Employment Training Panel.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the bill encourages the use of electronic systems for monitoring compliance, only that it authorizes their use in general processes.

Modernizing Employment Training Panel

This law requires the Employment Training Panel to update its processes for managing employment training programs by using electronic systems, and it updates rules related to these changes.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Employment Training Panel to use modern technology like computers and software for tracking applications, reporting progress, and keeping records.
• Allows contractors working with the panel to keep their documents in digital form if they are complete and accurate.
• Updates the rules about how the panel operates to remove old terms and outdated ways of doing things.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Employment Training Panel within the Employment Development Department
• Contractors and subcontractors working with the panel

Terms To Know

Employment Training Fund

A special fund in the State Treasury that holds money for employment training programs.

Electronic systems

Computer-based tools and software used to manage information and processes electronically.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much it will cost or where the funding will come from.
• It is unclear if all contractors will be able to use electronic records without issues.

Official Summary Text

SB 1059, as amended, Archuleta.
Employment Training Panel.
Existing law establishes the Employment Training Panel within the Employment Development Department and sets forth its powers and duties with respect to certain employment training programs. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of provisions relating to the panel is to establish an employment training program to promote a healthy labor market in a growing, competitive economy and to fund only projects that meet specified criteria, including, among other things, fostering retention of high-wage, high-skilled jobs in manufacturing, and other industries, as provided.
Existing law also establishes the Employment Training Fund in the State Treasury, and requires that moneys in the fund be expended only for the purposes of the Employment Training Panel, except as provided. Existing law
authorizes the panel to allocate moneys in the fund for reimbursement of reasonable training costs, administrative costs incurred by contractors, costs of program administration, and related services.
This bill would require the panel to modernize project administration, application review, monitoring, and compliance processes by authorizing and encouraging the use of electronic systems for applicant tracking, reporting, and recordkeeping. The bill would authorize contractors and subcontractors under an agreement with the panel to satisfy recordkeeping and documentation requirements through electronic records, provided that those records are complete, accurate, and meet other specified criteria. The bill would make various other changes in connection with the panel, including requiring it to update regulations, guidance, and program materials to remove outdated nomenclature, paper-based procedures, and obsolete training delivery
classifications.

Current Bill Text

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