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of section 31-3l, as amended by this act. 553
(b) The [commissioner] executive director, acting through the 554
[commission] Governor's Workforce Council, shall facilitate 555
communication and exchange of information between the boards and 556
state agencies involved in employment and training. 557
(c) The [commissioner] executive director shall distribute all 558
information received under the provisions of sections 31-3j to 31-3r, 559
inclusive, as amended by this act, to the [commission] Governor's 560
Workforce Council in order to ensure that the review and coordination 561
duties of the [commission] council are effectively carried out. 562
(d) The [commissioner] executive director shall submit each annual 563
regional plan prepared pursuant to subparagraph (E) of subdivision (2) 564
of subsection (b) of section 31-3k, as amended by this act, together with 565
the recommendations of the [commissioner] executive director and the 566
[commission] Governor's Workforce Council, to the Governor for final 567
approval. 568
(e) The [commissioner] executive director shall approve, in 569
consultation with the [commission] Governor's Workforce Council, each 570
board established pursuant to section 31-3k, as amended by this act, 571
which meets the requirements of sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive, as 572
amended by this act. 573
Sec. 15. Section 31-3o of the general statutes is repealed and the 574
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 575
(a) The [commission] Governor's Workforce Council shall review and 576
approve each annual regional plan prepared pursuant to subparagraph 577
(E) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 31-3k, as amended by 578
this act. 579
(b) The [commission] Governor's Workforce Council shall ensure that 580
the membership of each board satisfies the representation requirements 581
of section 31-3l, as amended by this act, and regulations adopted by the 582
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[commissioner] executive director of the Office of Workforce 583
Competitiveness under section 31-3n or 4-124w, as amended by this act. 584
(c) The [commission] Governor's Workforce Council shall review and 585
consider the annual report of each board evaluating the effectiveness of 586
employment and training programs, prepared pursuant to 587
subparagraph (G) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 31-3k, 588
as amended by this act. 589
Sec. 16. Section 31-3p of the general statutes is repealed and the 590
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 591
In any case where a board, after review, determines that a grant 592
proposal or plan submitted to a state agency involved in employment 593
and training is inconsistent with the board's annual regional plan 594
prepared pursuant to subparagraph (E) of subdivision (2) of subsection 595
(b) of section 31-3k, as amended by this act, the board shall notify the 596
agency in writing of its determination and may request a response from 597
the agency. The agency, if so requested, shall respond to the 598
inconsistency noted by the board and shall make every effort to resolve 599
the issues involved. If such issues cannot be resolved to the satisfaction 600
of the board, the board may appeal to the [commission] Governor's 601
Workforce Council. The [commission] Governor's Workforce Council 602
shall review the subject matter of the appeal and recommend a 603
resolution to the [commissioner] executive director, who shall render an 604
opinion consistent with applicable state and federal law. 605
Sec. 17. Section 31-3q of the general statutes is repealed and the 606
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 607
All state employment and training programs shall be consistent with 608
any guidelines issued by the [commissioner] executive director under 609
subsection (b) of section [31-2] 4-124w, as amended by this act, and the 610
annual plan for the coordination of all employment and training 611
programs in the state developed by the [commission] Governor's 612
Workforce Council and approved by the Governor under section 31-3h, 613
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as amended by this act. 614
Sec. 18. Section 31-3v of the general statutes is repealed and the 615
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 616
The Labor Commissioner and executive director of the Office of 617
Workforce Competitiveness shall give priority to applicants who have 618
established a work environment consistent with the criteria set forth in 619
section 32-475 in awarding financial assistance under the programs 620
authorized pursuant to this chapter to the extent consistent with any 621
state or regional economic development strategy. 622
Sec. 19. Section 31-3w of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 623
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 624
1, 2020): 625
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Labor 626
Commissioner, in exercise of any duties including any duties as 627
administrator under chapter 567, shall, within available resources, 628
maintain a state-wide network of job centers which provide to workers, 629
students and employers comprehensive workforce development 630
assistance, including, but not limited to, the following: 631
(1) Unemployment compensation, retraining allowances and other 632
forms of federal and state income support; 633
(2) Career, labor market, educational and job training information, 634
and consumer reports on local training providers; 635
(3) Career planning and job search assistance; 636
(4) Applicant recruitment and screening, assessment of training 637
needs, customized job training pursuant to this chapter, apprenticeship 638
programs pursuant to chapter 557 and related consultative services to 639
employers based on their employment needs; 640
(5) Eligibility determinations and referrals to providers of 641
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employment and training services; and 642
(6) Access to information regarding job openings and, where 643
appropriate, referral to such openings. 644
(b) In carrying out responsibilities under this section, the 645
commissioner shall: 646
(1) Collaborate with the [Connecticut Employment and Training 647
Commission] Governor's Workforce Council established pursuant to 648
section 31-3h, as amended by this act, and the regional workforce 649
development boards established pursuant to section 31-3k, as amended 650
by this act; 651
(2) Promote coordination of service delivery and collaboration with 652
other public and private providers of education, human services and 653
employment and training services, including, but not limited to, adult 654
education and literacy providers; 655
(3) Consult with the Commissioner of Economic and Community 656
Development to ensure coordination of service delivery to employers; 657
(4) Conduct outreach to employers and trade associations to ensure 658
that services meet the needs of business and industry; and 659
(5) Develop a comprehensive job training assistance application for 660
employer-based training services and programs that allows the 661
applicant to apply for any such assistance offered by the state in one 662
application. 663
(c) (1) When contacted by a veteran who is in need of employment or 664
work force development services, the department shall (A) determine 665
whether the veteran resides closer to a work force development board 666
facility with a veterans unit than to a department facility offering such 667
employment or work force development assistance and, if so, provide 668
the veteran with contact information for the work force development 669
board, and (B) provide a veteran who expresses an interest in advanced 670
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manufacturing, as defined in section 31-11ss, with information on the 671
Military to Machinists program operated pursuant to section 31-11ss, if 672
such veteran may be eligible for services from such program. 673
(2) For purposes of this subsection, "veteran" means any person (A) 674
honorably discharged from, or released under honorable conditions 675
from active service in, the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, or 676
(B) with a qualifying condition, as defined in section 27-103, who has 677
received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active 678
service in the armed forces. 679
Sec. 20. Section 31-3cc of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 680
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 681
1, 2020): 682
The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] 683
Governor's Workforce Council, in cooperation with the Commission on 684
Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity and the 685
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, shall regularly 686
collect and analyze data on state-supported training programs that 687
measure the presence of gender or other systematic bias and work with 688
the relevant boards and agencies to correct any problems that are found. 689
Sec. 21. Section 31-3dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 690
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 691
The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] 692
Governor's Workforce Council, in consultation with the Labor 693
Department, the Department of Economic and Community 694
Development and the regional workforce development boards, shall 695
recommend to the Office of Policy and Management and the joint 696
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 697
matters relating to appropriations, budget targets for assisting state 698
employers with their training needs. 699
Sec. 22. Section 31-3oo of the general statutes is repealed and the 700
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 701
The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] 702
Governor's Workforce Council, in collaboration with the Connecticut 703
Energy Sector Partnership, shall annually solicit and publicize 704
information concerning efforts made by the institutions of higher 705
education in this state to promote the green technology industry, 706
including the development of new academic degree and certificate 707
programs, courses of instruction and initiatives made by such 708
institutions to align green jobs programs with employer needs. 709
Sec. 23. Section 31-3yy of the general statutes is repealed and the 710
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 711
On or before October 1, [2014] 2020, and annually thereafter, the 712
[Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] Governor's 713
Workforce Council shall submit to the Office of Policy and Management 714
and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 715
cognizance of matters relating to labor, higher education and education 716
a report card of each program emphasizing employment placement 717
included in the commission's annual inventory developed and 718
maintained by the [Labor Commissioner] executive director of the 719
Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to section [31-2] 4-124w, 720
as amended by this act. The report card shall, at a minimum, identify for 721
each program the cost, number of individuals entering the program, 722
number of individuals satisfactorily completing the program and the 723
employment placement rates of those individuals at thirteen and 724
twenty-six-week intervals following completion of the program or a 725
statement as to why such measure is not relevant. 726
Sec. 24. Section 4-5 of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes, as 727
amended by section 6 of public act 17-237, section 279 of public act 17-2 728
of the June special session, section 20 of public act 18-182, section 5 of 729
public act 19-31, section 156 of public act 19-117 and section 3 of public 730
