2812

2812.E AAS 3/10/92

EHB 2812 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 3/10/92

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the creation of new jobs is crucial to the economic well-being of the state and its residents. As several commercial airlines are considering establishing major aircraft maintenance facilities in the state, it is important for the state to demonstrate the ability to provide a skilled work force with the technical skills essential for such a facility. Providing additional state assistance to vocational training programs on aircraft maintenance will ease job displacement in the state and offer an incentive for economic development."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. From biennial appropriations to the work force training and education coordinating board for the job skills training program, the board shall allocate the sum of five hundred thousand dollars for the 1991-93 biennium and the sum of one million dollars for the 1993-95 biennium to a state technical or community college for the purpose of a vocational training program for the maintenance of commercial aircraft. The board shall allocate the moneys under this section only after the governor determines that a commercial airline will establish a new facility in this state for the maintenance of commercial aircraft. If no determination is made by January 1, 1993, or if the governor determines before January 1, 1993, that no facility will be established, this section has no effect and the board may allocate these moneys for other purposes of the job skills training program."

"Sec. 3. RCW 28C.04.420 and 1983 1st ex. s. c 21 ' 4 are each amended to read as follows:

The commission may, subject to appropriation from the legislature or from funds made available from any other public or private source and pursuant to rules adopted by the commission, provide job skills grants to educational institutions. The job skills grants shall be used exclusively for programs which are consistent with the job skills program. A job skills grant may be awarded only after:

(1) Receipt of an application from an educational institution which contains a proposal for a program of skills training and education, including a description of the program, the type of skills training or education to be provided, a statement of the total cost of the program and a breakdown of the costs associated with equipment, personnel, facilities, and materials, a statement of the employment needs for the program and evidence in support thereof, demonstrates that the program does not unnecessarily duplicate existing programs in the area and is provided at a reasonable cost, a statement of the technical assistance and financial support for the program received or to be received from business and industry, and such other information as the commission requests; and

(2) The commission, based on the application submitted by the educational institution and such additional investigation as the staff of the commission shall make, finds that:

(a) The program is within the scope of the job skills program under this chapter and may reasonably be expected to succeed and thereby increase employment within the state;

(b) Provision has been made to use any available alternative funding from local, state, and federal sources;

(d) The program will not unnecessarily duplicate existing programs and could not be provided by another educational institution more effectively or efficiently;

(e) The program involves an area of skills training and education for which there is a demonstrable need;

(f) The applicant has made provisions for the use of existing federal and state resources for student financial assistance;

(g) The job skills grant is essential to the success of the program as the resources of the applicant are inadequate to attract the technical assistance and financial support necessary for the program from business and industry;

(h) The commitment of financial support from business and industry shall be equal to or greater than the amount of the requested job skills grant, except that no commitment is necessary for grants under section 2 of this act;

(i) Binding commitments have been made to the commission by the applicant for adequate reporting of information and data regarding the program to the commission, particularly information concerning the recruitment and employment of trainees and students, and including a requirement for an annual or other periodic audit of the books of the applicant directly related to the program, and for such control on the part of the commission as it considers prudent over the management of the program, so as to protect the use of public funds, including, in the discretion of the commission and without limitation, right of access to financial and other records of the applicant directly related to the programs;

(j) Provision has been made by the applicant to work, in cooperation with the employment security department, to identify and screen potential trainees and that provision has been made by the applicant of persons who are victims of economic dislocation and persons from minority and economically disadvantaged groups to participate in the program; and

(k) Binding commitments have been made to the commission by the applicant for compliance with the monitoring and evaluation rules of the commission."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately."

EHB 2812 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 3/10/92

In line 1 of the title, after "training;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 28C.04.420; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency."