Revision: Jan. 14, 2019, 9:59 a.m.
SB 2-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-1032
04/08
SENATE BILL 2-FN
AN ACT relative to funding for job training programs in the department of business and economic affairs.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Dietsch, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Reduces an employer's unemployment contribution rate and requires that a portion of the administrative contribution be deposited in the unemployment compensation fund.
II. Revises the job training programs offered by the department of business and economic affairs.
III. Changes the maximum amount that the department of business and economic affairs may use to administer the job training program.
IV. Requires the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs to submit an annual report on the effectiveness of job training programs and services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-1032
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to funding for job training programs in the department of business and economic affairs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Short Title. This act shall be known as the Granite State Jobs Act of 2019.
2 Findings. The general court finds it is in the public interest to enhance public-private partnerships to recruit, train, and re-employ workers in order to meet New Hampshire's skills gap and worker shortage, efficiently and timely assisting Granite state businesses and Granite staters looking for work, including those in recovery.
3 Unemployment Compensation; Contribution Rates. Amend RSA 282-A:87, IV(a) to read as follows:
IV.(a)(1) Each employer subject to payment of contributions pursuant to RSA 282-A:69, I shall have its rate reduced by [2/10] 2/5 of one percent beginning in the second quarter of [2007] 2019. An administrative contribution equal to the amount of this reduction shall be paid by all such employers.
(2) Commencing July 1, [2007] 2019, after deduction of all costs incurred in the collection of the administrative contribution, 1/3 of the quarterly administrative contribution collected, not to exceed [$2,000,000] $6,000,000 annually, shall be deposited each quarter in the fund established by RSA 282-A:138-a and shall be expended only as provided by and for the purposes provided in that section. The remaining quarterly administrative contribution collected shall be divided so that the proportional share of the quarterly administrative contribution resulting from the increase over 2/10 of one percent shall be deposited in the unemployment compensation fund established under RSA 282-A:103 and the remaining amount deposited in the fund established by RSA 282-A:140 and shall be expended only as provided by and for the purposes provided in that section, and not for any other purpose.
4 Unemployment Compensation; Training Fund. Amend RSA 282-A:138-a, I to read as follows:
I. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the training fund. Commencing January 1, 2002, the moneys in this fund may be used, solely as determined by the commissioner of business and economic affairs in accordance with rules and guidelines adopted by the commissioner of business and economic affairs, after consultation with the governor's workforce innovation board, for funding training under the job training program for economic growth, established under RSA 12-O:30 through 12-O:37. Rulemaking authority relative to administration of the grant award process shall be with the commissioner of [resources and economic development] business and economic affairs pursuant to RSA 12-O:33.
5 Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Job Training Program for Economic Growth; Training Programs. RSA 12-O:32 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
12-O:32 Training Programs.
I. Training programs may include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) Structured, on-site laboratory or classroom training.
(b) Basic skills.
(c) Technical skills.
(d) Quality improvement.
(e) Safety.
(f) Management and supervision.
(g) English as a second language.
II. No more than $500,000 annually shall be provided to support programs offered as of January 1, 2019, and, in addition to programs offered as of January 1, 2019, funding shall be provided for:
(a) Training individuals not otherwise eligible for state or federal training funds available as of January 1, 2019, including the cost of certificate programs, apprenticeship programs as defined under 29 C.F.R. Part 29, and occupational skills training in order to fill current, in-demand employment in New Hampshire with employers having immediate employment needs, with a priority for jobs identified through the state’s sector partnership initiative and for employers who pay individuals during training periods.
(b) Enhanced support services, including child care and transportation assistance, which would not otherwise be available through any other state, federal, or other programs, with such assistance limited to income eligible individuals with an identified career path and who are determined to be in need of such support services to successfully compete for employment opportunities;
(c) The WorkReadyNH program established by the community college system of New Hampshire in an amount not to exceed $500,000 annually.
(d) Certificate programs, apprenticeship programs as defined under 29 C.F.R. Part 29, and occupational skills training opportunities for New Hampshire high school students upon graduation in order to fill current, in-demand employment in New Hampshire.
(e) Marketing of New Hampshire's workforce development initiatives to employers and business community representatives in New Hampshire.
(f) Recruitment and coordination of services provided in this section to populations with higher than average unemployment in New Hampshire, including persons in need of training to change careers, persons with substance use disorders who are in recovery programs, persons with disabilities, inmates transitioning to the general population, senior citizens, legal immigrants and speakers of languages other than English, including documented outreach to and priority given to persons with substance use disorders who are in recovery programs.
6 Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Job Training Program for Economic Growth. Amend RSA 12-O:35, IV to read as follows:
IV. The department may use no more than 10 percent, or [$200,000] $600,000, of any moneys received from the training fund established at RSA 282-A:138-a, whichever is less, to administer this program.
7 New Paragraph; Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Job Training Program for Economic Growth; Performance. Amend RSA 12-O:37 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. The commissioner shall annually submit a report to the governor's state workforce innovation board, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of senate, the chairperson of the senate committee with jurisdiction over commerce issues, and the chairperson of the house committee with jurisdiction over labor issues concerning the effectiveness of all job training programs and services.
8 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
19-1032
1/10/19
SB 2-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to funding for job training programs in the department of business and economic affairs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Business and Economic Affairs, Department of Employment Security, and Community College System of New Hampshire