act 19-157 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 731
(Effective July 1, 2020): 732
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As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head" 733
means Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, Commissioner 734
of Administrative Services, Commissioner of Revenue Services, 735
Banking Commissioner, Commissioner of Children and Families, 736
Commissioner of Consumer Protection, Commissioner of Correction, 737
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, State Board 738
of Education, Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 739
Protection, Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, 740
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Public Health, 741
Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Commissioner of 742
Mental Health and Addiction Services, Commissioner of Social Services, 743
Commissioner of Developmental Services, Commissioner of Motor 744
Vehicles, Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of Veterans 745
Affairs, Commissioner of Housing, Commissioner of Aging and 746
Disability Services, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, the executive 747
director of the Office of Military Affairs, the executive director of the 748
Office of Health Strategy, [and] the executive director of the Technical 749
Education and Career System and the executive director of the Office of 750
Workforce Competitiveness. As used in sections 4-6 and 4-7, 751
"department head" also means the Commissioner of Education. 752
Sec. 25. Section 4-5 of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes, as 753
amended by section 6 of public act 17-237, section 279 of public act 17-2 754
of the June special session, section 20 of public act 18-182 and section 283 755
of public act 19-117, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 756
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 757
As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head" 758
means Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, Commissioner 759
of Administrative Services, Commissioner of Revenue Services, 760
Banking Commissioner, Commissioner of Children and Families, 761
Commissioner of Consumer Protection, Commissioner of Correction, 762
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, State Board 763
of Education, Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 764
Protection, Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, 765
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Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Public Health, 766
Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Commissioner of 767
Mental Health and Addiction Services, Commissioner of Social Services, 768
Commissioner of Developmental Services, Commissioner of Motor 769
Vehicles, Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of Veterans 770
Affairs, Commissioner of Housing, Commissioner of Rehabilitation 771
Services, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, the executive director 772
of the Office of Military Affairs, [and] the executive director of the 773
Technical Education and Career System and the executive director of 774
the Office of Workforce Competitiveness. As used in sections 4-6 and 4-775
7, "department head" also means the Commissioner of Education. 776
Sec. 26. Section 10-21c of the general statutes is repealed and the 777
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 778
(a) Any local or regional board of education that has a demonstrated 779
shortage of certified teachers in those fields designated by the State 780
Board of Education or that elects to expand the academic offerings to 781
students in the areas identified by the [Labor Commissioner and the] 782
Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to the provisions of 783
section 4-124w, as amended by this act, may solicit and accept qualified 784
private sector specialists, not necessarily certified to teach, whose 785
services to teach in shortage areas have been donated by business firms, 786
as defined in section 12-631. Private sector specialists who donate their 787
services may be permitted to offer instruction in existing or specially 788
designed curricula, provided no private sector specialist shall be 789
permitted to work more than one-half of the maximum classroom hours 790
of a full-time certified teacher, and provided further no private sector 791
specialist teaching in an area identified by [the Labor Commissioner 792
and] the Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to section 4-793
124w, as amended by this act, shall have sole responsibility for a 794
classroom. No certified teacher may be terminated, transferred or 795
reassigned due to the utilization of any private sector specialist. Local 796
or regional boards of education shall annually review the need for 797
private sector specialists and shall not renew or place a private sector 798
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specialist if certified teachers are available. 799
(b) No employer-employee relationship shall be deemed to exist 800
between any local or regional board of education and a private sector 801
specialist whose services are donated pursuant to this section. No local 802
or regional board of education shall expend any funds for compensation 803
or benefits in lieu of compensation when accepting the donation of 804
services from a private sector specialist. 805
(c) The provisions of section 10-235 shall apply to any private sector 806
specialist who donates services pursuant to the provisions of this 807
section. 808
Sec. 27. Subsection (a) of section 10-21j of the 2020 supplement to the 809
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 810
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 811
(a) The Commissioner of Education, in collaboration with the Board 812
of Regents for Higher Education, shall establish the Connecticut 813
Apprenticeship and Education Committee to coordinate and identify (1) 814
potential preapprenticeship and apprenticeship training program 815
integration, and (2) leveraged funding identification of career technical 816
education programs within high schools and programs within higher 817
education institutions for careers in various industries. Such committee 818
shall include, but not be limited to, (A) representatives from the 819
Department of Economic and Community Development, the Labor 820
Department, the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, the 821
Connecticut Manufacturers Collaborative, the Technical Education and 822
Career System, the advanced manufacturing centers at the regional 823
community-technical colleges, independent institutions of higher 824
education in the state that offer training in the field of manufacturing, 825
the [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] Governor's 826
Workforce Council, companies and employee organizations that 827
represent manufacturing workers, and (B) teachers, guidance 828
counselors, school counselors, principals and superintendents. 829
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Sec. 28. Subsection (a) of section 10-95 of the 2020 supplement to the 830
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 831
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 832
(a) The State Board of Education may establish and maintain a state-833
wide system of technical education and career schools to be known as 834
the Technical Education and Career System. The system shall be advised 835
by a board that shall consist of eleven members as follows: (1) Four 836
executives of Connecticut-based employers who shall be nominated by 837
the [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] Governor's 838
Workforce Council, established pursuant to section 31-3h, as amended 839
by this act, and appointed by the Governor, (2) five members appointed 840
by the State Board of Education, (3) the Commissioner of Economic and 841
Community Development, and (4) the Labor Commissioner. The 842
Governor shall appoint the chairperson. The chairperson of the 843
Technical Education and Career System shall serve as a nonvoting ex-844
officio member of the State Board of Education. 845
Sec. 29. Subsection (a) of section 10-95s of the 2020 supplement to the 846
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 847
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 848
(a) The Technical Education and Career System shall be advised by a 849
Technical Education and Career System board. The board shall consist 850
of eleven members and shall include at least the following, (1) two 851
members with experience in manufacturing or a trade offered by the 852
Technical Education and Career System, or who are alumni of the 853
system, (2) two members who are executives of Connecticut-based 854
employers and who shall be nominated by the [Connecticut 855
Employment and Training Commission ] Governor's Workforce 856
Council, established pursuant to section 31-3h, as amended by this act. 857
The Commissioners of Education and Economic and Community 858
Development and the Labor Commissioner, or their respective 859
designees, shall serve as ex-officio members of the board. Members of 860
the board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and 861
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consent of the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of 862
section 4-7. Any vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in 863
section 4-19. The Governor shall appoint the chairperson. 864
Sec. 30. Subsection (b) of section 17b-688h of the general statutes is 865
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 866
2020): 867
(b) Effective July 1, 1998, the Labor Department shall be responsible 868
for the negotiation, establishment, modification, extension, suspension 869
or termination of contracts for employment services. The Labor 870
Department may provide administration and services directly or 871
through the [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] 872
Governor's Workforce Council or regional workforce development 873
boards. 874
Sec. 31. Subsection (c) of section 17b-688i of the general statutes is 875
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 876
2020): 877
(c) Not later than January 1, [1999] 2021, and annually thereafter, the 878
Labor Department shall submit a report to the Governor, the joint 879
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 880
matters relating to appropriations, human services and labor and public 881
employees in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a and to the 882
[Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] Governor's 883
Workforce Council. Each report shall contain an evaluation of the 884
operation of the employment services administered by the Labor 885
Department pursuant to this section, including the number of persons 886
who receive employment services, their gender and outcomes. Each 887
such report shall also provide specific information regarding the cost-888
effectiveness of the employment services. 889
Sec. 32. Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 31-11m of the 890
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 891
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 892
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(2) Such reserved funds may be used only to carry out state-wide 893
youth activities described in Section 129(b) of the federal Workforce 894
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to 895
time amended, or state-wide employment and training activities, for 896
adults or for dislocated workers, described in Section 134(a)(2)(B) or 897
Section 134(a)(3) of said act, provided such use is consistent with the 898
Connecticut workforce development plan developed by the 899
[Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] Governor's 900
