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A2413
ASSEMBLY, No. 2413
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
���� Provides dedicated funding for promotion of
apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development
Partnership Fund.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the promotion of apprenticeships and
apprenticeship programs in the State and amending P.L.1992, c.43.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 9 of P.L.1992,
c.43 (C.34:15D-9) is amended to read as follows:
���� 9.��� a. A restricted,
nonlapsing, revolving Workforce Development Partnership Fund, to be managed and
invested by the State Treasurer, is hereby established to: provide employment
and training services to qualified displaced, disadvantaged and employed workers
by means of training grants or customized training services; provide for the
other costs indicated in subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1992, c.43
(C.34:15D-4); provide for the New Jersey Innovation and Research Fellowship
Program as provided for in section 3 of P.L.2015, c.235 (C.34:15D-26); provide
for the Talent Network Program as provided for in section 2 of P.L.2019, c.125
(C.34:15D-29); and facilitate the provision of education and training to youth
by means of grants provided by the Youth Transitions to Work Partnership
pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-1 et al.). All
appropriations to the fund, all interest accumulated on balances in the fund
and all cash received for the fund from any other source shall be used solely
for the purposes specifically delineated by this act.
���� b.��� During any fiscal year
beginning after June 30, 2001, of the total revenues dedicated to the program
during any one fiscal year: 25% shall be deposited in an account of the
Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved to provide employment and
training services for qualified displaced workers
, and, during any fiscal
year beginning after June 30, 2021, not less than 5% of the revenues deposited
in that account shall be reserved for and appropriated to the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development which shall disperse those funds to One Stop
Career Centers to promote apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs in the
State accredited and approved by the United States Department of Labor
, and
through fiscal year 2023, not less than 10% of the revenues deposited in that
account shall be reserved to provide employment and training services to
qualified displaced workers in the pursuit of industry-valued credentials under
the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2019, c.252 (C.34:15D-30 et al.);
and during any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2019, 0.5% shall be
deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved
for an appropriated to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for
the Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant Program created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2019,
c.417 (C.34:15D-6.1); 6% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce
Development Partnership Fund reserved to provide employment and training
services for qualified disadvantaged workers, and through fiscal year 2023, not
less than 10% of the revenues deposited in that account shall be reserved to
provide employment and training services to qualified disadvantaged workers in
the pursuit of industry-valued credentials under the pilot program established
pursuant to P.L.2019, c.252 (C.34:15D-30 et al.); 37% shall be deposited in an
account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for and
appropriated to the Office of Customized Training; 5% shall be deposited in an
account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for the Youth
Transitions to Work Partnership created pursuant to P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-1
et seq.); 3% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development
Partnership Fund reserved for occupational safety and health training; 5% shall
be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund
reserved for and appropriated to the Talent Network Program established
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.125 (C.34:15D-29); 3% shall be deposited
in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for the
New Jersey Innovation and Research Fellowship Program established pursuant to
section 3 of P.L.2015, c.235 (C.34:15D-26); 10% shall be deposited in an
account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for administrative
costs as defined in section 3 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-3); 0.5% shall be
deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved
for the State Employment and Training Commission to design criteria and conduct
an annual evaluation of the program; and 5% shall be deposited in an account of
the Workforce Development Partnership Fund to be used, at the discretion of the
commissioner, for any of the purposes indicated in subsection a. of section 4
of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-4).
���� c.���� Beginning January 1,
1995, through June 30, 2002, the balance in the fund as of the previous
December 31, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, shall not exceed 1.5 times the amount of contributions deposited
for the calendar year then ended. If the balance exceeds this amount, the
excess shall be deposited into the unemployment compensation fund within seven
business days of the date that the determination is made.
���� d.��� Beginning July 1, 2002,
and for any subsequent fiscal year, if the unexpended cash balance in any of
the accounts indicated in subsection b. of this section, except for the account
reserved for the Talent Network Program, less any amount awarded in grants but
not yet disbursed from the account, is determined to exceed 20% of the amount
of contributions collected for deposit in the account pursuant to this
subsection during the fiscal year then ended, the excess shall be regarded as
an unemployment compensation contribution and deposited into the unemployment
compensation fund within seven business days of the date that the determination
is made.� If the unexpended cash balance in the account reserved for the Talent
Network Program, less any amount awarded in grants but not yet disbursed from
the account, is determined to exceed 20% of the amount of contributions
collected for deposit in the account pursuant to this subsection during the
fiscal year then ended, the excess shall be deposited into the Workforce
Development Partnership Fund account reserved for the Office of Customized
Training.
���� e.���� $250,000 shall be
allocated to the Apprentice Assistance and Support Services Pilot Program
established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.419 (C.34:15D-6.2) from the
$29,690,000 which was appropriated pursuant to the annual appropriations act
for State fiscal year 2019 from the Workforce Development Partnership Fund for
the purpose of funding Work First New Jersey Work Activities and Work First New
Jersey-Training Related Expenses, and, $1,100,000 shall be allocated to the
pilot program in each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 from the
amounts appropriated pursuant to the annual appropriations act in those fiscal
years from the Workforce Development Partnership Fund for the purpose of
funding Work First New Jersey Work Activities and Work First New
Jersey-Training Related Expenses.� Of the funds allocated to the pilot program
pursuant to this subsection, 90% shall be dedicated to the Child Care Stipend
program and 10% to transportation reimbursement.
(cf: P.L.2019, c.419, s.2)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill dedicates funding
from the State�s Workforce Development Partnership Fund to the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development which shall disperse those funds to One Stop
Career Centers for the promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs
in the State accredited and approved by the United States Department of Labor.�
It requires that at least five percent of the 25 percent of training funds
dedicated for displaced workers be reserved for the promotion of
apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs.