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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3669
Sponsored by Representative NGUYEN D
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act changes the goals of a workforce development program. (Flesch Readability
Score:61.3).
Expands the goals and purposes of the Prosperity 10,000 Program.
Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to disburse funds appropriated for the
purpose of administering the program to local workforce development boards within certain
timelines.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to workforce development; amending ORS 660.380 and 660.385.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 660.380 is amended to read:
660.380. (1) The Prosperity 10,000 Program is established in the Higher Education Coordinating
Commission for the following purposes:
(a) To provide career coaching, occupational training and job placement services;
(b) To provide wraparound supports and services that are necessary to facilitate reengagement
and advancement in the workforce, including, but not limited to, transportation, child care and
rentalassistance;
(c) To provide paid work experiences, including stipends and wages and other income supports
for individuals from priority populations; [and]
(d) To support targeted recruitment and industry engagement efforts[.]; and
(e) To build pathways that support career advancement for incumbent workers by im-
proving job quality through on-the-job training grants, curriculum development and cus-
tomizedtraining.
(2) The goals of the Prosperity 10,000 Program are to:
(a) Include at least 10,000 total individuals who participate in the program[;].
(b) Improve the capacity and responsiveness of the public workforce system in this state by
providing assistance for workforce development program navigation, expanding access to
community-based career counseling and wraparound supports and services, and providing opportu-
nities to earn industry-recognized certificates, credentials and degrees through work-based learning
experiences[;].
(c) Ensure that services and benefits available through workforce programs are provided to in-
dividuals from priority populations[;].
(d) Provide increased access for priority populations to services and benefits available through
workforce programs[;].
(e) Support employers and incumbent workers in high-growth industries by building
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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pathways that promote advancement in quality jobs, attained skills and wage and benefit
earnings. As used in this paragraph, “high-growth industries” includes, but is not limited to,
industry sectors such as clean energy, semiconductor manufacturing and broadband
infrastructure, child care, behavioral and mental health, transportation and construction and
other areas deemed essential by state and local workforce development boards for expanding
economic and workforce development opportunities.
[(e)] (f) Ensure that at least 50 percent of the individuals who participate in the program are
women[;].
[(f)] (g) Ensure that at least 80 percent of the individuals who participate successfully complete
the program[;].
[(g)] (h) Ensure that at least 75 percent of the individuals who are unemployed at the time
of enrollment [participate] in the program successfully obtain employment and earn at least $17
per hour.[; and]
[(h) Ensure that at least 75 percent of the individuals who participate in the program earn at least
$17 per hour.]
(i) Ensure that incumbent workers participating in the program obtain transferable skills
or credentials and increased earnings that amount to $23 per hour or a percentage increase
of , whichever is greater.
(3)(a) The Prosperity 10,000 Program shall be administered by local workforce development
boards. The local workforce development boards shall:
(A) Distribute resources and available funds to nonprofit community-based organizations, edu-
cational institutions, labor organizations, employers and other workforce service providers to fa-
cilitate the provision of workforce development services and wraparound supports to individuals who
participate in the program;
(B) Coordinate with state workforce agencies and other workforce partners to expand regional
community-based partnerships that work to support and sustain workforce development services and
wraparound supports; and
(C) Connect with businesses and organizations in targeted industry sectors to identify training
needs and ensure that business needs relating to a skilled workforce are met.
(b) An entity that collaborates with a local workforce development board to accomplish the
workforce development activities described under this subsection shall, in accordance with ORS
660.327, participate with local workforce development boards in developing a proposed local plan.
