Bill Text: NY A06393 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of labor, in consultation with the education department, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the office of children and family services, and any other entity the department deems appropriate, to produce a report regarding summer youth employment programs funded by state, federal and local appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-27 - APPROVAL MEMO.18 [A06393 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06393-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6393
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor
        AN  ACT  requiring the department of labor to produce a report regarding
          summer youth employment programs funded by state,  federal  and  local
          appropriations;  and  providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
          expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Not  more  than 180 days after the effective date of this
     2  act, the department of labor, in consultation with the education depart-
     3  ment, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the  office  of
     4  children  and  family  services,  and any other entity the department of
     5  labor deems appropriate, shall produce a report regarding  summer  youth
     6  employment  programs funded by state, federal, and local appropriations.
     7  The report shall:
     8    a. Determine the total number of jobs available for youth in all  pre-
     9  existing programs, including the nature of the jobs, the educational and
    10  professional  experience under such programs, career paths available for
    11  such training, and overall experience by summer youth employment program
    12  participants;
    13    b. Determine the number of desired spots by evaluating  total  numbers
    14  of applications and other indicia of unmet demand in current programs;
    15    c.   Evaluate   current  admission  standards,  including  income  and
    16  geographic restrictions, available programs throughout  various  regions
    17  within the state of New York;
    18    d.  Evaluate  whether  current  funding  streams could be increased in
    19  order to provide  additional  opportunities,  including  any  additional
    20  federal  or  private  funding  streams available and the effect of addi-
    21  tional state funds on current opportunities for applicants;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00935-01-9
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     1    e. Determine the effect of current and previous minimum wage rates  on
     2  total placement opportunities and whether additional funding to maintain
     3  spots in light of minimum wage increases is necessary.
     4    §  2.  The department of labor shall send this report to the temporary
     5  president of the senate, speaker of the  assembly,  and  chairs  of  the
     6  assembly  and  senate committees on labor, social services, and children
     7  and families. The report shall also be made  available  on  the  website
     8  maintained by the department of labor.
     9    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    10  deemed repealed 1 year after such date.