Workforce Council under section 31-11p, as amended by this act. The 901
percentage of such reserved funds that are used for administrative costs 902
shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 134(a)(3)(B) of said act. 903
For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision (3) of this subsection, 904
"administrative costs" has the same meaning as provided in 20 CFR Part 905
667, Subpart B. 906
Sec. 33. Section 31-11o of the general statutes is repealed and the 907
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 908
The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] 909
Governor's Workforce Council established under section 31-3h, as 910
amended by this act, is hereby recognized as the state-wide workforce 911
development board for purposes of complying with the federal 912
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as 913
amended from time to time. [amended.] 914
Sec. 34. Section 31-11p of the general statutes is repealed and the 915
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 916
(a) For purposes of this section, the "federal Workforce Innovation 917
and Opportunity Act of 2014" means P.L. 113-128, as amended from 918
time to time. The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] 919
Governor's Workforce Council, in consultation with the regional 920
workforce development boards, shall develop a single Connecticut 921
workforce development plan that outlines a five-year strategy for the 922
state of Connecticut's workforce development system and meets the 923
requirements of Sections 111 and 112 of the federal Workforce 924
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Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. [, P.L. 113-128, as from time to 925
time amended. Said] Such plan shall serve as a framework for the 926
development of public policy, fiscal investment and operation of 927
workforce education and job training programs and shall constitute the 928
single state plan for purposes of Section 112 of said act. The [Connecticut 929
Employment and Training Commission ] Governor's Workforce 930
Council, in consultation with the regional workforce development 931
boards, shall update [said] such plan at least once every five years. 932
(b) The plan shall, at a minimum, include: 933
(1) Long-term goals for the state's workforce development system. 934
Such goals shall include local control of service delivery, one-stop 935
delivery of services, individual choice for individuals served by the 936
system, accountability for provider performance, coordination of 937
workforce development activities integrating state and federal 938
resources and the establishment of ties between funding and actual 939
participation in training activities; 940
(2) Short-term goals, benchmarks and performance measures that the 941
state will use to measure its progress towards meeting the long-term 942
goals identified in subdivision (1) of this subsection; 943
(3) Identification of the role each institution, entity, organization and 944
program plays in the state-wide workforce development system; 945
(4) Ways to improve access to public and certified nonpublic 946
postsecondary educational institutions; 947
(5) A strategy for assessing unmet workforce preparation needs; 948
(6) A description of comprehensive performance measures to ensure 949
coordination and eliminate duplication of services; 950
(7) A strategy for assessing types of jobs for which there are shortages 951
of available qualified workers and the geographical concentration of 952
unmet workforce needs in this state; 953
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(8) A strategy for maximizing or redirecting funding to deliver 954
services more effectively to meet the state's workforce development 955
needs; 956
(9) A provision stating that the members of the [Connecticut 957
Employment and Training Commission] Governor's Workforce Council 958
and the regional workforce development boards shall comply with state 959
ethics laws and the applicable provisions of Sections 111(f) and 117(g) 960
of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014; [, P.L. 961
113-128, as from time to time amended;] 962
(10) A provision stating that the Labor Commissioner and the 963
Commissioners of Social Services and Education shall develop a 964
coordinated program of referring workforce development participants 965
to supportive services, including, but not limited to, transportation and 966
child care services for eligible participants of workforce activities. Such 967
program shall include a requirement that each regional workforce 968
development board submit an annual report to the [commission] 969
council on or before January 31, 2000, and each January thirty-first 970
thereafter detailing such board's plan for coordinating such supportive 971
services; 972
(11) A description of the state of Connecticut's proposed one-stop 973
delivery system, which shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 974
134(c) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 975
[, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended,] and shall include a 976
description of the following components: (A) A uniform individual 977
training accounts voucher system which shall be used by the regional 978
workforce development boards to pay for training of eligible workers 979
by eligible providers and which shall include a reporting system that 980
ties funding to actual participation in training programs, (B) the core 981
services, as identified in subdivision (12) of this subsection, which shall 982
be available to adults or dislocated workers, including exemptions from 983
core services, (C) the intensive services, as identified in subdivision (13) 984
of this subsection, which shall be available to adults or dislocated 985
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workers who have received the maximum amount of core services but 986
were unable to obtain employment through such core services, 987
including prerequisites for obtaining such intensive services and 988
exemptions from such prerequisites, and (D) the training services, as 989
identified in subdivision (14) of this subsection, which shall be available 990
to adults or dislocated workers who have received intensive services, 991
but were unable to obtain unsubsidized employment through such 992
intensive services, including prerequisites for obtaining such training 993
services and exemptions from such prerequisites; 994
(12) Identification of core services available under the one-stop 995
delivery system, which shall, at a minimum, include: (A) Determination 996
of whether individuals are eligible to receive assistance under Subtitle B 997
of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014; [, P.L. 998
113-128, as from time to time amended;] (B) outreach, intake and 999
orientation to the information and other services available through the 1000
one-stop delivery system; (C) a uniform assessment procedure for 1001
screening adults and dislocated workers which shall include, but not be 1002
limited to, initial assessment of skill levels, aptitudes, abilities, 1003
supportive service needs and for application of the self-sufficiency 1004
measurement developed in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1005
66e; (D) job search and placement assistance and, where appropriate, 1006
career counseling; (E) provision of (i) employment statistics 1007
information, including the provision of accurate information concerning 1008
local, regional and national labor market areas, including job vacancy 1009
listings in such labor market areas, information on job skills necessary 1010
to obtain such vacant jobs and information relating to local occupations 1011
in demand and the earnings and skill requirements for such 1012
occupations; (ii) provider performance information and program cost 1013
information on eligible providers of training services, as described in 1014
Section 122 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 1015
2014 [, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended,] provided by 1016
program [,] and eligible providers of youth activities described in 1017
Section 123 of said act, eligible providers of adult education described 1018
in Title II of said act, providers of postsecondary vocational education 1019
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activities and vocational education activities, which shall include, but 1020
not be limited to, preapprentice programs available through, but not 1021
limited to, the Technical Education and Career System, available to 1022
school dropouts under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 1023
Technology Education Act, 20 USC 2301, et seq., and providers of 1024
vocational rehabilitation program activities described in Title I of the 1025
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 720, et seq.; (iii) information 1026
regarding how the local area is performing on the local performance 1027
measures and any additional performance information with respect to 1028
the one-stop delivery system in the local area; (iv) accurate information 1029
concerning the availability of supportive services, including child care 1030
and transportation, available through the local area and referral to such 1031
services, as appropriate; (v) information regarding filing claims for 1032
unemployment compensation under chapter 567; (F) assistance in 1033
establishing eligibility for programs of financial aid assistance for 1034
training and education programs that are not funded under said act and 1035
are available through the local area; (G) follow-up services, including 1036
counseling regarding the workplace, for participants in workforce 1037
investment activities authorized under Subtitle B of the federal 1038
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, [P.L. 113-128, as 1039
from time to time amended,] who are placed in unsubsidized 1040
employment, for not less than twelve months after the first day of the 1041
employment, as appropriate; and (H) assistance in establishing 1042
eligibility for authorized activities under Section 403(a)(5) of the Social 1043
Security Act, as added by Section 5001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1044
1997, available in the local area. For purposes of this subdivision, "local 1045
area" refers to an area designated as such pursuant to Section 116 of the 1046
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014; [, P.L. 113-1047
128, as from time to time amended;] 1048
(13) Identification of intensive services available under the one-stop 1049
delivery system, which services may include (A) comprehensive and 1050
specialized assessments of the skill levels and service needs of adults 1051
and dislocated workers, which may include diagnostic testing, use of 1052
special education planning and placement teams and use of other 1053
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assessment tools and in-depth interviewing and evaluation to identify 1054
employment barriers and appropriate employment goals; (B) 1055
development of an individual employment plan to identify the 1056
employment goals, appropriate achievement objectives and appropriate 1057
combination of services for the participant to achieve the employment 1058
goals; (C) group counseling; (D) individual counseling and career 1059
planning; (E) case management for participants seeking training 1060
services authorized under the federal Workforce Innovation and 1061
Opportunity Act of 2014; [, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended;] 1062
and (F) short-term prevocational services, including development of 1063
learning skills, communication skills, interviewing skills, punctuality, 1064
personal maintenance skills and professional conduct, to prepare 1065
individuals for unsubsidized employment or training; 1066
(14) Identification of training services authorized under the federal 1067