(4)(a) If an entity receives funds distributed from a local workforce development board under
this section and provides paid work experience to individuals who participate in the program es-
tablished under this section, the entity shall:
(A) Notwithstanding ORS 653.025 and subsection (2)(h) of this section, pay wages to individuals
participating in the program at a rate that is:
(i) Equivalent to an entry-level training wage as determined by the entity pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this subsection; and
(ii) In alignment with the wage progression schedule established by the entity under subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph;
(B) Establish a wage progression schedule that includes the step progression requirements and
the rate calculation formula upon which the entity shall make determinations about a participating
individual’s eligibility to increase the individual’s wage rate from an entry-level training wage to a
wage rate that is equivalent to the average area wage standard for an hour’s work in the same trade
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or occupation in the locality where the labor is performed;
(C) Develop a training plan for individuals participating in the program that includes, at a
minimum:
(i) The entry-level training wage that will be paid to the individual;
(ii) A statement that the individual shall be paid according to the wage progression schedule
established by the entity, along with a description of the requirements that the individual must meet
in order to progress to a higher wage rate under the wage progression schedule;
(iii) A statement that the entry-level training wage paid to the individual may not be less than
the federal minimum wage rate or the applicable state minimum wage rate, whichever is greater;
and
(iv) A statement explaining that the entry-level training wage paid to the individual is a mini-
mum standard and that a higher wage rate shall be paid to the individual if so required under other
applicable federal or state laws, regulations or a collective bargaining agreement; and
(D) Provide each individual participating in the program with a copy of the training plan de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph on the date on which the individual first begins par-
ticipating in the program.
(b) For purposes of paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection, the entry-level training wage shall be a
percentage amount of the average area wage standard for an hour’s work in the same trade or oc-
cupation in the locality where the labor is performed, but in no event may the entry-level training
wage be less than the applicable state minimum wage rate under ORS 653.025.
(c) Each individual who performs work for an entity described in this subsection shall be con-
sidered an employee of the entity for purposes of state wage and hour laws and state laws prohib-
iting employment discrimination and retaliation.
(5)(a) As used in this subsection, “SNAP Employment and Training Program” means the em-
ployment and training component of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under
7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4).
(b) To the extent possible, the Department of Human Services shall:
(A) Incorporate the Prosperity 10,000 Program into the statewide plan for the SNAP Employ-
ment and Training Program;
(B) Seek federal reimbursement for 50 percent of the Prosperity 10,000 Program’s costs and for
other eligible activities as reported by the local workforce development boards;
(C) Refer individuals who receive supplemental nutrition assistance under ORS 411.806 to
411.845 to participate in the Prosperity 10,000 Program; and
(D) Distribute moneys received as reimbursement under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph to
local workforce development boards, not later than 60 days after the department receives an invoice
that is consistent with requirements under the SNAP Employment and Training Program, for rein-
vestment in workforce development and wraparound supports and services provided under the
Prosperity 10,000 Program.
(6) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board, in consultation with the Committee for
Continuous Improvement, shall:
(a) Oversee the progress of the Prosperity 10,000 Program;
(b) Ensure that program goals are met; and
(c) Identify areas for program improvement.
SECTION 2. ORS 660.385 is amended to read:
660.385. [(1)(a) Not later than 60 days following March 17, 2022, the Higher Education Coordi-
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nating Commission shall distribute the funds specifically appropriated to the commission under section
13, chapter 28, Oregon Laws 2022, to local workforce development boards to administer the Prosperity
10,000 Program.]
(1)(a) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall distribute the funds specif-
ically appropriated by the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of administering the Pros-
perity 10,000 Program to local workforce development boards to carry out such purposes, not
later than 60 days following receipt of the appropriated funds.
(b) The commission shall distribute all moneys received [from moneys made available under
sections 13 and 14, chapter 28, Oregon Laws 2022,] to local workforce development boards using the
same formula as required under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C.
3101 et seq.) for the allocation of funds to local workforce development boards.
(2) Each local workforce development board shall compile data on the progress made toward
carrying out the Prosperity 10,000 Program. The boards shall prepare and submit a joint report that
includes data, disaggregated by race, gender and geography, to the commission and the State
Workforce and Talent Development Board no later than October 31 of each year, in the manner
provided in ORS 192.245.
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