Sec. 31-11s. Connecticut Employment and Training Commission recommendations re appropriation of Workforce Investment Act funds.
Sec. 31-11s. Connecticut Employment and Training Commission recommendations re appropriation of Workforce Investment Act funds. (a) On or before February 9, 2000, and annually thereafter, the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission shall make recommendations consistent with the provisions of the single
Connecticut workforce development plan submitted to the Governor pursuant to section
31-11r to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the appropriation of funds
received for adult workforce development activities under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220, as from time to time amended, for (1) job-related
vocational, literacy, language or numerical skills training; (2) underemployed and at-risk workers; (3) individuals with barriers to full-time, stable employment, including
language, basic skills and occupational literacy barriers; (4) vocational training using
apprentice and preapprentice programs and customized job training programs that are
designed to serve at-risk workers and promote job retention and the obtainment of higher
wage jobs; (5) special incentives for programs that successfully train (A) women for
nontraditional employment, and (B) minorities for occupations or fields of work in
which such minorities are underrepresented; and (6) special grants or contracts in each
region for training programs that target workers who are difficult to serve, including,
but not limited to, workers (A) with limited literacy or numerical skills, (B) without a
high school diploma or its equivalent, or (C) for whom English is a second language.
For purposes of this section, "nontraditional employment" refers to occupations or fields
of work for which women comprise less than twenty-five per cent of the individuals
employed in each such occupation or field of work.
(b) On or before February 9, 2000, and annually thereafter, the commission shall
make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the appropriation of funds received under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L.
105-220, as from time to time amended, for young adult programs for teenage parents,
those at risk of dropping out of school and young adults who attend regional vocational-technical high schools, adult education programs or other programs to assist such persons
in attaining a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) On or before February 9, 2000, and annually thereafter, the commission shall
make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the appropriation of funds received under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L.
105-220, as from time to time amended, for dislocated workers.
(d) Pursuant to Section 189(i)(4)(A) of the federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998, P.L. 105-220, as from time to time amended, the Governor is authorized by the
General Assembly to apply for a waiver of federal eligibility requirements to allow
incumbent workers with annual family incomes that do not exceed two hundred per
cent of the poverty level guidelines issued by the federal Department of Health and
Human Services to receive job training services.
(P.A. 99-195, S. 12, 15.)
History: P.A. 99-195 effective June 23, 1999.