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, [P.L. 113-128, as 1068
from time to time amended,] that are available under the one-stop 1069
delivery system, which services may include a combination of 1070
occupational skills training, including training for nontraditional 1071
employment, on-the-job training, programs that combine workplace 1072
training with related instruction, which may include cooperative 1073
education programs, training programs operated by the private sector, 1074
skill upgrading and retraining, entrepreneurial training, job readiness 1075
training, adult education and literacy activities and customized job 1076
training conducted with a commitment by an employer or group of 1077
employers to employ an individual upon successful completion of the 1078
training; 1079
(15) Development of a uniform system of identifying and certifying 1080
eligible providers of the training services described in subdivision (13) 1081
of this subsection, which system shall (A) incorporate each of the 1082
requirements of Section 122 of the federal Workforce Innovation and 1083
Opportunity Act of 2014, [P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended,] 1084
and (B) be used by each regional workforce development board in 1085
selecting an eligible provider of training services; 1086
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(16) A strategy for the establishment of (A) regional youth councils 1087
by the regional workforce development boards, which regional youth 1088
councils shall (i) recommend eligible providers of youth activities to the 1089
council and conduct oversight of eligible providers of youth activities; 1090
(ii) in cooperation with local boards of education, identify available 1091
programs and activities to assist youths in completing education 1092
programs; (iii) identify available programs and activities to assist youths 1093
in securing and preserving employment; and (iv) coordinate youth 1094
activities with Job Corps services, coordinate youth activities authorized 1095
under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 1096
[P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended,] and improve the 1097
connection between court-involved youths and the state labor market; 1098
and (B) criteria for selection of regional youth council members and 1099
awarding youth program grants for state-wide youth activities 1100
described in Section 129(b) of the federal Workforce Innovation and 1101
Opportunity Act of 2014; [, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended;] 1102
(17) Development of a program to provide job readiness and job 1103
search training to unemployed and underemployed noncustodial 1104
parents no later than July 1, 2000; 1105
(18) Development of a career pathways program to link alternative 1106
education programs to regional community-technical colleges and 1107
work-related learning no later than October 1, 2000; and 1108
(19) Any other provisions required to be included in the plan under 1109
Sections 111 and 112 of the federal Workforce Innovation and 1110
Opportunity Act of 2014. [, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended.] 1111
(c) The Governor may submit modifications to the single Connecticut 1112
workforce development plan approved by the United States Secretary 1113
of Labor as necessary during the five-year period covered by the plan, 1114
with the advice and assistance of the [Connecticut Employment and 1115
Training Commission] Governor's Workforce Council, provided such 1116
modifications are (1) approved by the joint standing committees of the 1117
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 1118
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appropriations, education, labor and social services, and (2) consistent 1119
with the requirements of Sections 111 and 112 of the federal Workforce 1120
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. [, P.L. 113-128, as from time to 1121
time amended.] 1122
Sec. 35. Section 31-11q of the general statutes is repealed and the 1123
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1124
[On or before October 15, 1999, the Connecticut Employment and 1125
Training Commission] The Governor's Workforce Council shall submit 1126
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 1127
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 1128
agencies, education, labor and social services the comprehensive state 1129
performance measures developed by said [commission] council in 1130
accordance with the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of 1131
section 31-3h, as amended by this act, for activities specified in Title I of 1132
the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-1133
128, as amended from time to time, [amended,] and annually thereafter 1134
during any year in which such performance measures are modified. 1135
Sec. 36. Section 31-11r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1136
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1137
(a) On or before January 1, 2000, the former Connecticut Employment 1138
and Training Commission shall submit a single Workforce 1139
Development Plan to the Governor, which plan shall (1) be approved by 1140
the General Assembly, (2) comply with the requirements of section 31-1141
11p, as amended by this act, and (3) comply with the requirements of 1142
the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 13-1143
128, as amended from time to time. [amended.] 1144
(b) On or before March 15, 2000, the Governor shall submit a single 1145
Connecticut Workforce Development Plan to the United States 1146
Secretary of Labor, which plan shall satisfy the requirements of 1147
subsection (a) of this section. 1148
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(c) The Governor shall submit to the United States Secretary of Labor 1149
any appropriate or necessary request for waiver of the statutory or 1150
regulatory requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and 1151
Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 13-128, as from time to time amended, 1152
with the advice and assistance of the former Connecticut Employment 1153
and Training Commission. 1154
(d) On or after July 1, 2020, any modifications to the plan shall be 1155
submitted by the Governor's Workforce Council, the successor to the 1156
Connecticut Employment and Training Commission. 1157
Sec. 37. Section 31-11s of the general statutes is repealed and the 1158
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1159
(a) On or before February [9, 2000] 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, 1160
the [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] Governor's 1161
Workforce Council shall make recommendations consistent with the 1162
provisions of the single Connecticut workforce development plan 1163
submitted to the Governor pursuant to section 31-11r, as amended by 1164
this act, to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the 1165
appropriation of funds received for adult workforce development 1166
activities under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 1167
of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, [amended,] for (1) 1168
job-related vocational, literacy, language or numerical skills training; (2) 1169
underemployed and at-risk workers; (3) individuals with barriers to 1170
full-time, stable employment, including language, basic skills and 1171
occupational literacy barriers; (4) vocational training using apprentice 1172
and preapprentice programs and customized job training programs that 1173
are designed to serve at-risk workers and promote job retention and the 1174
obtainment of higher wage jobs; (5) special incentives for programs that 1175
successfully train (A) women for nontraditional employment, and (B) 1176
minorities for occupations or fields of work in which such minorities are 1177
underrepresented; and (6) special grants or contracts in each region for 1178
training programs that target workers who are difficult to serve, 1179
including, but not limited to, workers (A) with limited literacy or 1180
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numerical skills, (B) without a high school diploma or its equivalent, or 1181
(C) for whom English is a second language. For purposes of this section, 1182
"nontraditional employment" refers to occupations or fields of work for 1183
which women comprise less than twenty-five per cent of the individuals 1184
employed in each such occupation or field of work. 1185
(b) On or before February [9, 2000] 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, 1186
the [commission] council shall make recommendations to the Governor 1187
and the General Assembly concerning the appropriation of funds 1188
received under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 1189
of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, [amended,] for 1190
dislocated workers. 1191
(c) Pursuant to Section 189(i)(4)(A) of the federal Workforce 1192
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from 1193
time to time, [amended,] the Governor is authorized by the General 1194
Assembly to apply for a waiver of federal eligibility requirements to 1195
allow incumbent workers with annual family incomes that do not 1196
exceed two hundred per cent of the poverty level guidelines issued by 1197
the federal Department of Health and Human Services to receive job 1198
training services. 1199
Sec. 38. Section 31-11t of the general statutes is repealed and the 1200
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1201
(a) The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] 1202
Governor's Workforce Council shall provide each regional workforce 1203
development board with criteria for the evaluation of funded programs, 1204
including a description of the amount, type and effectiveness of literacy 1205
training provided to participants, the number of persons completing job 1206
training, the gender and race of persons who receive training, 1207
occupational skill types, the number of persons who enter unsubsidized 1208
employment, the number of persons who remain in unsubsidized 1209
employment six months later and the earnings received by such 1210
persons. 1211
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(b) The [commission] council shall develop an education and job 1212
training report card to assess the accomplishments of Connecticut's 1213
workforce development system and for meeting the accountability 1214
requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 1215
of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time. [amended.] The 1216
report card shall address the effectiveness of such system in meeting (1) 1217
employers' needs for educated and trained workers, and (2) clients' 1218
needs for improving their economic well-being. 1219
Sec. 39. Subsection (b) of section 31-11ff of the 2020 supplement to the 1220
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1221
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1222
(b) The [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission ] 1223
Governor's Workforce Council shall develop, in collaboration with the 1224
Connecticut state colleges and universities, Department of Education, 1225
and regional work force development boards established pursuant to 1226
section 31-3j, as amended by this act, a state-wide plan for 1227
implementing, expanding or improving upon career certificate 1228
programs established under section 10-20a, middle college programs, 1229
early college high school programs and Connecticut Early College 1230
Opportunity programs to provide education, training and placement in 1231
jobs available in the manufacturing, health care, construction, green, 1232
science, technology, computer science, engineering and mathematics 1233
industries and other emerging sectors of the state's economy. Such plan 1234
shall include a proposal to fund such programs. 1235
Sec. 40. Section 31-11jj of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes, 1236
as amended by section 3 of public act 19-1 of the July 22 special session, 1237
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1238
1, 2020): 1239
(a) There is established the Workforce Training Authority Fund, 1240
which shall be an account within the Labor Department. The following 1241
moneys shall be deposited in the fund: (1) Any moneys received as part 1242
of a memorandum of understanding with the Workforce Training 1243
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Authority; (2) all private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests 1244
or devises received by the fund; and (3) to the extent not otherwise 1245
prohibited by state or federal law, any local, state or federal funds 1246
received by the fund. 1247
(b) The Workforce Training Authority Fund shall be used by the 1248
administrator: (1) To provide training assistance to eligible recipients as 1249
may be approved by the Workforce Training Authority pursuant to 1250
subsection (e) of this section, and (2) to pay or reimburse the 1251
administrator for administrative costs pursuant to subsection (h) of this 1252
section. Such training assistance shall be awarded for the purpose of: 1253
Developing and implementing training programs for the recruitment of 1254
businesses to the state and the training or retraining of persons in the 1255
state to achieve the workforce goals established by the [Connecticut 1256
Employment and Training Commission] Governor's Workforce Council 1257
and the relevant sections of the strategic master plan for higher 1258
education developed pursuant to section 10a-11b. Training assistance 1259
shall target job growth in the areas of construction, health care, early 1260
childhood education, insurance, financial services, bioscience, advance 1261
manufacturing, digital media, green technology, and tourism. 1262
(c) All expenditures from the Workforce Training Authority Fund, 1263
except for administrative costs reimbursed to the administrator 1264
pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, shall be approved by the 1265
board, provided the board may delegate to staff of the administrator the 1266
approval of transactions not greater than one hundred thousand dollars. 1267
Any such approval by the board shall be (1) specific to an individual 1268
expenditure to be made; (2) for budgeted expenditures with such 1269
variations as the board may authorize at the time of such budget 1270
approval; or (3) for training assistance programs to be administered by 1271
staff of the administrator, subject to limits, eligibility requirements and 1272
other conditions established by the Workforce Training Authority at the 1273
time of such program approval. 1274
(d) The administrator shall provide any necessary staff, office space, 1275
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office systems and administrative support for the operation of the 1276
Workforce Training Authority Fund in accordance with this section. In 1277
acting as administrator of the fund, the Labor Commissioner shall have 1278
and may exercise all of the powers set forth in the general statutes, 1279
provided expenditures from the fund shall be approved by the 1280
Workforce Training Authority pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 1281
(e) The Workforce Training Authority shall establish an application 1282
and approval process with guidelines and terms for the development 1283
and implementation of training programs and training assistance 1284
awarded by the administrator from the Workforce Training Authority 1285
Fund to any eligible recipient. Such guidelines and terms shall include: 1286
(1) A requirement that any applicant for training assistance operate in 1287
the state or propose to relocate operations to the state, in whole or in 1288
part, as a condition of such training assistance; (2) eligibility 1289
requirements for training, including a requirement for applicants to 1290
obtain funds or in-kind services from nonstate sources; (3) a process for 1291
preliminary review of applications for strength and eligibility by the 1292
administrator before such applications are presented to the board for 1293
consideration; (4) return on investment objectives, including, but not 1294
limited to, job growth and leveraged investment opportunities; (5) a 1295
requirement that any entity that receives assistance first consider 1296
applicants who have completed the universal intake form; and (6) such 1297
other guidelines and terms as the board determines to be necessary and 1298
appropriate in furtherance of the objectives of this section. In developing 1299
such guidelines, the board shall include considerations for the size of 1300
such entities and the number of workers employed by such entities. 1301
Additionally, the board shall give consideration to developing training 1302
programs and creating career pathways for women, minorities and soon 1303
to be released and formerly incarcerated individuals. 1304
(f) Training assistance awarded to eligible recipients from the 1305
Workforce Training Authority Fund shall be used for costs related to 1306
facilities, necessary furniture, fixtures and equipment, development of 1307
programs, implementation of training programs, materials and 1308
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supplies, compensation, apprenticeship and such other costs that the 1309
Workforce Training Authority determines to be eligible for training 1310
assistance within the purposes of this section pursuant to subsection (e) 1311
of this section. 1312
(g) On July 1, 2018, and prior to the commencement of the next fiscal 1313
year thereafter, the administrator shall prepare a plan of operations and 1314
an operating and capital budget for the Workforce Training Authority 1315
Fund, provided not later than ninety days prior to the start of each fiscal 1316
year, the administrator shall submit such plan and budget to the board 1317
of the Workforce Training Authority for its review and approval. 1318
(h) Administrative costs shall be paid or reimbursed to the 1319
administrator from the Workforce Training Authority Fund, provided 1320
the total of such administrative costs in any fiscal year shall not exceed 1321
five per cent of the total amount of the allotted funding for such fiscal 1322
year, as determined in the operating budget prepared pursuant to 1323
subsection (g) of this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed 1324
to require the administrator to risk or expend the funds of the Labor 1325
Department in connection with the administration of the Workforce 1326
Training Authority Fund. 1327
(i) On January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the administrator 1328
shall provide a report of the expenditures of the Workforce Training 1329
Authority Fund to the Workforce Training Authority for the board's 1330
review and approval. Upon such approval, the board shall provide such 1331
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint 1332
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1333
matters relating to labor, commerce and employment advancement. 1334
Such report shall contain available information on the status and 1335
progress of the operations of the programs funded by and resources of 1336
the Workforce Training Authority Fund and the types, amounts and 1337
recipients of financial assistance awarded. 1338
(j) The administrator shall consult with the office of apprenticeship 1339
training, the [Connecticut Employment and Training Commission] 1340
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Governor's Workforce Council, the Planning Commission on Higher 1341
Education and the administrator of the Connecticut Manufacturing 1342
Innovation Fund to ensure coordination and compatibility of the 1343
development and implementation of training programs awarded by the 1344
Workforce Training Authority. 1345
Sec. 41. Section 12-217pp of the 2020 supplement to the general 1346
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1347
(Effective July 1, 2020, and applicable to income or taxable years commencing 1348
on or after January 1, 2020): 1349
(a) As used in this section: 1350
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Economic and 1351
Community Development; 1352
(2) "Control", with respect to a corporation, means ownership, 1353
directly or indirectly, of stock possessing fifty per cent or more of the 1354
total combined voting power of all classes of the stock of such 1355
corporation entitled to vote. "Control", with respect to a trust, means 1356
ownership, directly or indirectly, of fifty per cent or more of the 1357
beneficial interest in the principal or income of such trust. The 1358
ownership of stock in a corporation, of a capital or profits interest in a 1359
partnership, limited liability company or association or of a beneficial 1360
interest in a trust shall be determined in accordance with the rules for 1361
constructive ownership of stock provided in Section 267(c) of the 1362
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 1363
internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time 1364
amended, other than paragraph (3) of said Section 267(c); 1365
(3) "Full-time job" means a job in which an employee is required to 1366
work at least thirty-five hours per week for not less than forty-eight 1367
weeks in a calendar year. "Full-time job" does not include a temporary 1368
or seasonal job; 1369
(4) "Income year" means, with respect to entities subject to the 1370
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insurance premiums tax under chapter 207, the corporation business tax 1371
under this chapter, the utility companies tax under chapter 212 or the 1372
income tax under chapter 229, the income year as determined under 1373
each of said chapters, as the case may be; 1374
(5) "New employee" means a person who resides in this state and is 1375
hired by a taxpayer on or after January 1, [2012] 2020, and prior to 1376
January 1, [2014] 2022, to fill a new job. "New employee" does not 1377
include a person who was employed in this state by a related person 1378
with respect to a taxpayer during the prior twelve months; 1379
(6) "New job" means a job that did not exist in this state prior to a 1380
taxpayer's application to the commissioner for certification under this 1381
section for a job expansion tax credit, is filled by a new, qualifying or 1382
veteran employee, and (A) is a full-time job, or (B) in the case of a 1383
qualifying employee under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (7) of this 1384
subsection, is a job in which an employee is required to work at least 1385
twenty hours per week for not less than forty-eight weeks in a calendar 1386
year; 1387
(7) "Qualifying employee" means a new employee who, at the time of 1388
hiring by the taxpayer: 1389
(A) (i) Is receiving unemployment compensation, or (ii) has 1390
exhausted unemployment compensation benefits and has not had an 1391
intervening full-time job; or 1392
(B) Is (i) receiving vocational rehabilitation services from the 1393
Department of Aging and Disability Services, (ii) receiving employment 1394
services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 1395
or (iii) participating in employment opportunities and day services [, as 1396
defined in section 17a-226,] operated or funded by the Department of 1397
Developmental Services; 1398
(8) "Related person" means (A) a corporation, limited liability 1399
company, partnership, association or trust controlled by the taxpayer, 1400
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(B) an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, 1401
association or trust that is in control of the taxpayer, (C) a corporation, 1402
limited liability company, partnership, association or trust controlled by 1403
an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, 1404
