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                         SENATE BILL 5155

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Kohl‑Welles, Fairley, Brown and Patterson

Read first time 01/14/1999.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

Giving TANF recipients a priority in federal workforce investment act of 1998 programs.

    AN ACT Relating to temporary assistance for needy families; adding a new section to chapter 74.08A RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 28C.18 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 74.08A RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Recipients of temporary assistance for needy families shall be given a priority for work force development system programs and courses.

    (2) As used in this section, "work force development system programs and courses" means programs and courses of the following:

    (a) Secondary vocational education;

    (b) Technical colleges;

    (c) Community colleges;

    (d) Private career schools and colleges;

    (e) Employer-sponsored training;

    (f) Adult basic education;

    (g) Programs and courses funded by the federal workforce investment act, Title 1B;

    (h) Activities funded under the federal Wagner-Peyser act;

    (i) Programs and courses funded by the federal vocational act;

    (j) Programs and courses funded by the federal adult education act;

    (k) Programs and courses publicly funded for adult literacy education;

    (l) Apprenticeships;

    (m) The one-stop system;

    (n) The state job skills program;

    (o) Timber retraining benefits;

    (p) Programs and courses offered by private and public nonprofit organizations that are representative of communities and provide job training or adult literacy services; and

    (q) Other state funded employment, training, and retraining programs.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28C.18 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Recipients of temporary assistance for needy families shall be given a priority for work force development system programs and courses.

    (2) As used in this section, "work force development system programs and courses" means programs and courses of the following:

    (a) Secondary vocational education;

    (b) Technical colleges;

    (c) Community colleges;

    (d) Private career schools and colleges;

    (e) Employer-sponsored training;

    (f) Adult basic education;

    (g) Programs and courses funded by the federal workforce investment act, Title 1B;

    (h) Activities funded under the federal Wagner-Peyser act;

    (i) Programs and courses funded by the federal vocational act;

    (j) Programs and courses funded by the federal adult education act;

    (k) Programs and courses publicly funded for adult literacy education;

    (l) Apprenticeships;

    (m) The one-stop system;

    (n) The state job skills program;

    (o) Timber retraining benefits;

    (p) Programs and courses offered by private and public nonprofit organizations that are representative of communities and provide job training or adult literacy services; and

    (q) Other state funded employment, training, and retraining programs.

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