Bill Text: MN SF708 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Twin Cities RISE! job training programs appropriation; job training and retention grant requirements modifications
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred to Jobs and Economic Growth [SF708 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF708-Introduced.html
1.2relating to economic development; modifying requirements of certain grant
1.3programs; appropriating money for Twin Cities RISE!;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 116J.8747, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116J.8747, subdivision 3, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 3. Graduation and retention grant requirements. For purposes of a
1.9placement grant under this section, a qualified graduate is a graduate of a job training
1.10program qualifying under subdivision 2 who is placed in a job in Minnesota that pays at
1.11least $9 per hour or its equivalentplus health care benefits. To qualify for a retention
1.12grant under this section for a retention fee, a job in which the graduate is retained must
1.13pay at least $10 per hour or its equivalentplus health care benefits at the end of the first
1.14year of employment.
1.15 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; TWIN CITIES RISE!
1.16$500,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated
1.17from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development
1.18for a grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, to Twin Cities RISE! to provide
1.19training to hard-to-train individuals. Funds unexpended in the first year are available for
1.20expenditure in the second year.
1.3programs; appropriating money for Twin Cities RISE!;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 116J.8747, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116J.8747, subdivision 3, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 3. Graduation and retention grant requirements. For purposes of a
1.9placement grant under this section, a qualified graduate is a graduate of a job training
1.10program qualifying under subdivision 2 who is placed in a job in Minnesota that pays at
1.11least $9 per hour or its equivalent
1.12grant under this section for a retention fee, a job in which the graduate is retained must
1.13pay at least $10 per hour or its equivalent
1.14year of employment.
1.15 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; TWIN CITIES RISE!
1.16$500,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated
1.17from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development
1.18for a grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, to Twin Cities RISE! to provide
1.19training to hard-to-train individuals. Funds unexpended in the first year are available for
1.20expenditure in the second year.