association or trust that is in control of the taxpayer, or (D) a member of 1405
the same controlled group as the taxpayer; 1406
(9) "Taxpayer" means a person that (A) has been in business for at 1407
least twelve consecutive months prior to the date of the taxpayer's 1408
application to the commissioner for certification under this section for a 1409
job expansion tax credit, and (B) is subject to tax under this chapter or 1410
chapter 207, 212 or 229; and 1411
(10) "Veteran employee" means a new employee who, at the time of 1412
hiring by the taxpayer, is a member of, was honorably discharged from 1413
or released under honorable conditions from active service in the armed 1414
forces, as defined in section 27-103. 1415
(b) (1) There is established a job expansion tax credit program 1416
whereby a taxpayer may be allowed a credit against the tax imposed 1417
under this chapter or chapter 207, 212 or 229, other than the liability 1418
imposed by section 12-707, for each new, qualifying or veteran 1419
employee hired on or after January 1, [2012] 2020, and prior to January 1420
1, [2014] 2022. For taxpayers that employ not more than fifty employees 1421
in full-time jobs in this state on the date of application to the 1422
commissioner for certification under this section, the creation of at least 1423
one new job in this state shall be required for said tax credit. For 1424
taxpayers that employ more than fifty, but not more than one hundred 1425
employees in full-time jobs in this state on the date of application to the 1426
commissioner for certification under this section, the creation of at least 1427
five new jobs in this state shall be required for said tax credit. For 1428
taxpayers that employ more than one hundred employees in full-time 1429
jobs in this state on the date of application to the commissioner for 1430
certification under this section, the creation of at least ten new jobs in 1431
this state shall be required for said tax credit. 1432
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(2) For the purposes of determining the number of new jobs a 1433
taxpayer is required to create in order to claim a credit under this 1434
section, the number of employees working in full-time jobs the taxpayer 1435
employs in this state on the date of its application to the commissioner 1436
for certification under this section shall apply to such taxpayer for the 1437
duration of such certification. 1438
(c) The amount of the credit shall be: 1439
(1) Five hundred dollars per month for each new employee; or 1440
(2) Nine hundred dollars per month for each qualifying or veteran 1441
employee. 1442
(d) (1) The taxpayer shall claim the credit in the income year in which 1443
it is earned and, if eligible, in the two immediately succeeding income 1444
years. Any credit not claimed by the taxpayer in an income year shall 1445
expire and shall not be refundable. 1446
(2) If the taxpayer is an S corporation or an entity treated as a 1447
partnership for federal income tax purposes, the shareholders or 1448
partners of such taxpayer may claim the credit. If the taxpayer is a single 1449
member limited liability company that is disregarded as an entity 1450
separate from its owner, the limited liability company's owner may 1451
claim the credit. 1452
(3) No taxpayer shall claim a credit for any new, qualifying or veteran 1453
employee who is an owner, member or partner in the business or who 1454
is not employed by the taxpayer at the close of the taxpayer's income 1455
year. 1456
(4) No taxpayer claiming the credit under this section with respect to 1457
a new, qualifying or veteran employee shall claim any credit against any 1458
tax under any other provision of the general statutes with respect to the 1459
same new, qualifying or veteran employee. 1460
(e) (1) To be eligible to claim the credit, a taxpayer shall apply to the 1461
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commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. The 1462
application shall be on a form provided by the commissioner and shall 1463
contain sufficient information as required by the commissioner, 1464
including, but not limited to, the activities that the taxpayer primarily 1465
engages in, the North American Industrial Classification System code of 1466
the taxpayer, the current number of employees employed by the 1467
taxpayer as of the application date, and if applicable, the name and 1468
position or job title of the new, qualifying or veteran employee. The 1469
commissioner shall consult with the Labor Commissioner, the 1470
Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, the Commissioner of 1471
Veterans Affairs, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction 1472
Services or the Commissioner of Developmental Services, as applicable, 1473
for any verification the commissioner deems necessary of 1474
unemployment compensation or vocational rehabilitation services 1475
received by a qualifying employee, or of service in the armed forces of 1476
the United States by a veteran employee. The commissioner may impose 1477
a fee for such application as the commissioner deems appropriate. 1478
(2) (A) Upon receipt of an application, the commissioner shall render 1479
a decision, in writing, on each completed application not later than 1480
thirty days after the date of its receipt by the commissioner. If the 1481
commissioner approves such application, the commissioner shall issue 1482
a certification letter to the taxpayer indicating that the credit will be 1483
available to be claimed by the taxpayer if the taxpayer and the new, 1484
qualifying or veteran employee otherwise meet the requirements of this 1485
section. 1486
(B) On and after January 1, [2014] 2022, the commissioner shall render 1487
a decision upon such completed applications and, if approved, issue 1488
such certification letters, as provided in subparagraph (A) of this 1489
subdivision, that pertain to qualifying or veteran employees who meet 1490
the requirements of this section, and with respect to whom credits 1491
pursuant to this section have previously been granted. The 1492
commissioner may, in his or her discretion, render a decision upon 1493
applications that pertain to new employees, with respect to whom 1494
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credits pursuant to this section have previously been granted, when 1495
such applications are consistent with the economic development 1496
priorities of the state. 1497
(f) (1) The total amount of credits granted under this section and 1498
sections 12-217ii, 12-217nn and 12-217oo shall not exceed twenty million 1499
dollars in any one fiscal year or forty million dollars over the duration 1500
of the job expansion tax credit program, including the two immediately 1501
succeeding income years after such credits are granted. 1502
(2) If a taxpayer was issued an eligibility certificate by the 1503
commissioner prior to January 1, 2012, to receive a jobs creation tax 1504
credit pursuant to section 12-217ii, the provisions of the tax credit 1505
program pursuant to said section 12-217ii shall apply to such taxpayer 1506
for the duration of the eligibility certificate. 1507
(3) If a taxpayer is issued a certification letter by the commissioner 1508
prior to January 1, 2013, to receive a qualified small business job creation 1509
tax credit pursuant to section 12-217nn, the provisions of the tax credit 1510
program pursuant to said section 12-217nn shall apply to such taxpayer 1511
for the duration of such certification. 1512
(4) If a taxpayer was issued a certification letter by the commissioner 1513
prior to January 1, 2012, to receive a vocational rehabilitation job 1514
creation tax credit pursuant to section 12-217oo, the provisions of the tax 1515
credit program pursuant to said section 12-217oo shall apply to such 1516
taxpayer for the duration of such certification. 1517
(g) No credit allowed under this section shall exceed the amount of 1518
tax imposed on a taxpayer under this chapter or chapter 207, 212 or 229. 1519
The commissioner shall annually provide to the Commissioner of 1520
Revenue Services a list detailing all credits that have been approved and 1521
all taxpayers that have been issued a certification letter under this 1522
section. 1523
(h) No credit shall be allowed under this section for any new jobs 1524
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created on or after January 1, [2014] 2020. 1525
Sec. 42. Section 10a-223 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1526
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2020): 1527
In this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the 1528
following meanings unless the context indicates another or different 1529
meaning or intent: 1530
(1) "Authority" means the Connecticut Higher Education 1531
Supplemental Loan Authority constituted as a subsidiary of the 1532
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority as provided in 1533
section 10a-179a; 1534
(2) "Authorized officer" means an employee of the Connecticut 1535
Health and Educational Facilities Authority or of the authority who is 1536
authorized by the board of directors of the authority to execute and 1537
deliver documents and papers and to act in the name of and on behalf 1538
of the authority; 1539
(3) "Authority loans" means education loans by the authority, or loans 1540
by the authority from the proceeds of bonds for the purpose of funding 1541
education loans; 1542
(4) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority; 1543
(5) "Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means revenue bonds or notes of the 1544
authority issued under the provisions of this chapter, including revenue 1545
refunding bonds or notes; 1546
(6) "Bond resolution" means the resolution or resolutions of the 1547
authority and the trust agreement, if any, authorizing the issuance of 1548
and providing for the terms and conditions applicable to bonds; 1549
(7) "Borrower" means (A) an individual who has an outstanding loan 1550
from the authority, (B) an individual who attends a Connecticut 1551
institution for higher education or currently resides in the state, and has 1552
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received or agreed to pay an education loan, or (C) any parent who has 1553
received or agreed to pay an education loan on behalf of an individual 1554
who attends a Connecticut institution for higher education or currently 1555
resides in the state; 1556
(8) "Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority" means 1557
the quasi-public authority established pursuant to section 10a-179; 1558
(9) "Connecticut institution for higher education" means an 1559
institution for higher education within the state; 1560
(10) "Default insurance" means insurance insuring education loans, 1561
authority loans or bonds against default; 1562
(11) "Default reserve fund" means a fund established pursuant to a 1563
bond resolution for the purpose of securing education loans, authority 1564
loans or bonds; 1565
(12) "Education loan" means a loan which is made to a student in or 1566
from the state or a parent of such student to finance attendance at an 1567
institution for higher education or enrollment in a certificate program 1568
that will lead to the acquisition of job-related skills and workforce 1569
credentials in the manufacturing, engineering, information technology, 1570
biotechnology or STEM industries or to a borrower to refinance one or 1571
more eligible loans; 1572
(13) "Loan funding deposit" means moneys or other property 1573
deposited by a Connecticut institution for higher education with the 1574
authority, a guarantor or a trustee for the purpose of (A) providing 1575
security for bonds, (B) funding a default reserve fund, (C) acquiring 1576
default insurance, or (D) defraying costs of the authority, such moneys 1577
or properties to be in such amounts as deemed necessary by the 1578
