| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to workforce development; appropriating money to OneCommunity |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Alliance. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ONECOMMUNITY ALLIANCE. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 $600,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the workforce development fund to |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to OneCommunity |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8Alliance to assist individuals seeking careers with local businesses in Central Minnesota |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9within the manufacturing, food production, agriculture, and health care sectors. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10OneCommunity Alliance, through the nonprofit's employment and economy action |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11committee, must launch a program in 2025 to equip job seekers in central Minnesota with |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12the knowledge and skills they need to successfully secure employment. OneCommunity |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13Alliance shall provide the following services with the money appropriated: workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14training, career readiness training, job placement assistance, and ongoing support. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15OneCommunity Alliance must focus program participation to primarily unemployed and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16underemployed people, recent graduates struggling to find work, and those looking to |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17transition into new career fields. This is a onetime appropriation. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 25-04714 as introduced03/13/25 REVISOR SS/VJ |
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| 20 | 20 | | SENATE |
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| 21 | 21 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 22 | 22 | | S.F. No. 2948NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: PUTNAM) |
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| 24 | 24 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | Introduction and first reading03/24/2025 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Referred to Jobs and Economic Development |
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