§ 836. Administration. Except as is otherwise provided herein, the administration of the worker adjustment program shall be carried out by the department in consultation with the department of economic development, state education department, state university of New York, city university of New York, and the state job training coordinating council, hereinafter referred to as […]
§ 837. State plan. 1. The governor shall be responsible for preparation and submission of a biennial plan. The plan shall be prepared with input from the department, the department of economic development, state education department, state university of New York and the state job training coordinating council. The plan shall include, but not be […]
§ 838. Substate grantees. 1. Substate grantees shall be designated on a biennial basis through agreement between the governor, local elected officials and private industry councils pursuant to the act. (a) preference for selection shall be given to those entities which have demonstrated fiscal and administrative capability to directly administer basic readjustment and retraining services […]
§ 839. Substate plans. 1. Substate grantees are required to submit a substate plan for review and comment to the local elected officials and the private industry council and to the governor for approval. Upon approval of the plan, grantees shall implement all procedures described pursuant to the requirements of this section. 2. The substate […]
§ 840. State level activities, rapid response. 1. The state shall be responsible for rapid response activities pursuant to section 312.1 of the federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300), coordination of title III activity and the state unemployment insurance program, state and regional projects and demonstrations, and the discretionary allocation of additional funds to […]
§ 841. Regional and demonstration projects. 1. Demonstration projects. (a) The state unit shall conduct statewide projects and demonstration programs to address the needs of distressed industries and to provide for projects that would lead to the development of innovative strategies to meet the needs of dislocated workers. (b) Such projects shall emphasize retraining, and […]
§ 842. Monitoring. The state unit will monitor the implementation of substate plans and, as needed, shall make additional funds available to the substate grantees, pursuant to subdivision two of section eight hundred forty-eight of this article, to assure that the substate plan is fully implemented regardless of economic changes in the substate area that […]
§ 843. Employer specific skills training. 1. The department shall enter into agreements with the commissioner of education to pay for the participation of dislocated workers in employer specific short-term skill training provided by the commissioner of education under the provisions of the federal Vocational Education Act of 1963. 2. Employers seeking assistance. Employers seeking […]
§ 844. Feasibility studies. The department of economic development shall conduct preliminary assessments of the advisability of conducting a comprehensive study exploring the feasibility of having a company or group, including the workers, purchase the plant and continue it in operation. Provided further, that rules and regulations established by the commissioner of economic development pursuant […]
§ 845. Coordination. State dislocated worker programs funded under this section shall, to the fullest extent possible, coordinate with other federal, state and local programs before initiating activity and, where substantial numbers of union members are affected, consult with appropriate labor organizations.
§ 846. Substate level activities. 1. (a) Grantees shall use funds allotted to them pursuant to section eight hundred forty-eight of this article to provide to eligible dislocated workers the core functions of the worker adjustment program, which include intake, assessment and counseling, as well as basic readjustment and retraining services as defined in section […]
§ 847. Limitations on uses of funds. 1. Not less than sixty percent of the funds expended by substate grantees must be used for retraining services as defined in section eight hundred thirty-five of this article. 2. Not more than twenty-five percent of the funds expended by any substate grantee or the governor may be […]
§ 848. Apportionment of funds. 1. For activities included in section eight hundred forty of this article the department may retain no more than thirty-six percent of the funds allocated to the state pursuant to this article. 2. (a) The governor shall reserve an additional ten percent of the funds allocated to the state pursuant […]
§ 849. Reporting and evaluation. Reporting and evaluation requirements prescribed by this article shall conform with those stipulated in article forty-nine of the executive law, the workforce preparation evaluation act.