authority or guarantor as a condition for such institution's participation 1579
in the authority's programs; 1580
(14) "Institution for higher education" means a degree-granting 1581
educational institution within the United States authorized by 1582
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applicable law to provide a program of education beyond the high 1583
school level and (A) described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 1584
Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal 1585
revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and 1586
exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of said code with respect to 1587
a trade or business carried on by such institution which is not an 1588
unrelated trade or business, determined by applying Section 513(a) of 1589
said code to such organization or a foundation established for its benefit, 1590
or (B) exempt from taxation under said code as a governmental unit; 1591
(15) "Participating institution for higher education" means a 1592
Connecticut institution for higher education which, pursuant to the 1593
provisions of this chapter, undertakes the financing directly or 1594
indirectly of education loans as provided in this chapter; 1595
(16) "Parent" means any parent, legal guardian or sponsor of a 1596
student at an institution for higher education; 1597
(17) "Education loan series portfolio" means all education loans made 1598
by the authority or by or on behalf of a specific participating institution 1599
for higher education which are funded from the proceeds of a related 1600
specific bond issue of the authority; 1601
(18) "Education assistance program" means a program to assist in 1602
financing the costs of education through education loans or education 1603
grants, or both; 1604
(19) "Education grant" means a grant, scholarship, fellowship or other 1605
nonrepayable assistance awarded by the authority to a student currently 1606
residing in the state to finance the attendance of the student at a 1607
Connecticut institution for higher education or enrollment in a 1608
certificate program that will lead to the acquisition of job-related skills 1609
and workforce credentials in the manufacturing, engineering, 1610
information technology, biotechnology or STEM industries, or a grant, 1611
scholarship, fellowship or other nonrepayable assistance awarded by or 1612
on behalf of a Connecticut institution for higher education from the 1613
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proceeds of funds provided by the authority to a student from the state 1614
to finance the student's attendance at such institution; and 1615
(20) "Eligible loan" means any loan that is in repayment that was (A) 1616
made by the authority, or (B) made to a borrower by any other private 1617
or governmental lender to finance attendance at an institution for higher 1618
education or enrollment in a certificate program that will lead to the 1619
acquisition of job-related skills and workforce credentials in the 1620
manufacturing, engineering, information technology, biotechnology or 1621
STEM industries. 1622
Sec. 43. Section 12-217aaa of the general statutes is repealed and the 1623
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021, and 1624
applicable to income years beginning January 1, 2021): 1625
(a) As used in this section, (1) "accumulated credits" means the 1626
amount of credits allowed, in accordance with the provisions of section 1627
12-217n, that have not been taken through an applicant's last income 1628
year completed prior to the date of an application submitted as 1629
provided in subsection (b) of this section, and (2) "commissioner" means 1630
the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. 1631
(b) The commissioner shall establish and administer a program to 1632
allow businesses in the state to utilize accumulated credits against the 1633
tax imposed under this chapter and chapter 219 in exchange for (1) 1634
capital projects, planned or underway, in the state that propose to [(1)] 1635
(A) expand the scale or scope of such business, [(2)] (B) increase 1636
employment at such business, or [(3)] (C) generate a substantial return 1637
to the state economy, or (2) human capital investment, as defined in 1638
subsection (a) of section 12-217x. A business seeking to utilize 1639
accumulated credits under this section shall submit to the 1640
commissioner, on forms provided by the commissioner, an application 1641
that shall include, but not be limited to: (A) A detailed plan outlining 1642
the capital project or human capital investment, (B) the term of such 1643
project or investment, (C) the estimated costs of such project or 1644
investment, and (D) the amount of accumulated credits the business 1645
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proposes it be allowed to utilize under this section. The commissioner 1646
shall perform an econometric analysis of each application and shall only 1647
approve an application if he or she determines that such project or 1648
investment will generate revenues for the state that exceed the amount 1649
of the accumulated credits proposed to be utilized. The amount of such 1650
accumulated credits shall be subject to confirmation, in accordance with 1651
the provisions of this title, by the Commissioner of Revenue Services in 1652
consultation with the commissioner. 1653
(c) The commissioner shall determine, in consultation with the 1654
Commissioner of Revenue Services and the Secretary of the Office of 1655
Policy and Management, when such accumulated credits may be 1656
utilized by the business, provided the commissioner shall not approve 1657
the utilization of the accumulated credits until the capital project or 1658
human capital investment under subsection (b) of this section generates 1659
revenues for the state that exceed the amount of the accumulated credits 1660
proposed to be utilized. 1661
(d) The total amount of accumulated credits used under this section, 1662
at full value, and the investments made under section 12-217bbb shall 1663
not exceed fifty million dollars in the aggregate. 1664
(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 1665
provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. 1666
(f) Not later than February 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the 1667
commissioner shall include in the annual report required under section 1668
32-1m: (1) Information on the number of applications received and the 1669
number of applications approved under this section; (2) the status of the 1670
capital projects or human capital investments associated with such 1671
approved applications; (3) the amount of accumulated credits that are 1672
proposed to be utilized under this section; and (4) (A) the amount and 1673
type of state revenue generated in connection with each such capital 1674
project or human capital investment to date, and (B) the projected 1675
amount and type of such revenue for the five succeeding fiscal years 1676
after completion of such capital project or human capital investment. 1677
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Sec. 44. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2020) (a) As used in this section: 1678
(1) "Dislocated worker" means an individual who: 1679
(A) (i) Has been terminated or laid off, or has received a notice of 1680
termination or layoff, from employment; (ii) is eligible for or has 1681
exhausted entitlement to unemployment compensation or has been 1682
employed for a duration sufficient to demonstrate, to the appropriate 1683
entity at a one-stop center referred to in Section 134(c) of the federal 1684
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as 1685
amended from time to time, attachment to the workforce, but is not 1686
eligible for unemployment compensation due to insufficient earnings or 1687
having performed services for an employer that were not covered under 1688
chapter 567 of the general statutes; or (iii) is unlikely to return to a 1689
previous industry or occupation; 1690
(B) (i) Has been terminated or laid off, or has received a notice of 1691
termination or layoff, from employment as a result of any permanent 1692
closure of, or any substantial layoff at, a plant, facility or enterprise; (ii) 1693
is employed at a facility at which the employer has made a general 1694
announcement that such facility will close within one hundred eighty 1695
days; or (iii) for purposes of eligibility to receive services, other than 1696
training services described in subdivision (14) of subsection (b) of 1697
section 31-11p of the general statutes, as amended by this act, intensive 1698
services described in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of said section, 1699
or supportive services, is employed at a facility at which the employer 1700
has made a general announcement that such facility will close; 1701
(C) Was self-employed, including employment as a farmer, rancher 1702
or fisherman, but is unemployed as a result of general economic 1703
conditions in the community in which the individual resides or because 1704
of natural disasters; or 1705
(D) Is a displaced homemaker; 1706
(2) "Displaced homemaker" means an individual who has been 1707
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providing unpaid services to family members in the home and who (A) 1708
has been dependent on the income of another family member, but is no 1709
longer supported by that income; and (B) is unemployed or 1710
underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or 1711
upgrading employment; 1712
(3) "Economic development financial assistance" means any grant, 1713
loan or loan guarantee, or combination thereof, or any tax credits 1714
approved pursuant to chapter 578 of the general statutes, provided to a 1715
business for the purpose of economic development; 1716
(4) "Low-income individual" means an individual whose family 1717
income is less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level 1718
for the prior calendar year; 1719
(5) "Nontraditional employment" means occupations or fields of 1720
work for which individuals from one gender comprise less than twenty-1721
five per cent of the individuals employed in each such occupation or 1722
field of work; and 1723
(6) "Veteran" means any person who is a member of, was honorably 1724
discharged from or released under honorable conditions from active 1725
service in the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103 of the general 1726
statutes. 1727
(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 1728
shall give priority to applicants for economic development financial 1729
assistance who demonstrate a willingness, as determined by the 1730
commissioner, to make jobs available to unemployed individuals, low-1731
income individuals, dislocated workers, individuals training for 1732
nontraditional employment, veterans and individuals with disabilities 1733
to the extent consistent with any state or regional economic 1734
development strategy. 1735
Sec. 45. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 1736
study the shortage of employees in various tourism-related businesses 1737
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in the state, including, but not limited to, shoreline businesses and 1738
marine trades, commercial fisheries, agricultural businesses, hotels and 1739
restaurants, ferries, sight-seeing cruises, breweries, distilleries, wineries, 1740
shellfish harvesting, amusement parks, museums, art galleries, antique 1741
shops, gift shops and state and local public beaches, lakes and rivers. 1742
The task force shall, (1) in consultation with tourism-related businesses, 1743
create an inventory and timeline of employment opportunities in the 1744
tourism industry; (2) in consultation with public and private schools, 1745
local and regional chambers of commerce and the Connecticut Tourism 1746
