Bill Text: NY S00158 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-31 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S00158 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00158-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         158--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the economic development law, in relation to creating
          the mobile high-technology training facilities program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 361 to read as follows:
     3    § 361.  Mobile high-technology training facilities program.    1.  The
     4  division  is hereby authorized to create a mobile high-technology train-
     5  ing facilities program. The purpose of the program is to  award  one  to
     6  one  matching  grants on a competitive basis to qualified applicants for
     7  the design, development and/or outfit of mobile high-technology training
     8  facilities that  complement  certificate,  degree  or  other  recognized
     9  credentialing  programs.  Such program shall be established by the divi-
    10  sion within ninety days from the effective date of this section.
    11    2. For purposes of this section, the following terms  shall  have  the
    12  following meanings:
    13    (a)  "Qualified  applicant"  means  any  educational or not-for-profit
    14  institution  providing  certificate,  degree  or   other   credentialing
    15  programs  in high-technology fields including, but not limited to, nano-
    16  technology, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing processes and informa-
    17  tion technology or any other field defined as an emerging technology  by
    18  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section thirty-one hundred two-e of
    19  the public authorities law.
    20    (b) "Division" means the division of  science,  technology  and  inno-
    21  vation.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00615-02-1
        S. 158--A                           2

     1    3. Applicants shall submit an application to the division comprising a
     2  plan including, but not limited to:
     3    (a)  demonstration  that  funds and/or other in-kind contributions are
     4  encumbered in an amount not less than twenty percent of requested  grant
     5  amount;
     6    (b)  the  design and implementation of a facility including the use of
     7  simulation-based education and training resources including the types of
     8  machinery, equipment and staffing level required;
     9    (c) demonstration of a flexible program which would allow for diversi-
    10  fied job training skills within a particular industry;
    11    (d) evidence that a need for employees related to the industry associ-
    12  ated with the applicant exists;
    13    (e) development of a curriculum to deliver such mobile training facil-
    14  ity to each regionally defined location in  the  state  lacking  similar
    15  training   opportunities  including  the  period  of  time  required  to
    16  adequately train an individual and the estimated number of  participants
    17  utilizing such facility in  a given year;
    18    (f)  demonstration  of  a  collaborative  and/or  cooperative  working
    19  relationship with private  employers  to  ensure  that  facilities  meet
    20  industry-specific job training requirements; and
    21    (g) demonstration of an ability to maintain such mobile facility on an
    22  on-going basis, including but not limited to self-sustainability regard-
    23  ing staffing, operating, maintenance and adaptability.
    24    4.  The division shall establish any additional criteria to be used in
    25  the evaluation of applications.
    26    5. The division shall submit a report, within one year from the effec-
    27  tive date of this section and annually thereafter, to the  governor  and
    28  the legislature regarding the outcomes of the program including, but not
    29  limited  to  grant  recipients,  purpose  of  mobile  training facility,
    30  locations visited, number of participants utilizing facility and  actual
    31  employment obtained through the use of such facility.
    32    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.