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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 932 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1350 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jason M. Lewis, (BY REQUEST) |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act for a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET). |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Vincent Dixon60 Lake St Apt N Winchester MA 01890 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 932 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1350 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Lewis (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1350) of Vincent Dixon, |
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| 19 | 19 | | for legislation for a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET). Labor and Workforce |
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| 20 | 20 | | Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1199 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act for a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET). |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. The Massachusetts General Laws are hereby amended by inserting the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2following new chapter: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 An Act for a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET). |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Whereas, it is in the interests of sound economy, for the individuals, businesses, and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5organizations of Massachusetts, that well-trained individuals have appropriate skills, and are |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6matched to productive employment. This legislation has been devised, in order to specify, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7expand, all reasonable opportunities. 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 1.) The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD), is hereby |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9authorized to develop a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET), for residents of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 2.) Individuals authorized to participate in this program, shall be individuals determined |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12to be employable, and/or who have lost their employment, within at least six weeks, or more. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 3.) The Department is authorized to devise Independent Employment Training Contracts |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14(IETC) to stipulate agreed-upon training programs, for up to two years, with specified |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15requirements, which shall be matched with available positions in the Commonwealth, in private, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16non-profit, and/or public employment. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 4.) The goal of this bill, is to accomplish, as far as is practicable, that all individuals may |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18have access to Employable Skills Training (EST) to improve their economic lives, and the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19benefit of our Commonwealth, as a whole. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20 5.) The Department shall be innovative in creating these options, coordinating private, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21non-profit, and public resources, including, but not limited to, suitable consultation with Human |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22Resource professionals, and diverse in all respects of being non-discriminatory. |
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