Council, create a mechanism to advertise the employment opportunities 1747
identified pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection to individuals 1748
seeking employment; and (3) in consultation with the Department of 1749
Transportation, review the most efficient, cost-effective and reliable 1750
transportation available to individuals seeking employment and the 1751
employment opportunities identified pursuant to subdivision (1) of this 1752
subsection. 1753
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 1754
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 1755
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 1756
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 1757
Representatives; 1758
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 1759
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 1760
Representatives; 1761
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 1762
(7) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 1763
or the commissioner's designee; and 1764
(8) Two persons appointed by the Governor. 1765
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(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 1766
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 1767
of the General Assembly. 1768
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 1769
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 1770
be filled by the appointing authority. 1771
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 1772
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 1773
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 1774
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 1775
days after the effective date of this section. 1776
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 1777
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce 1778
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 1779
(g) Not later than January 1, 2021, the task force shall submit a report 1780
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 1781
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 1782
commerce, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 1783
general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 1784
submits such report or January 1, 2021, whichever is later. 1785
Sec. 46. (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic and 1786
Community Development, in consultation with the Office of Workforce 1787
Competitiveness, shall develop recommendations for a program that 1788
connects out-of-state job seekers with employment opportunities in the 1789
state similar to the state of South Dakota's "Dakota Roots" program. Not 1790
later than January 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Economic and 1791
Community Development shall submit such recommendations to the 1792
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1793
matters relating to commerce. 1794
Sec. 47. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic 1795
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and Community Development, in consultation with the Governor's 1796
chief manufacturing officer and the State Board of Education, shall 1797
develop and implement a plan to utilize vocational or technical schools 1798
during after-school hours and on weekends for incumbent worker 1799
training. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 1800
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall report, 1801
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 1802
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 1803
cognizance of matters relating to commerce and education, regarding 1804
such plan and its implementation. 1805
Sec. 48. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic 1806
and Community Development, in consultation with the Governor's 1807
chief manufacturing officer and the State Board of Education, shall 1808
develop and implement a plan to advertise certification programs, job 1809
training programs and entry-level manufacturing jobs to graduates of 1810
the state's high schools and adult education programs who do not join 1811
the armed forces or enroll in an institution of higher education after 1812
graduation. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 1813
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall report, 1814
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 1815
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 1816
cognizance of matters relating to commerce and education, regarding 1817
such plan and its implementation. 1818
Sec. 49. (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic and 1819
Community Development, in consultation with the Connecticut 1820
Sentencing Commission, shall evaluate the effectiveness of provisional 1821
pardons and certificates of rehabilitation issued pursuant to section 54-1822
130e of the general statutes and certificates of rehabilitation issued 1823
pursuant to section 54-108f of the general statutes, at promoting the 1824
reintegration of ex-offenders into the state's workforce. Not later than 1825
January 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Economic and Community 1826
Development shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 1827
11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the 1828
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General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce 1829
and the judiciary, on the effectiveness of such provisional pardons and 1830
certificates of rehabilitation at promoting such reintegration. Such 1831
report shall include any recommendations for amendments to the 1832
general statutes governing such provisional pardons and certificates of 1833
rehabilitation in order to promote such reintegration. 1834
Sec. 50. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic 1835
and Community Development, in consultation with the Department of 1836
Veterans Affairs and the Governor's chief manufacturing officer, shall 1837
develop and implement a plan to identify and communicate with 1838
veterans for the purpose of connecting such veterans with employment 1839
opportunities in the state. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually 1840
thereafter, the Commissioner of Economic and Community 1841
Development shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 1842
11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the 1843
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce 1844
and veterans' and military affairs, regarding such plan and its 1845
implementation. 1846
Sec. 51. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Connecticut Innovations, 1847
Incorporated, in consultation with the Department of Economic and 1848
Community Development, CTNext and the Connecticut Center for 1849
Advanced Technology, Inc., shall develop and implement a plan to 1850
increase the total of funds provided to state businesses pursuant to the 1851
small business innovation research program, as defined in section 32-1852
344 of the general statutes, and the small business technology transfer 1853
program, as defined in section 32-344 of the general statutes. Not later 1854
than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of 1855
Economic and Community Development shall report, in accordance 1856
with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 1857
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1858
matters relating to commerce and veterans' and military affairs, 1859
regarding such plan and its implementation. 1860
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Sec. 52. (Effective from passage) The Office of Workforce 1861
Competitiveness, in consultation with the Department of Correction, 1862
shall conduct a study relating to the federal Prison Industry 1863
Enhancement Certification Program. Such study shall include, but need 1864
not be limited to, an analysis of the state's participation in said program 1865
and an analysis of other states' participation in said program. Not later 1866
than January 1, 2021, the executive director of the Office of Workforce 1867
Competitiveness shall submit a report on the results of such study to the 1868
joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 1869
of matters relating to commerce and the judiciary. Such report shall 1870
include any recommendations for the state's further participation in the 1871
federal Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program. 1872
Sec. 53. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Economic and 1873
Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of 1874
Revenue Services, shall conduct a study relating to research and 1875
development tax credits in this state. Such study shall include, but need 1876
not be limited to, a cost-benefit analysis of expanding eligibility for the 1877
research and development tax credits available to pass-through entities 1878
under sections 12-217j and 12-217n of the general statutes. Not later than 1879
January 1, 2021, the commissioner shall submit a report on the results of 1880
such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 1881
having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, in accordance with 1882
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 1883
Sec. 54. Sections 31-2d, 31-3ii and 31-11gg of the general statutes are 1884
repealed. (Effective July 1, 2020) 1885
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 4-124w
Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 4-124z
Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 4-124gg
Sec. 4 July 1, 2020 4-124tt
Sec. 5 July 1, 2020 4-124vv
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Sec. 6 July 1, 2020 10a-19d
Sec. 7 July 1, 2020 31-2
Sec. 8 July 1, 2020 31-3h
Sec. 9 July 1, 2020 31-3i
Sec. 10 July 1, 2020 31-3j
Sec. 11 July 1, 2020 31-3k
Sec. 12 July 1, 2020 31-3l
Sec. 13 July 1, 2020 31-3m
Sec. 14 July 1, 2020 31-3n
Sec. 15 July 1, 2020 31-3o
Sec. 16 July 1, 2020 31-3p
Sec. 17 July 1, 2020 31-3q
Sec. 18 July 1, 2020 31-3v
Sec. 19 July 1, 2020 31-3w
Sec. 20 July 1, 2020 31-3cc
Sec. 21 July 1, 2020 31-3dd
Sec. 22 July 1, 2020 31-3oo
Sec. 23 July 1, 2020 31-3yy
Sec. 24 July 1, 2020 4-5
Sec. 25 July 1, 2022 4-5
Sec. 26 July 1, 2020 10-21c
Sec. 27 July 1, 2020 10-21j(a)
Sec. 28 July 1, 2020 10-95(a)
Sec. 29 July 1, 2022 10-95s(a)
Sec. 30 July 1, 2020 17b-688h(b)
Sec. 31 July 1, 2020 17b-688i(c)
Sec. 32 July 1, 2020 31-11m(b)(2)
Sec. 33 July 1, 2020 31-11o
Sec. 34 July 1, 2020 31-11p
Sec. 35 July 1, 2020 31-11q
Sec. 36 July 1, 2020 31-11r
Sec. 37 July 1, 2020 31-11s
Sec. 38 July 1, 2020 31-11t
Sec. 39 July 1, 2020 31-11ff(b)
Sec. 40 July 1, 2020 31-11jj
Sec. 41 July 1, 2020, and
applicable to income or
taxable years commencing
on or after January 1, 2020
12-217pp
Sec. 42 October 1, 2020 10a-223
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Sec. 43 July 1, 2021, and
applicable to income years
beginning January 1, 2021
12-217aaa
Sec. 44 October 1, 2020 New section
Sec. 45 from passage New section
Sec. 46 from passage New section
Sec. 47 from passage New section
Sec. 48 from passage New section
Sec. 49 from passage New section
Sec. 50 from passage New section
Sec. 51 from passage New section
Sec. 52 from passage New section
Sec. 53 from passage New section
Sec. 54 July 1, 2020 Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To make various changes to the Office of Workforce Competitiveness,
establish the Governor's Workforce Council and establish various
incentives for job creation, workforce training and economic
development.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.; SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. DAUGHERTY ABRAMS, 13th
Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.; SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.; SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. SLAP, 5th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.
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