Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 23, 2017 |
signed chap.398 |
Oct 11, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.694 substituted for a8515 referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.2199 |
Jun 18, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6794
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8515
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3032, Ed L
2017-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6794 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to employer specific skill training grant programs PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill provides updates and revisions to current law to support the expansion of employee-owned enterprises or worker cooperative businesses. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends the Education Law to include employee-owned enterprises as part of a pre-existing employer skill-training grant program and clarifies pre-existing language. Section 2 provides for the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Employee-owned businesses and worker cooperatives are a vital business sector that employs 13.5 million workers across the country at over 7,000 companies. New York provides a modicum of support for such
2017-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6794 A. 8515 2017-2018 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y June 18, 2017 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GJONAJ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to employer specific skill training grant programs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 3032 of the education law, as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: (a) Employer specific skill training grant programs shall be designed to support, supplement and contribute to the expansion and maintenance of the economy of the state. Local education agencies shall apply to the commissioner for grants for conducting employer specific skill training programs. Application for funds by local education agencies for training programs shall be in a manner consistent with the application process for business and industry specific training programs under the voca- tional education act of 1963 and the job training partnership act; the sum of such grants per region shall not exceed the total funds allocated or reallocated to the region for such purposes. Such programs shall provide retraining and upgrading to existing or potential personnel in order to improve technology, quality control, production efficiency, or to adapt to other changes in the labor market, or to provide unique training programs to meet the emerging needs and occupations of the state's business and industry or providing training to individuals to promote the successful management and/or operation of [a business purchased by such individuals to provide for their continued employment through the formation of] a worker owned cooperative or an employee stock ownership plan OR EMPLOYEE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, AS DEFINED IN SUBDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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