| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 4697 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6956 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 4697 | |
| 8 | + | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (LAB) | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING | |
| 11 | 20 | FUNDS. | |
| 12 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 13 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
| 14 | 23 | ||
| 15 | 24 | Section 1. Section 31-3mm of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 | |
| 16 | 25 | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2 | |
| 17 | 26 | (a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall 3 | |
| 18 | 27 | establish a program to distribute youth employment and training funds 4 | |
| 19 | 28 | to regional workforce development boards. 5 | |
| 20 | 29 | (b) Funds provided for in this section shall be allocated [as follows: 6 | |
| 21 | 30 | (1) Thirty-two and five-tenths per cent to Capitol Workforce Partners; 7 | |
| 22 | 31 | (2) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to The Workforce Alliance; (3) 8 | |
| 23 | 32 | twelve and five-tenths per cent to The Workplace, Inc.; (4) twenty-two 9 | |
| 24 | 33 | and five-tenths per cent to the Northwest Regional Workforce 10 | |
| 25 | 34 | Investment Board, Inc.; and (5) ten per cent to the Eastern Connecticut 11 | |
| 26 | 35 | Workforce Investment Board.] to the regional workforce development 12 | |
| 27 | 36 | boards by the Labor Commissioner based on the percentage of 13 | |
| 28 | 37 | disadvantaged youth, as defined in 29 USC 3162(b)(2), in each 14 | |
| 29 | 38 | workforce development region. The percentage of disadvantaged youth 15 | |
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 6956 | |
| 40 | + | ||
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | LCO No. 4697 2 of 2 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 30 | 45 | in each workforce development region shall be based on the census data 16 | |
| 31 | 46 | for persons defined as disadvantaged youth and adults, as published by 17 | |
| 32 | 47 | the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training 18 | |
| 33 | - | Administration, or any successor data. 19 Substitute Bill No. 6956 | |
| 34 | - | ||
| 35 | - | ||
| 36 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 37 | - | ||
| 48 | + | Administration, or any successor data. 19 | |
| 38 | 49 | (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and any fiscal year 20 | |
| 39 | 50 | thereafter in which new census data is released, if any regional 21 | |
| 40 | 51 | workforce development board faces a reduction in such board's 22 | |
| 41 | 52 | allocation of funds pursuant to subsection (b) of this section that exceeds 23 | |
| 42 | - | fifteen per cent of the prior fiscal year's allocation, the | |
| 53 | + | fifteen per cent of the prior fiscal year's allocation, the funding for the 24 | |
| 43 | 54 | other regional workforce development boards shall be reduced 25 | |
| 44 | 55 | proportionately so that the reduction for such board's allocation may 26 | |
| 45 | 56 | not exceed fifteen per cent. 27 | |
| 46 | 57 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 47 | 58 | sections: | |
| 48 | 59 | ||
| 49 | 60 | Section 1 July 1, 2025 31-3mm | |
| 50 | 61 | ||
| 51 | - | Statement of | |
| 52 | - | ||
| 53 | - | ||
| 62 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 63 | + | To update the allocation of the Connecticut Youth Employment | |
| 64 | + | Program funds. | |
| 54 | 65 | ||
| 55 | - | LAB Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 66 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 67 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 68 | + | underlined.] | |
| 56 | 69 |